Combustion in porous media and its applications – A comprehensive survey

• Published in: Journal of environmental management Vol. 90; no. 8; pp. 2287 - 2312
• Main Authors: Mujeebu, M. Abdul, Abdullah, M.Z., Bakar, M.Z. Abu, Mohamad, A.A., Muhad, R.M.N., Abdullah, M.K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01-06-2009; Elsevier; Academic Press Ltd
• Subjects: Air Pollution - prevention & control; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Burning; Combustion; Conservation of Energy Resources; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; Depletion; Economics; Emissions; Energy-Generating Resources; Fires; Flammability; Fluidized bed combustion; Fossil Fuels; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; General aspects. Techniques; Mathematical models; Methods and techniques (sampling, tagging, trapping, modelling...); Modelling; Multi-step reaction kinetics; Nations; Numerical analysis; Numerical modeling; Pictures; Pollutants; Pollution; Porosity; Porous materials; Porous media; Power generation; Power Plants - instrumentation; Premixed combustion; Radiant burner; Research and development; Research programs; Resource depletion; Reviews; Technological change; Technology; TPV power generation; Porous media; Numerical modeling; Premixed combustion; TPV power generation; Radiant burner; Combustion; Multi-step reaction kinetics; Environmental management; Modeling
• ISSN: 0301-4797; 1095-8630
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.10.009

The rapid advances in technology and improved living standard of the society necessitate abundant use of fossil fuels which poses two major challenges to any nation. One is fast depletion of fossil fuel resources; the other is environmental pollution. The porous medium combustion (PMC) has proved to be one of the technically and economically feasible options to tackle the aforesaid problems to a remarkable extent. PMC has interesting advantages compared with free flame combustion due to the higher burning rates, the increased power dynamic range, the extension of the lean flammability limits, and the low emissions of pollutants. This article provides a comprehensive picture of the global scenario of research and developments in PMC and its applications that enable a researcher to decide the direction of further investigation. The works published so far in this area are reviewed, classified according to their objectives and presented in an organized manner with general conclusions. A separate section is devoted for the numerical modeling of PMC.