A Predictive Approach for the Flammability Limits of Methane-Nitrogen Mixtures

1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Wierzba ◽  
G. A. Karim

The present contribution describes a relatively simple procedure for predicting the lean and rich flammability limits of methane-nitrogen mixtures in air from a knowledge of the composition of the fuel mixture and the corresponding limit for methane. It is shown that this approach can be extended similarly to consider the limits of natural gas-nitrogen mixtures yielding relatively good agreement with experimental values over a relatively wide range of composition and pressure.

1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. O. Bade Shrestha ◽  
I. Wierzba ◽  
G. A. Karim

A simple approach is described for the calculation of the rich flammability limits of fuel-diluent mixtures in air for a wide range of initial temperatures based only on the knowledge of the flammability limit of the pure fuel in air at atmospheric temperature and pressure conditions. Various fuel-diluent mixtures that include the fuels methane, ethylene, ethane, propane, butane, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen, and the diluents nitrogen, carbon dioxide, helium, and argon have been considered. Good agreement is shown to exist between predicted values of the rich flammability limits and the corresponding available experimental values for the fuel-diluent mixtures.


1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Wierzba ◽  
S. O. Bade Shrestha ◽  
G. A. Karim

A procedure is described for calculating the lean flammability limits of fuel-diluent mixtures in air over a wide range of fuel-diluent combinations and for different initial mixture temperatures. Good agreement is shown to exist between the predicted values of the limits with the corresponding experimental values for some common gaseous fuels that include CH4, C2H6, C2H4, C3H8, C4H10, H2, and CO and the diluents CO2, N2, He, and Ar over the temperature range of −60°C up to 400°C.


2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-163
Author(s):  
Viktor Anishchenko ◽  
Vladimir Rybachenko ◽  
Konstantin Chotiy ◽  
Andrey Redko

AbstractDFT calculations of vibrational spectra of chlorophosphates using wide range of basis sets and hybrid functionals were performed. Good agreement between calculated and experimental vibrational spectra was reached by the combination of non-empirical functional PBE0 with both middle and large basis sets. The frequencies of the stretching vibrations of the phosphate group calculated using semi-empirical functional B3LYP for all basis sets deviate significantly from the experimental values. The number of polarization functions on heavy atoms was shown to be a key factor for the calculation of vibrational frequencies of organophosphates. The importance of consideration of all the stable rotamers for a complete assignment of fundamental modes was shown.


1965 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 633-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald B Nevius ◽  
Gerard F Lanchantin

Abstract Natural gas was substituted for propane gas in the oxygen-fuel mixture supplying the Technicon AutoAnalyzer flame photometer. This was accomplished by the use of a 1/3-hp rotary pump and attached manifold, which compressed the gas from the city line and supplied it at a constant pressure to the burner module of the system. A method for the automatic analysis of serum Li was devised by using K as an internal standard and comparing the output of the Li-sensitive photo-cell with that of an attenuated K-sensitive cell. In addition, a simple procedure was incorporated into the routine determination of serum Na and K: samples of insufficient volume were diluted in a solution of known electrolyte concentration, which permitted their quantitation without changing the tubing manifold or other operating components of the system.


1999 ◽  
Vol 383 ◽  
pp. 307-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHE CLANET ◽  
JUAN C. LASHERAS

We consider the critical Weber number (Wec≡ ρV20D/σ) at which the transition from dripping to jetting occurs when a Newtonian liquid of density ρ and surface tension σ is injected with a velocity V0 through a tube of diameter D downward into stagnant air, under gravity g. We extend Taylor's (1959) model for the recession speed of a free edge, and obtain in the inviscid limit an exact solution which includes gravity and inertia effects. This solution provides a criterion for the transition which is shown to occur at a critical Weber numberformula herewhere Bo and Boo are the Bond numbers (Bo≡[ρgD2/(2σ)]1/2), respectively based on the inside and outside diameter of the tube, and K is a constant equal to 0.37 for the case of water injected in air. This critical Weber number is shown to be in good agreement with existing experimental values as well as with new measurements performed over a wide range of Bond numbers.


2017 ◽  
Vol 231 (11-12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Humbul Suleman ◽  
Abdulhalim Shah Maulud ◽  
Zakaria Man

AbstractA computationally simple thermodynamic framework has been presented to correlate the vapour-liquid equilibria of carbon dioxide absorption in five representative types of alkanolamine mixtures. The proposed model is an extension of modified Kent Eisenberg model for the carbon dioxide loaded aqueous alkanolamine mixtures. The model parameters are regressed on a large experimental data pool of carbon dioxide solubility in aqueous alkanolamine mixtures. The model is applicable to a wide range of temperature (298–393 K), pressure (0.1–6000 kPa) and alkanolamine concentration (0.3–5 M). The correlated results are compared to the experimental values and found to be in good agreement with the average deviations ranging between 6% and 20%. The model results are comparable to other thermodynamic models.


1982 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-129
Author(s):  
A. Hanafi ◽  
G. A. Karim

The physical and chemical processes that occur typically within and around an oil sand fragment are considered when the fragment is suddenly introduced into a hot, low-uniform velocity, gaseous oxidizing stream. In this analytical study, the extent of bitumen volatilization was obtained from a consideration of the simultaneous heat and mass transfer within spherical oil sand fragments combined with a simplified cracking scheme of the heavy oil and asphaltene into coke and distillate. The resulting system of equations together with the boundary conditions arising from subjecting the fragments to hot convective streams were solved using Laplace transformation. The transient concentrations of bitumen and temperature within the fragments were then obtained under a wide range of operating conditions. The similarity of the expression obtained for the extent of bitumen volatilization to the expression derived from simplified analysis, based on a dropletlike model, was demonstrated for cases where the transient effects within the fragments were considered to be negligible. The results of the theoretical analysis show relatively good agreement with their corresponding experimental values at high stream temperatures, while they showed relatively inferior agreement at low temperatures.


1998 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 515-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Pilati ◽  
F. Demartin ◽  
C. M. Gramaccioli

Using crystallographic information and empirical potentials derived from fitting the vibrational frequencies of all the substances under study, together with those of a group of silicates and oxides, a Born–von Karman rigid-ion lattice-dynamical model has been applied to the whole Brillouin zone in calcite, aragonite (α- and β-CaCO3, respectively), magnesite (MgCO3) and dolomite [CaMg(CO3)2]. The Raman and IR spectra are satisfactorily reproduced and interpreted by these calculations; there is also very good agreement with atomic anisotropic displacement parameters (a.d.p.'s) derived from accurate crystal structure refinement by various authors and with the experimental values of thermodynamic functions over a wide range of temperatures. On these vibrational grounds, the stability of calcite with respect to aragonite at high temperature can be accounted for.


1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Wierzba ◽  
G. A. Karim ◽  
I. Wierzba

A simple analytical model for the mixing and combustion of an axisymmetric turbulent gaseous fuel jet discharging into a co-flowing streaming gaseous environment of an auxiliary fuel and/or a diluent homogeneously mixed with air is presented. A number of gaseous fuels and diluents are considered. It is shown that the combustion characteristics of a fuel jet can be modified significantly by the presence of a relatively small amount of a fuel in the surrounding air at concentrations well below the corresponding local flammability limits. Correlative procedures are presented for estimating changes in the flame length, the size of the combustion zone, and the blowout limits with changes in the type and concentration of the fuel in the surroundings. Predicted values showed generally good agreement with the corresponding experimental values.


2010 ◽  
Vol 297-301 ◽  
pp. 1244-1249 ◽  
Author(s):  
João M.P.Q. Delgado ◽  
M. Vázquez da Silva

This paper describes a simple experimental technique, easy to set-up in a laboratory, for the measurement of solute solubility in liquids (or gases). Experimental values of solubility were determined for the dissolution of benzoic acid in water and salicylic acid in water, at temperatures between 5°C and 70°C. The solubility experimental values obtained are in good agreement with the theoretical values of solubility and the empirical correlations presented in literature. The results show that it is possible to obtain good results for solubility values, using a simple and inexpensive experimental technique.


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