Numerical investigation on burning rate of propane-air mixture

Abstract

Abstract The paper presents a physico-mathematical model and calculation of the burning rate of a propane-air mixture. The problem formulation includes the equations of mass, momentum and energy conservation for the gas, supplemented by the equations of the oxidizer and fuel mass conservation in the gas. Godunov’s scheme is used to solve the equation system of the model. The paper provides the result of the numerical simulation on the apparent and normal burning rates of the propane-air mixture. The obtained calculation results are in reasonably good agreement with the known studies of other authors.