Application of hydrogen enriched natural gas in spark ignition IC engines: from fundamental fuel properties to engine performances and emissions

F Yan, L Xu, Y Wang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
This review offers a summary of the recent research progress on hydrogen enriched
compressed natural gas (HCNG) engines. Spark ignition IC engines fueled by HCNG have …

Flammability limit behavior of methane with the addition of gaseous fuel at various relative humidities

T Wang, Y Zhou, Z Luo, H Wen, J Zhao, B Su… - Process Safety and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The lower flammability limit (LFL) of methane is 5% in volume. Usually, in the relevant
industry, the methane leakage monitoring threshold is set on the basis of the LFL from the …

Effect of acoustically absorbing wall tubes on the near-limit detonation propagation behaviors in a methane–oxygen mixture

B Zhang, H Liu, B Yan - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Methane (CH 4) is the main component of natural gas and produces less carbon dioxide for
each unit of heat released and more heat per unit mass than other hydrocarbon fuels, and it …

Near flammability limits behavior of methane-air mixtures with influence of flammable gases and nitrogen: An experimental and numerical research

T Wang, H Liang, Z Luo, B Su, L Liu, Y Su, X Wang… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The flammability limit is a key parameter used to evaluate the combustion characteristics
and explosion risk of flammable gases mixtures. In this work, the flammability limit of a …

Effect of hydrogen addition on laminar burning velocity of CH4/DME mixtures by heat flux method and kinetic modeling

Z Wang, S Wang, R Whiddon, X Han, Y He, K Cen - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
Laminar burning velocities were measured by the heat flux method for premixed methane
dimethyl-ether mixtures (CH 4/DME) with air, at various mixture fractions from 100% CH 4 to …

The mechanism by which CH2O and H2O2 additives affect the autoignition of CH4/air mixtures

DM Manias, EA Tingas, CE Frouzakis… - Combustion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
When the fast dissipative time scales become exhausted, the evolution of reacting
processes is characterized by slower time scales. Here the case where these slower time …

Explosion behavior of methane–dimethyl ether/air mixtures

B Zhang, HD Ng - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of dimethyl ether (DME) addition on the explosion of methane/air
mixture is investigated. In particular, the explosion and deflagration parameters of various …

Enhancement of biogas combustion by co-firing dimethyl ether in a gas turbine model combustor

Z Xi, Z Liu, X Shi, T Lian, X Yang, J Zhang, B Mei, Y Li - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
To improve the combustion intensity of biogas which is a renewable gas turbine fuel with
methane (CH 4) and CO 2 as major components, dimethyl ether (DME, CH 3 OCH 3) was …

Heat Release Rate Markers for Highly Stretched Premixed CH4/Air and CH4/H2/Air Flames

X Chen, Y Wang, T Zirwes, F Zhang, H Bockhorn… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Accurate quantification of heat release rate (HRR) profiles is useful for identifying important
combustion processes in practical engines. This study aims to show whether the …

A short reaction mechanism for the combustion of dimethyl-ether

JC Prince, FA Williams - Combustion and Flame, 2015 - Elsevier
Fourteen chemical-kinetic steps are identified, and their associated reaction-rate parameters
are given, that enable an existing short chemical-kinetic mechanism (the San Diego …