Experimental and numerical study of the influence of initial temperature on explosion limits and explosion process of syngas-air mixtures

F Jiao, H Zhang, W Li, Y Zhao, J Guo, X Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
To study the effect of initial temperature of 30, 60, 90, and 120° C on the explosion limits and
the explosion process of the syngas-air mixtures, the explosion limits were tested by the …

Effects of flow rate and fuel/air ratio on propagation behaviors of diffusion H2/air flames in a micro-combustor

Y Xiang, Z Yuan, S Wang, A Fan - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
A Y-shaped micro combustor consisting of three quartz tubes with an identical inner
diameter of 2.0 mm was designed. Effects of total flow rate and fuel/air ratio on the …

Numerical investigation of CH4/H2/air flame bifurcations in a micro flow reactor with controlled wall temperature profile

S Wang, A Fan - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
Flame characteristics of CH 4/H 2/air (CH 4: H 2= 1: 1) mixture in a cylindrical micro flow
reactor with a controlled wall temperature distribution were numerically studied. Bifurcation …

Combustion in wavy micro-channels for thermo-photovoltaic applications–Part I: Effects of wavy wall geometry, wall temperature profile and reaction mechanism

Z Mansouri - Energy conversion and management, 2019 - Elsevier
The output power of a Micro-Thermo-Photovoltaic (MTPV) system strongly depends on the
micro-combustor geometry and the micro-flame stability. In this context, numerous numerical …

Effect of a catalytic segment on flame stability in a micro combustor with controlled wall temperature profile

S Wang, L Li, Y Xia, A Fan, H Yao - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present study, the stability of methane/air flames in a micro cylindrical channel with a
prescribed wall temperature profile and a platinum (Pt) segment was investigated …

Combustion regimes of syngas flame in a micro flow reactor with controlled temperature profile: A numerical study

S Wang, A Fan - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
Flame characteristics of stoichiometric syngas/diluted-air mixture (CO: H 2: O 2: N 2= 1: 1: 1:
7) in a micro-flow reactor with controlled wall temperature profile were numerically studied …

A novel wavy micro-combustor for micro-thermophotovoltaic applications

Z Mansouri - Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study proposes a novel micro-combustor (MC) for micro-thermophotovoltaic (MTPV)
devices. The MC features a wall with a wavy shape that expected to deliver higher energy …

Effect of heat and mass transfer on the combustion stability in catalytic micro-combustors

J Chen, L Yan, W Song, D Xu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The combustion characteristics of methane-air and propane-air mixtures in catalytic micro-
combustors was studied numerically in order to clarify the importance of transport in …

Effect of hydrogen addition on conjugate heat transfer in a planar micro-combustor with the detailed reaction mechanism: An analytical approach

M Pourali, JA Esfahani, SA Fanaee… - international journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a steady state analytical investigation of conjugate heat transfer in a planar
micro-combustor is presented by considering the detailed reaction mechanisms for a …

Experimental investigation on the scale effects on diffusion H2/air flames in Y-shaped micro-combustors

Y Xiang, M Zhao, H Huang, A Fan - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, characteristics of diffusion H 2-air flame in three Y-shaped cylindrical
micro-combustors with a diameter of d= 1, 2 and 3 mm were investigated experimentally …