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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2021)

Published: July 31, 2021

Pages: 12-16

Original Article

Preparing Methane – Air Mixture Using Ejector

Tahseen Ali Jabbar 1 Masad Mezher Hasan 1 Safaa Hameed Faisal 2
1 Department of Fuel and Energy, Basrah Engineering Technical College, Southern Technical University, Basrah, Iraq
2 Department of Thermal Mechanic, Basrah Engineering Technical College, Southern Technical University, Basrah, Iraq
History
  • Received: January 2, 2021
  • Revised: March 4, 2021
  • Accepted: March 15, 2021
  • Available Online: July 11, 2021
DOI

https://doi.org/10.33971/bjes.21.2.3

Abstract

In this research, a two – dimensional numerical investigation is conducted to show the ability of the jet-ejector to prepare the air – methane mixture at different equivalence ratio. The basic dimensions (diameters ratio, throat length, angle α , and angle θ ) of the jet-ejector are taken into account on calculating the equivalence ratio. The results showed that the ratio of the diameters has a higher effect than other parameters on preparing a mixture for equivalent ratios including both rich and lean mixture. The rest of the factors did not have a significant effect on the value of the equivalence ratio, and only had a role in preparing an equivalence ratio for rich mixture type.

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