Physical and Chemical Features of Hydrogen Combustion and Their Influence on the Characteristics of Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers
Hydrogen plays a key role in the transition to a carbon-free economy. Substitution of hydrocarbon fuel with hydrogen in gas turbine engines and power plants is an area of growing interest. This review discusses the combustion features of adding hydrogen as well as its influence on the characteristic...
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| author | Elena Anatolievna Shchepakina Ivan Alexandrovich Zubrilin Alexey Yurievich Kuznetsov Konstantin Dmitrievich Tsapenkov Dmitry Vladimirovich Antonov Pavel Alexandrovich Strizhak Denis Vladimirovich Yakushkin Alexander Gennadievich Ulitichev Vladimir Alexandrovich Dolinskiy Mario Hernandez Morales |
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| description | Hydrogen plays a key role in the transition to a carbon-free economy. Substitution of hydrocarbon fuel with hydrogen in gas turbine engines and power plants is an area of growing interest. This review discusses the combustion features of adding hydrogen as well as its influence on the characteristics of gas turbine combustion chambers as compared with methane. The paper presents the studies into pure hydrogen or methane and methane–hydrogen mixtures with various hydrogen contents. Hydrogen combustion shows a smaller ignition delay time and higher laminar flame speed with a shift in its maximum value to a rich mixture, which has a significant effect on the flashback inside the burner premixer, especially at elevated air temperatures. Another feature is an increased temperature of the flame, which can lead to an increased rate of nitrogen oxide formation. However, wider combustion concentration ranges contribute to the stable combustion of hydrogen at temperatures lower than those of methane. Along with this, it has been shown that even at the same adiabatic temperature, more nitrogen oxides are formed in a hydrogen flame than in a methane flame, which indicates another mechanism for NOx formation in addition to the Zeldovich mechanism. The article also summarizes some of the results of the studies into the effects of hydrogen on thermoacoustic instability, which depends on the inherent nature of pulsations during methane combustion. The presented data will be useful both to engineers who are engaged in solving the problems of designing hydrogen combustion devices and to scientists in this field of study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d31fd9fe1b3460d8a6723eb6662032d2023-11-17T09:26:19ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-03-01136375410.3390/app13063754Physical and Chemical Features of Hydrogen Combustion and Their Influence on the Characteristics of Gas Turbine Combustion ChambersElena Anatolievna Shchepakina0Ivan Alexandrovich Zubrilin1Alexey Yurievich Kuznetsov2Konstantin Dmitrievich Tsapenkov3Dmitry Vladimirovich Antonov4Pavel Alexandrovich Strizhak5Denis Vladimirovich Yakushkin6Alexander Gennadievich Ulitichev7Vladimir Alexandrovich Dolinskiy8Mario Hernandez Morales9Institute of Engine and Power Plant Engineering, Samara National Research University, 34, Moskovskoye Shosse, Samara 443086, RussiaInstitute of Engine and Power Plant Engineering, Samara National Research University, 34, Moskovskoye Shosse, Samara 443086, RussiaInstitute of Engine and Power Plant Engineering, Samara National Research University, 34, Moskovskoye Shosse, Samara 443086, RussiaInstitute of Engine and Power Plant Engineering, Samara National Research University, 34, Moskovskoye Shosse, Samara 443086, RussiaEnergy Engineering School, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 30, Prospekt Lenina, Tomsk 634050, RussiaEnergy Engineering School, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 30, Prospekt Lenina, Tomsk 634050, RussiaInstitute of Engine and Power Plant Engineering, Samara National Research University, 34, Moskovskoye Shosse, Samara 443086, RussiaPJSC “UEC-Kuznetsov”, Samara 443080, RussiaPJSC “UEC-Kuznetsov”, Samara 443080, RussiaInstitute of Engine and Power Plant Engineering, Samara National Research University, 34, Moskovskoye Shosse, Samara 443086, RussiaHydrogen plays a key role in the transition to a carbon-free economy. Substitution of hydrocarbon fuel with hydrogen in gas turbine engines and power plants is an area of growing interest. This review discusses the combustion features of adding hydrogen as well as its influence on the characteristics of gas turbine combustion chambers as compared with methane. The paper presents the studies into pure hydrogen or methane and methane–hydrogen mixtures with various hydrogen contents. Hydrogen combustion shows a smaller ignition delay time and higher laminar flame speed with a shift in its maximum value to a rich mixture, which has a significant effect on the flashback inside the burner premixer, especially at elevated air temperatures. Another feature is an increased temperature of the flame, which can lead to an increased rate of nitrogen oxide formation. However, wider combustion concentration ranges contribute to the stable combustion of hydrogen at temperatures lower than those of methane. Along with this, it has been shown that even at the same adiabatic temperature, more nitrogen oxides are formed in a hydrogen flame than in a methane flame, which indicates another mechanism for NOx formation in addition to the Zeldovich mechanism. The article also summarizes some of the results of the studies into the effects of hydrogen on thermoacoustic instability, which depends on the inherent nature of pulsations during methane combustion. The presented data will be useful both to engineers who are engaged in solving the problems of designing hydrogen combustion devices and to scientists in this field of study.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/6/3754hydrogencombustion chamberemissiongas turbine enginesflame blowout |
| spellingShingle | Elena Anatolievna Shchepakina Ivan Alexandrovich Zubrilin Alexey Yurievich Kuznetsov Konstantin Dmitrievich Tsapenkov Dmitry Vladimirovich Antonov Pavel Alexandrovich Strizhak Denis Vladimirovich Yakushkin Alexander Gennadievich Ulitichev Vladimir Alexandrovich Dolinskiy Mario Hernandez Morales Physical and Chemical Features of Hydrogen Combustion and Their Influence on the Characteristics of Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers Applied Sciences hydrogen combustion chamber emission gas turbine engines flame blowout |
| title | Physical and Chemical Features of Hydrogen Combustion and Their Influence on the Characteristics of Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers |
| title_full | Physical and Chemical Features of Hydrogen Combustion and Their Influence on the Characteristics of Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers |
| title_fullStr | Physical and Chemical Features of Hydrogen Combustion and Their Influence on the Characteristics of Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physical and Chemical Features of Hydrogen Combustion and Their Influence on the Characteristics of Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers |
| title_short | Physical and Chemical Features of Hydrogen Combustion and Their Influence on the Characteristics of Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers |
| title_sort | physical and chemical features of hydrogen combustion and their influence on the characteristics of gas turbine combustion chambers |
| topic | hydrogen combustion chamber emission gas turbine engines flame blowout |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/6/3754 |
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