Experimental Study on Hydrogen Recombination Characteristics of a Passive Autocatalytic Recombiner during Spray Operation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. SPARC Test Facility
2.1. SPARC Pressure Vessel
2.2. SPARC Measurement System
2.3. Spray System
2.4. Test PAR and Measurement
3. Postprocessing of Experimental Data
3.1. Gas Species Concentrations
3.2. PAR Recombination Rate
4. SPARC-SPRAY-PAR Experiment
4.1. Test Conditions
4.2. SSP3 Test
4.3. SSP4 Test
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Nomenclature
A | Area (m2) |
m | Mass (kg) |
Mass flow (kg/s) | |
N | Number of mole (kmole) |
p | Pressure (Pa) |
R | Universal gas constant (J/kmol-K) |
Hydrogen recombination rate (kg/s) | |
RH | Relative humidity (−) |
T | Temperature (K) |
U | Velocity (m/s) |
W | Molecular weight (kg/kmole) |
x | Mole fraction of a gas species (−) |
Y | Mass fraction of a gas species (−) |
ρ | Density (kg/m3) |
Subscripts | |
h2o | Water vapor (Steam) |
h2 | Hydrogen |
o2 | Oxygen |
in | Inlet |
out | Outlet |
m | Mixture |
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Kim, J.; Hong, S.; Park, K.-H.; Kim, J.-H.; Oh, J.-Y. Experimental Study on Hydrogen Recombination Characteristics of a Passive Autocatalytic Recombiner during Spray Operation. Hydrogen 2022, 3, 197-217. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrogen3020013
Kim J, Hong S, Park K-H, Kim J-H, Oh J-Y. Experimental Study on Hydrogen Recombination Characteristics of a Passive Autocatalytic Recombiner during Spray Operation. Hydrogen. 2022; 3(2):197-217. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrogen3020013
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Jongtae, Seongho Hong, Ki-Han Park, Jin-Hyeok Kim, and Jeong-Yun Oh. 2022. "Experimental Study on Hydrogen Recombination Characteristics of a Passive Autocatalytic Recombiner during Spray Operation" Hydrogen 3, no. 2: 197-217. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrogen3020013
APA StyleKim, J., Hong, S., Park, K. -H., Kim, J. -H., & Oh, J. -Y. (2022). Experimental Study on Hydrogen Recombination Characteristics of a Passive Autocatalytic Recombiner during Spray Operation. Hydrogen, 3(2), 197-217. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrogen3020013