Research Article

Charged Species Concentration in Combusting Mixtures Using Equilibrium Chemistry

Table 5

Effect of , and pressure on equilibrium concentration of ions (mixture II) in a stoichiometric propane-air mixture.

ā€‰ (K) (K)Pressure (atm)H3O+ (ions/cc)NO+ (ions/cc)Total (ions/cc)Application

12200220015.66x1061.69x1072.2x107Laboratory flame (Bunsen burner) with thermal equilibrium

228002800401.53x10105.16x10106.69x1010Burned gas conditions (engines) with thermal equilibrium

328004200
(=1.5)
402.81x10127.05x10102.81x1012Burned gas conditions (engines) with thermal dis-equilibrium