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The primary objective of this work is to study the blending of natural gas in equimolar
proportions with three high hydrogen content syngases in a radiant porous media burner.
We examined the effects of the composition of the syngases, the fuel-to-air ratio and the
thermal input on the flame stability, the radiation efficiency, and the pollutant emissions
(CO and NOx). In this study, we emulated the syngases with H2eCO mixtures, in which the
H2 to CO ratio was varied between 1.5 and 3. Additionally, pure natural gas was also used as

 El presente estudio evaluó numérica y experimentalmente en un horno de 20 kW (a gas natural y con un factor de aireación de 1.2) la estabilidad del régimen de combustión sin llama ante la variación de la carga térmica usando diferentes flujos de aire (43 scfm, 63 scfm y 83 scfm) y una mezcla de Aire-Helio (Aire 82.02 scfm y Helio 7.06 scfm); esta última se utilizó con el fin de evaluar el comportamiento del sistema ante un incremento en el calor especifico del fluido de carga. El estudio se dividió en dos partes, una parte numérica y otra experimental.

A numerical study of flameless combustion with mixtures of methane and a sub-bituminous pulverized coal was carried out. The analyzed mixtures were 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% pulverized coal (energy based). The numerical study was performed using the geometry of a laboratory-scale furnace, which was originally designed to obtain the flameless combustion regime burning natural gas.

In this work, we evaluated the transient heating of a liquid using an in situ laboratory-scale combustion system, and the sensible and latent heat transfer efficiencies were determined through experimental evaluation of the heating of water volume and psychrometric parameters of combustion gases. Tests were performed using natural gas with a composition of 97% (by volume) of methane, and the liquid level was varied to study the effects on efficiency. Experimentation was carried out at atmospheric conditions of 298 K and 850 mbar with combustion gases at 446°C and equivalence ratio φ=0.83.

Methane number (MN) and the critical compression ratio (CCR) measurements for twelve blends of biogas with methane or propane and hydrogen additions were taken in a Cooperative Fuel Research (CFR) F2 model engine according to the standard. In addition, CHEMKIN simulations of MN and the CCR were performed on these blends at similar conditions to the CFR F2 engine operation. Eight chemical kinetics mechanisms were used; it was concluded that the best mechanism to simulate the CCR is USCII, and the best mechanism to simulate MN is San Diego.

After molecular nitrogen, nitrous oxide (N₂O) is the second most abundant nitrogen compound in the atmosphere and its concentration is rising at rate of 0.26% yr⁻¹ (0.7 ppb yr⁻¹). In the troposphere N₂O is a relatively stable compound, however it is reactive in the stratosphere, where it is destroyed by photolysis with ultraviolet radiation. While photolysis in the stratosphere removes this potent greenhouse gas from the atmosphere, subsequent reactions also destroy protective ozone.

This article presents the evaluation of some of these methodologies applied to a high compression ratio-spark ignition engine, which was achieved through modification of a commercial Diesel engine. The accuracy on calculation of equivalence ratio from exhaust gas analysis and the start of combustion from mass fraction burned has been tested. The effect of trapped mass on the in-cylinder energy balance was determined.

This paper presents a study of CH₄/Air/H₂/O₂ premixed laminar flames using a ratio of H₂/O₂ equal to 2/1. This gas mixture represents the products of the electrolysis of water. To date, only numerical analysis has been carried out on these kinds of blends and using H₂/O₂ percentages of only up to 10% by volume. Furthermore, there have been no reports of experimental analysis or possible flame instabilities associated with the enrichment of the mix with H₂/O₂.

In this study, we numerically and experimentally determined several combustion properties of three different shale gas mixtures. The gas compositions that were studied include 86% CH4 – 14% C2H6 (shale gas 1), 81% CH4 – 10% C2H6 – 9% N2 (shale gas 2) and 58% CH4 – 20% C2H6 – 12% C3H8 – 10% CO2 (shale gas 3).