This week a new article (Article Number 200506, September 2005) has been published in the IFRF Combustion Journal (http://www.journal.ifrf.net), entitled:

“Maintaining burning velocity of exhaust-diluted methane/air flames by partial fuel reformation”

by

S. Ponnusamy, M.D. Checkel and B.A. Fleck

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

B.A. Fleck
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T6G 2G8
e-mail: brian.fleck@ualberta.ca
Phone: (780) 492-6773
Fax: (780) 492-2200)

Summary:

The burning velocities of stoichiometric methane/air, methane/air/ exhaust and methane/air/exhaust/reformer gas mixtures have been measured using a constant volume cubical combustion chamber. The flame size and burning velocities were calculated from the chamber pressure record using a multi-zone thermodynamic equilibrium model. The investigation measured the decrease in burning velocity due to addition of EGR and the quantity of reformer gas/air (RG) required to raise the burning velocity back to undiluted level. The burning velocity dropped from around 35 cm/s for stoichiometric methane/air mixture to about 13 cm/s if 20% EGR was added to the mix. At about 20% EGR fraction, 42% RG was required to bring back the burning velocity to the original undiluted level.

Key words:

burning velocity, methane mixtures, exhaust gas recirculation

FULL PAPER:

The full paper may be downloaded from the server, by going to the head of the “List of Published Papers” section and selecting the paper(http://www.journal.ifrf.net/published-articles.html). When the paper displays, click on the Acrobat PDF icon alongside the title.

Publication in the Journal

The Editor-in-Chief (See associated article in this edition of the MNM) would like to remind all potential authors that publication in the Journal is open to all. If you have interesting results to publish in the field of, or related to, industrial combustion, we invite you to prepare a paper according to the guidelines given in the Author’s Guide on the website (http://www.journal.ifrf.net/).

Papers may be regular “articles” (typically up to 20 pages) or Communications (typically up to 4/5 pages). Review papers can of course be longer. Remember that figures and graphics in general can be in full color. This advantage should be encouraged.

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The Editor-in-Chief looks forward to receiving your proposals.