Ignition of Hydrogen–Air–Water Vapor Lean Mixtures Behind Shock Waves
摘要
The ignition of lean mixtures of hydrogen with air and water vapor behind reflected shock waves was studied experimentally in the temperature range 947–1552 K at a pressure of 1 atm. Numerical simulation of the concentration profiles of the electron-excited OH* radical using several widely employed detailed kinetic mechanisms is performed. It is shown that the influence of water on the self-ignition of lean hydrogen–air mixtures at temperatures above 1050 K is insignificant. The discrepancy between the results of calculations and experimental data at temperatures below 1050 K is explained by the presence of small impurities formed in catalytic reactions on the surface.