Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Subject "Combustion"
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An autoignition study of hydrogen and natural gas mixtures under gas turbine relevant conditions in a rapid compression machine
(2013-11-14)This study presents an experimental and modelling investigation of the ignition of hydrogen and natural gas mixtures. These mixtures were chosen due to their relevancy to the gas turbine industry. A detailed chemical ... -
Development of a Chemical Kinetic Mechanism for Small Hydrocarbons
(2014-01-07)A detailed chemical kinetic mechanism has been developed to describe the oxidation of small hydrocarbon and oxygenated hydrocarbon species. In order to understand the oxidation of large hydrocarbon and oxygenated hydrocarbon ... -
An experimental and modelling study of selected oxygenated biofuels
(2014-10-13)Detailed chemical kinetic models are useful tools for the development of more efficient combustion systems. These models require validation of the elementary kinetics used in order for them to be accurate and reliable. ... -
An experimental and modelling study of the combustion of oxygenated hydrocarbons
(2014-03-19)A chemical kinetic mechanism for the combustion of acetone has been developed and compared with a range of experimental data from the literature and with species concentration profiles measured in this study in the Princeton ... -
Investigation of Biomass Combustion in Grate Furnaces using CFD
(2012-12-12)Channelling is an undesirable phenomenon in the fixed-bed combustion of biomass. It is characterised by an uneven air distribution, and thus fuel conversion, throughout the fuel bed. Attempts to mitigate the channelling ... -
On the pyrolysis and combustion of furans: quantum chemical, statistical rate theory, and chemical kinetic modelling studies
(2014-06-23)The development of synthetic methods which can convert inedible waste biomass into liquid transportation fuels is an exciting breakthrough which may reduce our dependence on fossil fuels for energy production, and contribute ...