Research Article

CFD Analysis of Passive Autocatalytic Recombiner

Table 2

Comparison of results for second steady-state condition (At inlet mixture temperature 373 K, mole fraction of hydrogen 8%, and mole fraction of steam 60% steam) for Gx-test series.

ExperimentReported CFX results [8] Present results

Maximum surface temperature (K)750 K965 K973 K
Outlet gas temperature (K)635 K735 K723 K
Outlet hydrogen mole fraction (%)1.50.61.8