The Influence of Singlet Oxygen and Ozone on the Combustion in Methane-Air Mixture

Abstract:

Based on GRI3.0, we study the main chemical kinetics process about reactions of singlet oxygen O₂(a¹Δ_g) and ozone O3 with methane-air combustion products, inherit and further develop research in chemical kinetics process with enhancement effects on methane-air mixed combustion by these two molecules. In addition, influence of these two molecules on ignition delay time and flame speed of laminar mixture are considered in our numerical simulation research. This study validates the calculation of this model which cotains these two active molecules by using experimental data of ignition delay time and the speed of laminar flame propagation. In CH4-air mixing laminar combustion under fuel-lean condition(ф=0.5), flame speed will be increased, and singlet oxygen with 10% of mole fraction increases it by 80.34%, while ozone with 10% mole fraction increase it by 127.96%. It mainly because active atoms and groups(O, H, OH, CH₃, CH₂O, CH₃O, etc) will be increased a lot after adding active molecules in the initial stage, and chain reaction be reacted greatly, inducing shortening of reaction time and accelerating of flame speed. Under fuel rich(ф=1.5), accelerating of flame speed will be weakened slightly, singlet oxygen with 10% in molecular oxygen increase it by 48.93%, while ozone with 10% increase it by 70.25%.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 699)
• Pages: 111-118
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.699.111
• Online since: May 2013
• Authors: Rui Shi, Chang Hui Wang, Yan Nan Chang
• Keywords: Enhance, Flame Speed, Ignition Delay Time, Methane-Air Mixture, Plasma

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