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Numerical study of the combustion of conventional and BioFuels using reduced and advanced reaction mechanisms

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posted on 2023-06-09, 00:06 authored by Ibrahiim E Abdalla, Ayedh Alajmi, Zhiyin Yang
Combustion process of conventional liquid fuels and BioFuels depend on many factors including thermo - physicochemical properties associated with such fuels, their chemical structure and the combustion infrastructure used. This manuscript summarises the computational results of a steady cfd simulation for reactive flows performed to validate advanced reaction mechanisms for both conventional and BioFuels. The computational results have shown good agreement with the available experimental data with the differences thoroughly discussed and explained. An important observations and findings reported in this work was that when comprehensive reaction models were used, the injected fuels burned at a slower rate compared to the situation when reduced models were employed. While such comprehensive models predicted better flame structure and far better biproducts compared to the existing experimental results, it has also led to over-predicting the temperature field. The computational results have also shown that BioDiesel produces a marginally higher rate of CO2 compared to Diesel. Such results are thought to be due to the Oxygenated nature of the fuel and how such feature influences the development of a comprehensive reaction mechanism for such fuels.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Thermal Science

ISSN

0354-9836

Publisher

VINCA Institute of Nuclear Sciences

Issue

6

Volume

19

Page range

2171-2184

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  • Engineering and Design Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-01-21

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