Study on combustion characteristics of dimethyl ether and hydrogen blends based on a rapid compression machine

Zhi Cheng Shi, Hai Tao Lu, Hao Liu, Hong Guang Zhang*

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Abstract

Effects of the hydrogen blending ratio, equivalence ratio and compressed pressure on the ignition delay time of DME/H2/O2/N2 mixture are investigated using a rapid compression machine (RCM) at compressed temperature of 650~830 K, compressed pressure of 1.94~2.45 MPa, equivalence ratio of 0.83~1.25 and nitrogen dilution ratio of 89.74% in this study. Kinetics model was built to predict the ignition delay time and simulate the combustion process. The results show that: with the increasing hydrogen blending ratio, there is only little change about the first stage ignition delay time of DME/H2/O2/N2 mixture, and the total ignition delay time extends; with the increasing equivalence ratio and compressed pressure, the first stage ignition delay time of the DME/H2/O2/N2 mixture only has little change, and the total ignition delay time shortens.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1345-1353
Number of pages9
JournalKung Cheng Je Wu Li Hsueh Pao/Journal of Engineering Thermophysics
Volume37
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2016

Keywords

  • Dimethyl ether
  • Hydrogen
  • Ignition delay time
  • Rapid compression machine

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