Experiments were performed in dump-stabilized axisymmetric flames to assess turbulent flame speeds (${S}_{T} $) and mean flamelets speeds (stretched laminar flame speeds, ${S}_{L, k} $). Fuels with significantly different thermodiffusive properties have been investigated, ranging from pure methane to syngas (${\mathrm{H} }_{2} \text{{\ndash}} \mathrm{CO} $ blends) and pure hydrogen, while the pressure was varied from 0.1 to 1.25 MPa. Flame front corrugation was measured with planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) of the OH radical, while turbulence quantities were determined with particle image velocimetry (PIV). Two different analyses based on mass balance were performed on the acquired flame images. The first method assessed absolute values of turbulent flame speeds and the second method, by means of an improved fractal methodology, provided normalized turbulent flame speeds (${S}_{T} / {S}_{L, k} $). Deduced average Markstein numbers exhibited a strong dependence on pressure and hydrogen content of the reactive mixture. It was shown that preferential-diffusive-thermal (PDT) effects acted primarily on enhancing the stretched laminar flame speeds rather than on increasing the flame front corrugations. Interaction between flame front and turbulent eddies measured by the fractal dimension was shown to correlate with the eddy temporal activity.
The influence of the combustion products of different lubrication oil additives and impurities in fuel or urea solution on the activity and selectivity of V 2 O 5 /WO 3 -TiO 2 catalysts in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxides by ammonia was investigated. Focusing on the deactivation by calcium, phosphate, and potassium, the DeNO x activity followed the order K)Ca>PO 4 . This trend was investigated on the structural level of the catalyst by means of temperature programmed desorption of ammonia (NH 3 -TPD) and a DRIFT characterization of the adsorbed ammonia species. The results suggest that the studied elements strongly reduce the acidity of the SCR catalyst in the order K ) Ca>PO 4 by mainly affecting the Brønsted acidity of the surface.
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