Original scientific paper

COMPARISON OF CHEMICAL KINETIC MECHANISMS FOR COMBUSTION SIMULATION OF TREATED BIOGAS

Robert Bardolf orcid.org/0000-0002-5839-6111 ; Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Franz Winter ; Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Abstract

Living on a planet with limited resources, more efficient and cleaner combustion is highly desired. Moreover, focus is now on renewable energy. The development of internal combustion engines fuelled by biogas requires both CFD and chemical kinetic simulations. Several detailed chemical kinetic models dealing with the combustion of C1–C3 fuels have been published already. This work uses a selection of these models in COSILAB software assuming treated biogas as methane enriched with ethane and propane, under engine-relevant, lean conditions. The models are compared to each other regarding their performance in laminar flame speed obtained from a one-dimensional freely propagating flame model, and ignition delay time obtained from a zero-dimensional homogeneous ignition process in a batch reactor.

Keywords

chemical kinetic; combustion; biogas

Hrčak ID:

123633

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/123633

Publication date:

29.6.2014.

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