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The Effect of Hydrogen Addition on the Combustion Characteristics of RP-3 Kerosene/Air Premixed Flames

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  • Wen Zeng

    (Liaoning Key Lab of Advanced Test Technology for Aerospace Propulsion System, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang 110136, China)

  • Jing Liu

    (Liaoning Key Lab of Advanced Test Technology for Aerospace Propulsion System, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang 110136, China)

  • Yu Liu

    (Liaoning Key Lab of Advanced Test Technology for Aerospace Propulsion System, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang 110136, China)

  • Baodong Chen

    (Liaoning Key Lab of Advanced Test Technology for Aerospace Propulsion System, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang 110136, China)

  • Aiguo Liu

    (Liaoning Key Lab of Advanced Test Technology for Aerospace Propulsion System, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang 110136, China)

Abstract

Experimental studies have been performed to investigate the effects of hydrogen addition on the combustion characteristics of Chinese No.3 jet fuel (RP-3 kerosene/air premixed flames. Experiments were carried out in a constant volume chamber and the influences of the initial temperatures of 390 and 420 K, initial pressures of 0.1 and 0.3 MPa, equivalence ratios of 0.6–1.6 and hydrogen additions of 0.0–0.5 on the laminar burning velocities, and Markstein numbers of Hydrogen (H 2 )/RP-3/air mixtures were investigated. The results show that the flame front surfaces of RP-3/air mixtures remain smooth throughout the entire flame propagation process at a temperature of 390 K, pressure of 0.3 MPa, equivalence ratio of 1.3 and without hydrogen addition, but when the hydrogen addition increases from 0.0 to 0.5 under the same conditions, flaws and protuberances occur at the flame surfaces. It was also found that with the increase of the equivalence ratio from 0.9 to 1.5, the laminar burning velocities of the mixtures increase at first and then decrease, and the highest laminar burning velocity was measured at an equivalence ratio of 1.2. Meanwhile, with the increase of hydrogen addition, laminar burning velocities of H 2 /RP-3/air mixtures increase. However, the Markstein numbers of H 2 /RP-3/air mixtures decrease with the increase of hydrogen addition, which means that the flames of H 2 /RP-3/air mixtures become unstable with the increase of hydrogen addition.

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  • Wen Zeng & Jing Liu & Yu Liu & Baodong Chen & Aiguo Liu, 2017. "The Effect of Hydrogen Addition on the Combustion Characteristics of RP-3 Kerosene/Air Premixed Flames," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-12, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:10:y:2017:i:8:p:1107-:d:106350
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