MARGINAL DETONATION OF ALIPHATIC NATURAL-GAS CONSTITUENTS WITH O-2/N-2

1992-12-01
RASHIDI, F
MICHELS, HJ
Detonation propagation and detonation limits in gaseous ternary systems of methane, ethane, n-propane, and n-butane with oxygen and nitrogen have been studied in a 50-mm bore tube, at 1 bar.a and room temperature, after initiation by a denotating mixture of stoichiometric hydrogen and oxygen. Fuel-lean limit concentrations in each system are largely independent of increased diluent concentration up to mixtures with air, but fuel-rich limit concentrations vary and in the case of n-propane and n-butane appear dependent on energy release from condensation processes. For both dilutions, however, the results support once again the opinion that shock temperatures of at least 1200 K are a prerequisite for stable, viable detonation of aliphatic natural gas constituents confined in tubes with nitrogen and/or oxygen. On a relative scale, for mixtures with air, methane appeared least and ethane most detonable.
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Citation Formats
F. RASHIDI and H. MICHELS, “MARGINAL DETONATION OF ALIPHATIC NATURAL-GAS CONSTITUENTS WITH O-2/N-2,” COMBUSTION AND FLAME, pp. 373–381, 1992, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/66074.