Experimental and numerical study of combustion of rich mixtures of methyl alcohol and hydrogen with air

The combustion of rich mixtures of methanol and hydrogen with air has been studied by experimental and numerical methods. It has been shown that the deviation from the Le Chatelier rule for the rich flammability limits is due to two factors: inhibition of flame propagation by methanol in rich mixtures of hydrogen and the presence of superadiabatic temperatures in rich mixtures of methanol. It has been found that the effect of adding small amounts of hydrogen to rich mixtures of methanol is the same as the effect of adding inert nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Numerical simulation has shown that adding small amounts of hydrogen to rich mixtures methanol leads only to physical effects on the normal flame speed. Additives of H$_2$ affect the implementation of above-adiabatic temperatures in a methanol flame in the same way as Inert additives of CO$_2$ and N$_2$.