On the controllability and run-away possibility of a totally free piston, pulsed compression reactor

Experimental study and simulation of syngas generation from methane in the Pulsed Compression Reactor

“…This means that, when the reactants are diluted with products, the only thing that changes is the energy released in the reactions. However, it was shown in the previous research [10] that even for a cold reactor, with reactants with a dilution ratio of 1:5, enough energy is released by the reactants to compensate losses (in the case of the partial oxidation process). For other (endothermic) processes, it may even be desirable to dilute the reactants.…”

“…An initial investigation on the heat losses from the PCR during continuous operation can be found in the work of Roestenberg et al [9]. An investigation of the stability of the reciprocation of the PCR during operation is described by Roestenberg et al [10].…”