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LAMINAR METHANE-AIR DIFFUSION FLAME WITH CHLORINE IMPURITIES: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Citation:
Venkatesh, S., K. Saito, J. Stencel, P. Lemieux, AND R. Hall. LAMINAR METHANE-AIR DIFFUSION FLAME WITH CHLORINE IMPURITIES: PRELIMINARY RESULTS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-90/051 (NTIS PB90246349), 1990.
Description:
The extended abstract gives preliminary results of exploratory tests, conducted by adding chlorine to the fuel side of a well characterized methane-air flame, to study the fundamental processes accompanying the combustion of chlorinated hydrocarbons. (NOTE: Formation of products of incomplete combustion during the thermal destruction of chlorinated compounds is of current interest.) he preliminary observations are concerned with soot emissions and flame temperature. he structure of the soot particles is examined under a scanning electron microscope (SEM). he SEM studies and the temperature measurements are compared to similar studies on a methane-air diffusion flame. esults indicate no change in the temperature field between the methane- air and chlorine/methane-air diffusion flames. he SEM analyzed soot indicated the absence of chlorine, although in one case the soot exhibited a porous structure, possibly due to chlorine induced attack.
