Effects of Hydrogen and Nitrogen Concentration on Laminar Burning Velocities and NO, CO Formation of Propane-Air Mixtures

Abstract

With the development of the uses of hydrocarbon compounds in many industrial fields, especially in the field of energy liberation through oxidation of gases, as previous research specialized in improving the combustion processes of gases by adding particles of other gases that contribute to improving the combustion of these compounds in terms of temperatures and speed of flame combustion. The previous study aimed to improve the flame speed by adding different gases to several compounds. In this research paper, propane gas C3H8 is used as the main gas to improve its combustion properties. N2 and H2 gas were added in different proportions, through which a clear effect on the combustion properties can be seen in terms of combustion speed. Flames and exhaust as CO and NOx. As the auxiliary gases were added in this improvement at rates of 20%, 30% and 40%, and then these tests were analyzed, where it was concluded that H2 gas clearly contributed to improving the combustion speed of the flame, as the flame combustion velocity reached 58.3 cm/s by 40%.