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This paper evaluates strategies for reducing the intake temperature requirement for igniting biogas in homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engines. The HCCI combustion is a promising technology for stationary power generation using renewable fuels in combustion engines. Combustion of biogas in HCCI engines allows high thermal efficiency similar to diesel engines, with low net CO2 and low NOx emissions. However, in order to ensure the occurrence of autoignition in purely biogas fueled HCCI engines, a high inlet temperature is needed.

This study presents the development of a new HCCI simulation methodology. The proposed method is based on the sequential coupling of CFD analysis prior to autoignition, followed by multi-zone chemical kinetics analysis of the combustion process during the closed valve period.

Combustion parameters and the main exhaust emissions from a biogas fueled HCCI engine are investigated in this study. The study was conducted on a 4-cylinder, 1.9L Volkswagen TDI Diesel engine, which was modified to run in HCCI mode with biogas by means of inlet charge temperature control, boosted intake pressure, and a sonic flow device upstream of the inlet manifold to control biogas composition and the equivalence ratio. For simulating typical power generation conditions, the engine was coupled to an AC motor generator operating at 1800 rpm.

The effects of low pressure on the laminar burning velocity and flame stability of H2/CO mixtures and equimolar H2/CO mixtures diluted with N2 and CO2 were studied experimentally and theoretically. Experiments were conducted at real sub-atmospheric conditions in three places located at high altitudes 500 m.a.s.l. (0.947 atm), 1550 m.a.s.l. (0.838 atm), and 2300 m.a.s.l. (0.767 atm). Flames were generated using contoured slot-type nozzle burners and Schlieren images were used to determine the laminar burning velocity with the angle method.

Experimental measurement of the laminar burning velocities of H2/CO/air mixtures and equimolar H2/CO mixtures diluted with N2 and CO2 up to 60% and 20% by volume, respectively, were conducted at different equivalence ratios and conditions near to the sea level, 0.95 atm and 303 ± 2 K. Flames were generated using contoured slot-type nozzle burners and Schlieren images were used to determine the laminar burning velocity with the angle method. Numerical calculations were also conducted using the most recent detailed reaction mechanisms for comparison with the present experimental results.

El análisis de los productos de combustión en las zonas de reacción y al interior de cámaras de combustión requiere, con respecto a las medidas efectuadas en chimeneas, de equipos y de métodos particulares de muestreo. Así por ejemplo, en las zonas donde hay presencia de llama se deben utilizar dispositivos experimentales no intrusivos, tales como las técnicas láser, o intrusivos como las sondas de muestreo.

This paper presents a three dimensional numerical simulation with experimental validation of a gas-fired self-regenerative crucible furnace. Turbulence, radiation and chemical reactions are simulated using the software Gambit V2 and Fluent V6.2. Different combustion models are used to assess their effects on the numerical results. Aerodynamics, temperature fields, species profiles and emissions are compared with the experimental data.

Flameless combustion technology has proved to be flexible regarding the utilization of conventional fuels. This flexibility is associated with the main characteristic of the combustion regime, which is the mixing of the reactants above the autoignition temperature of the fuel. Flameless combustion advantages when using conventional fuels are a proven fact. However, it is necessary to assess thermal equipments performance when utilizing bio-fuels, which usually are obtained from biomass gasification and the excreta of animals in bio-digesters.

Experimental and numerical studies on laminar burning velocities of hydrogen–air mixtures were performed at standard pressure and room temperature varying the equivalence ratio from 0.8 to 3.0. The flames were generated using a contoured slot-type nozzle burner (4 mm × 10 mm). Measurements of laminar burning velocity were conducted using particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) combined with Schlieren photography.

Este trabajo presenta el desarrollo de una metodología para el diseño de equipos de calentamiento de combustión sin llama. El diseño de equipos de combustión sin llama requiere de metodologías apropiadas que garanticen las condiciones necesarias para alcanzar este modo de combustión. No obstante, estas metodologías no se encuentran disponibles en la literatura científica.