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Kaczmarek, D., Shaqiri, S., Atakan, B., Kasper, T. |
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Proceedings of the Combustion Institute; 2020, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p233-241, 9p |
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Methane based polygeneration processes in piston engines offer the possibility of a controllable and flexible conversion of energy, to up-convert low value chemicals and to store energy. These processes preferably take place under fuel-rich conditions and at high pressures. Under fuel-rich conditions, there was one experimental report that a distinctive negative temperature coefficient (NTC) behavior occurs in methane oxidation (Petersen et al., 1999). To design a polygeneration process, reliable kinetic models are required to capture the impact of pressure and equivalence ratio variations on reactivity of the gas mixtures. Here, the experimental basis for methane oxidation is expanded to high pressures and very fuel-rich conditions and compared to literature models, both with special emphasis on the NTC behavior. The oxidation of methane/oxygen mixtures at 2 ≤ Φ≤ 20 and pressures ranging from 1 to 20 bar is investigated. The literature reaction mechanisms are assessed with respect to their ability to predict this phenomenon and used to identify reaction pathways. It is found that NTC behavior occurs in a temperature range between 700 and 1000 K and at pressures higher than 5 bar. The lower temperature limit is slightly shifted towards higher temperatures with decreasing equivalence ratio. In addition, the higher the equivalence ratio, the broader the pressure range, in which the NTC behavior is observed. In general, predictions of some models are in good agreement with the experimental data. Reaction path analyses reveal that the competition between oxidation and recombination pathways are responsible for the NTC region in methane oxidation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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