Analytical two-dimensional modeling of hydrogen–air mixture in catalytic micro-combustor

Abstract

This paper investigates the combustion phenomenon in catalytic micro-combustor by using a twodimensional model. In solution of energy and mass equations, the temperature and mass dependant reaction rates are considered with an iterative procedure where the series matching conditions are exerted between neighbor zones. The reaction zone thickness is considered as a variable parameter and predicted by the solution results of the present study. The study of main parameters effects such as normalized wall temperature, Peclet number and equivalence ratio is also attained. The limitations of low and high Peclet number are determined where at high Peclet numbers the maximum temperature is decreased and the trend is inversed at low Peclet numbers. In order to validate this model the results are compared with published experimental data, showing an acceptable agreement and confirming the accuracy of the predicted data.

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