Analysis of turbulent diffusion flames with a hybrid fuel of methane and hydrogen in high pressure and temperature conditions using LES approach. (21st September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hong, Sungmin; Lee, Wook; Kang, Seongwon; Song, Han Ho
• Is Part Of: International journal of hydrogen energy. Volume 40:Number 35(2015)
• Page Start: 12034
• Page End: 12046
• Publication Date: 2015-09-21
• Subjects: Hybrid fuel -- Hydrogen addition -- Diffusion flame -- High pressure -- Flamelet approach -- Large eddy simulation; Hydrogen as fuel -- Periodicals; Hydrogène (Combustible) -- Périodiques; Hydrogen as fuel; Periodicals; 665.81
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.05.081
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0360-3199

Abstract

Abstract: In the present study, large eddy simulations (LES) of a turbulent diffusion flame with a hybrid fuel of methane and hydrogen are carried out to investigate the effects of operating conditions on the flame shape and the pollutant formation. A parametric study is performed by changing the values of hydrogen concentration and the background pressure and temperature. A flamelet-progress variable approach (FPVA) is used for a tabulated chemistry and a dynamic subgrid scale (SGS) model is used as the LES model. The result shows a good agreement with a previous experiment in the statistics of flow fields and composition. Also, the results affected by each operating parameter show consistent tendency with previous studies. Then, we investigate how the effect of added hydrogen changes for different background pressure and temperature conditions including those of a direct injection internal combustion engine. It is found that both the high compression ratio and hydrogen addition can lead to more compact and focused reaction zone by changes in the reaction and mixing rates. This also affects the pollutant formation, and the reduction of CO and NO is observed with hydrogen addition. Highlights: A parametric study on turbulent diffusion flames using an LES approach was performed. The effect of a hybrid fuel of methane and hydrogen on turbulent flames was analyzed. The effects of background pressure, temperature and compression ratio were analyzed. High compression ratio and hydrogen addition lead to more compact reaction zones. A few distinguished effects of hydrogen addition at high CR were identified.