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Recirculating Plug Flow Reactor
Technical Paper
1999-01-2603
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Abstract
In this study, a model is developed in which a portion of the reacting flow in a plug flow reactor is recirculated back onto the inlet flow. In addressing the inherent non-uniformities in the primary zone of a combustor, the Recirculating Plug Flow Reactor should provide a superior method of correlating combustor performance over previous methods. This model was found to be governed by two parameters: the recirculation time required to complete the circuit and the ratio of the recirculated flow to the inlet flow. For a sufficiently large recirculation time, the characteristic reaction rate varied with this ratio. For a sufficiently small recirculation time, a distinct flame stability limit was observed.
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Harwood, M. and Lear, W., "Recirculating Plug Flow Reactor," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-2603, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-2603.Also In
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