Computational fluid dynamics （CFD） combined with detailed chemical kinetics was employed to model the filtration combustion of a mixture of methane/air in a packed bed of uniform 3 mm diameter alumina spherical part...Computational fluid dynamics （CFD） combined with detailed chemical kinetics was employed to model the filtration combustion of a mixture of methane/air in a packed bed of uniform 3 mm diameter alumina spherical particles. The standard k-ε turbulence model and a methane oxidation mechanism with 23 species and 39 elemental reactions were used. Various equivalence ratios （1.47, 1.88, 2.12 and 2.35） were studied. The numerical results showed good agreement with the experimental data. For ultra-rich mixtures, the combustion temperature exceeds the adiabatic value by hundreds of centigrade degrees. Syngas （hydrogen and carbon monoxide） can be obtained up to a mole fraction of 23%. The numerical results also showed that the combination of CFD with detailed chemical kinetics gives good performance for modeling the pseudo-homogeneous flames of methane in porous media.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （20307007, 50576081） and the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province （R 107532）, Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University （NCET-07-0761） and a Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China （200747）.
文摘Computational fluid dynamics （CFD） combined with detailed chemical kinetics was employed to model the filtration combustion of a mixture of methane/air in a packed bed of uniform 3 mm diameter alumina spherical particles. The standard k-ε turbulence model and a methane oxidation mechanism with 23 species and 39 elemental reactions were used. Various equivalence ratios （1.47, 1.88, 2.12 and 2.35） were studied. The numerical results showed good agreement with the experimental data. For ultra-rich mixtures, the combustion temperature exceeds the adiabatic value by hundreds of centigrade degrees. Syngas （hydrogen and carbon monoxide） can be obtained up to a mole fraction of 23%. The numerical results also showed that the combination of CFD with detailed chemical kinetics gives good performance for modeling the pseudo-homogeneous flames of methane in porous media.
文摘为探索多孔介质内超绝热燃烧的特性,搭建了自由堆积多孔介质超绝热燃烧试验台架,测量了不同化学当量比（0.4-0.7）的甲烷/空气预混气体的超绝热燃烧特性.自由堆积多孔介质由直径为3和6 mm的Al2O3小球在陶瓷管（Φ38 mm×500 mm）中堆积而成,孔隙率为0.42.试验结果表明,在多孔介质中只有当燃烧波正向传播时才可能产生超绝热燃烧.在贫燃条件下超绝热燃烧的上限化学当量比为0.7,下限化学当量比为0.4;当化学当量比小于0.4或大于0.7时,在贫燃条件下的超绝热燃烧将不能实现.多孔介质中预混燃烧的火焰锋面速度约为7.82μm/s,最大燃烧锋面温度超过绝热燃烧温度139 K.
