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Effect of trimethylphosphate additives on the flammability concentration limits of premixed methane-air mixtures

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The effect of small additives of trimethylphosphate (TMP) on the lean and rich flammability concentration limits of CH4/air gas mixtures were studied using an opposed-flow burner and numerical modeling based on detailed kinetic mechanisms. TMP was found to narrow the flammability concentration limits of premixed CH4/air mixtures. Modeling using a previously developed model for flame inhibition by phosphorus compounds showed that the model provides a satisfactory fit to experimental results on the effect of TMP additives on the lean concentration limit.

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    D. A. Knyazkov, S. A. Yakimov, O. P. Korobeinichev & A. G. Shmakov

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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 12–21, January–February, 2008.

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Knyazkov, D.A., Yakimov, S.A., Korobeinichev, O.P. et al. Effect of trimethylphosphate additives on the flammability concentration limits of premixed methane-air mixtures. Combust Explos Shock Waves 44, 9–17 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10573-008-0002-4

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