Research Article

CFD Analysis of Passive Autocatalytic Recombiner

Table 1

Comparison of results for first steady-state condition (At inlet mixture temperature 355 K, mole fraction of hydrogen 2.93%, and mole fraction of steam 30% steam) for Gx-test series.

ExperimentReported CFX results [8] Present results

Maximum surface temperature (K)632 K620 K584 K
Outlet gas temperature (K)513 K502 K470 K
Outlet hydrogen mole fraction (%)0.40.40.44