Experimental and numerical study on NOx and CO emission characteristics of dimethyl ether/air jet diffusion flame

Dimethyl ether (DME) is one of the most promising alternative fuels emerging in the past few decades. At present, DME is mainly applied to the compression ignition (CI) engines, and numerous studies showed its superior performances in CI engines versus the traditional fuels. More recently, DME was also introduced into the field of industrial boiler to solve the pollution problem raised by coal usage. But the emission behavior of DME in this type...