TY - JOUR
AU1 - Chein, Reiyu
AU2 - Chen, Yen-Cho
AU3 - Chen, Jui-Yu
AU4 - Chung, J. N.
AB - AbstractMethanol catalytic combustion in a mini-scale tubular quartz-made combustor is investigated in this study. An alumina sphere was employed as the support for the platinum catalyst. The experimental results showed that the combustion can be self-ignited at room temperature. Using the combustor wall temperature to characterize the combustor performance, it was found that the combustion temperature can reach a high value within a short time. The experimental results indicated that the combustor performance depends greatly on the fuel/air supply. A higher temperature can be obtained with a higher fuel/air flow rate. The insulated and non-insulated combustor experimental results indicated that heat loss to the environment is an important factor in governing the combustion characteristics due to the large surface/volume ratio. A higher temperature can also be obtained when the combustor is insulated. Because most of the combustion took place at the combustor entrance region, the experimental result suggested that the combustor length can be shortened, leading to a more compact design allowing the combustor integration with various applications. A simple numerical model was built to provide a greater understanding of the combustion characteristics and examine the heat loss effect on combustor performance.
TI - Premixed Methanol–Air Combustion Characteristics in a Mini-scale Catalytic Combustor
JF - International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering
DO - 10.1515/ijcre-2014-0061
DA - 2016-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/premixed-methanol-air-combustion-characteristics-in-a-mini-scale-WyrYQ6pmS2
SP - 383
EP - 393
VL - 14
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -