Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-25wd4 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-28T14:49:34.254Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

11 - Fundamentals of Gaseous Combustion

from Part III - Fundamental Combustion Processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2022

Jacqueline O'Connor
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
Bobby Noble
Affiliation:
Electric Power Research Institute
Tim Lieuwen
Affiliation:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Get access

Summary

Gaseous renewable fuel combustion is of primary interest for a range of applications including aircraft engines, ground power engines, reciprocating engines, and industrial furnaces, among others. While much of the combustion science and engineering that are needed to design and operate such devices is well developed and available in modern textbooks, the attainment of even higher efficiencies, greater performance, and reduced emissions for an ever-increasing array of new fuels and fuel blends requires an even deeper understanding of fundamental combustion concepts and the underlying physical and chemical phenomena. In many cases, these fundamental concepts are areas of much recent and ongoing research.  This chapter describes the basic combustion and chemical kinetic properties of the fuels, namely hydrogen, syngas, ammonia, methane, natural gas, and ethanol, considering the flame temperature, ignition delay time, flammability limit, laminar flame speed, and fuel stretch sensitivity.

Type
Chapter
Information
Renewable Fuels
Sources, Conversion, and Utilization
, pp. 371 - 413
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure coreplatform@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×