Chinese Internal Combustion Engine Engineering, Volume. 46, Issue 4, 27(2025)

Mechanisms of Chemical Kinetics and Characteristics of NOx Generation from Ammonia-Hydrogen Combustion

ZHANG Wei, CHEN Shuai, LI Zehong, CHEN Zhaohui*, ZHOU Mayi, and MA Zhenzhu
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  • Yunnan Key Laboratory of Internal Combustion Engine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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    Based on the reaction path analysis method, the generation and consumption of NOx(NO, NO2, N2O)and the NOx chemical kinetic mechanism were studied. The NOx mechanism was combined with the NH3/H2 combustion mechanism, and the fuel-type N*Ox and air-type NOx generation characteristics of NH3/H2 combustion were investigated using the elemental labelling method. The results show that the combined mechanism can accurately predict the ignition delay time, laminar burning velocity, and the concentration of important components in a wide range of equivalence ratios. Adding 50% H2 does not significantly affect the oxidation pathway of NH3. The addition of H2 promotes the generation of large amounts of O, H, and OH radicals, which further promotes the oxidation of NH3 and is the main reason for the significant increase in the generation of fuel-type N*O and N*O2, as well as air-type NO, NO2, and N2O. The H radicals generated by H2 combustion promote the conversion of fuel-type N*2O and fuel/air-type NN*O, thus reducing the final production of both. In addition, fuel-type N*O, N*O2, and N*2O dominate the NO, NO2, and N2O produced by pure NH3 combustion or NH3/H2 combustion with a 50% H2 ratio.

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    ZHANG Wei, CHEN Shuai, LI Zehong, CHEN Zhaohui, ZHOU Mayi, MA Zhenzhu. Mechanisms of Chemical Kinetics and Characteristics of NOx Generation from Ammonia-Hydrogen Combustion[J]. Chinese Internal Combustion Engine Engineering, 2025, 46(4): 27

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    Paper Information

    Received: Oct. 29, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 22, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 22, 2025

    The Author Email: CHEN Zhaohui (chenzhaohuiok@sina.com)

    DOI:10.13949/j.cnki.nrjgc.2025.04.004

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