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Fuel Nitrogen Conversion and Catalytic Combustion

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5289999
 [1];  [2]
  1. University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
  2. University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Catalytic combustion for equivalence ratios between 0.7 and 1.6 was investigated. The combustor consisted of a 5-cm-diameter monolithic Corderite substrate with a γ-alumina washcoat and platinum coating. Reactants were propane/oxygen/argon mixtures. Trace amounts of either nitric oxide or ammonia were added for the fuel-nitrogen portion of the study. Conversion of these two model fuel-nitrogen compounds to nitric oxide was measured as a function of equivalence ratio, adiabatic flame temperature, and fuel nitrogen concentration. The trends were compared to those typical of homogeneous combustion. Use of oxygen/argon mixtures as the oxidizer allowed decoupling of the flame temperature and equivalence ratio and made possible investigation of catalytic combustion under stoichiometric conditions which would not be possible with a fuel/air mixture because of material limitations. Catalyst temperatures, combustion efficiency, and emissions of CO, CO2, and UHC's were investigated.
Research Organization:
University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA); USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
5289999
Report Number(s):
LBL--6396; CONF-771015-9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English