Premixed CH4/O2-enriched air combustion: Identification of thermal, chemical and aerodynamic effects
Abstract
This work contributes to the evaluation of a new innovative process focused on the reduction of the cost of a post-combustion capture of CO2 in a Carbon Capture and Storage system (CCS). The process based on the separation of dried fumes composed mainly by CO2 and N2 by using membranes, which should lead to a lower energetic separation cost than amines. But the membranes become efficient if the upstream CO2 concentration is higher than 30% at their entrance that requires enriching the oxidizer flow by O2. To maintain the exhaust temperature compatible with materials thermal resistance, the reactants are diluted by a recirculation of a part of the flue gases (like N2/O2/CO2). But, the chemical kinetic, the energetic efficiencies, the radiation transfer, the transport and thermal properties of the flow can be affected by CO2. The objective of this work will be to identify the behaviour of the combustion of premixed CH4/O2-enriched air, both diluted in N2 and CO2 and to determine the combustion parameters. This allows to recover the CH4/air conditions in terms of CO2 concentration in reactants, O2 excess, dilution rate, temperature of the reactants, etc. Experiments are performed on the laminar premixed flame using counterflow burner. To characterize the combustion behaviour, the flammability limits are determined and flame thickness and position are measured from PLIF-OH diagnostic. Further, CHEMKIN simulations are performed to check the validity of the GRI3.0 chemical kinetic mechanism for premixed CH4/air synthetic combustion and identify the leading phenomena.
- Publication:
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Journal of Physics Conference Series
- Pub Date:
- November 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1742-6596/395/1/012005
- Bibcode:
- 2012JPhCS.395a2005M