Numerical study on the auto-ignition characteristics of methane oxy-fuel combustion highly diluted by CO2

Abstract

The methane oxy-fuel combustion highly diluted by CO2 at supercritical region has the best potential for its near-zero emission characteristics and high thermal efficiency, while its auto-ignition characteristic is still not clear. In current investigation, a model with detailed chemical kinetic mechanism was introduced to research its ignition delay times (IDs). Results showed that the fold points in low-temperature and high-pressure region is due to CH3O2 which only involved in Aramco-Mech 1.3. When temperature increases, the inhibition of the termination reactions plays a dominate role at low pressure, while the promotion of the branching reactions contributes more to the acceleration of ignition at high pressure. Five dominant pathways and their variations were clarified to depict the inhibition effect of the ratio of CO2/O2. Based on the newly proposed combustion mode, it was found that temperature dependence of the nonnegligible CO2 collision effect is opposite under low and high pressure with full-oxy combustion mode. This investigation extended the research region to higher pressure and comprehensively studied the relevant factors on the auto-ignition which not only provides theoretical reference for the chemical kinetics study of methane, but also contributes to the further researches of EGR, SCF and near-zero emissions technologies.