Syngas (for synthetic gas) is a well known gaseous biofuel, also known as producer gas or wood gas. It is composed mainly of N 2 , CO 2 , CO, H 2 and CH 4 , with varying shares depending on the gasification process and biomass source.When syngas is used in Internal Combustion engines for stationary electricity generation, the operation modes have to be adapted. The problem is that, for the moment, the combustion parameters of complex syngas compositions are not fully covered by the literature. In this study, the laminar flame speeds and Markstein lengths are measured for three syngas compositions. This compositions were chosen to represent typical production of three types of gasifiers (Updraft, Downdraft and Fluidized Bed). Measurements were made at varying initial temperatures (298 to 423 K), pressures (1 to 5 bar) and equivalence ratios (0.6 to 1.4). The method used was the outwardly propagating spherical method. Higher H 2 and CO contents on the Updraft and Downdraft compositions produced flame speeds two times higher than the Fluidbed composition.Results were compared to the data from the only two previous studies but no quantitative agreement was found. The results obtained from kinetic modeling with four kinetic mechanisms provide a global agreement specially those from the CRECK mechanism that only deviated from the experimental results by 5 to 10%.
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