Observation of water-gas shift equilibrium in diffusion flames

摘要

The kinetic behavior of the water-gas shift (WGS) sub-system has been studied computationally for hydrocarbon diffusion flames in the counterflow geometry. Of specific interest was the spatial domain in which the reactions in the WGS-complex exhibit characteristics that lead to species concentrations approaching those expected from equilibrium. Two scenarios were observed for WGS equilibrium: