Effects of water vapor dilution on the minimum ignition energy of methane, n -butane and n -decane at normal and reduced pressures

Water vapor dilution has great impact on fundamental combustion processes such as ignition, flame propagation and extinction. In the literature, there are many studies on how water vapor addition affects flame propagation and extinction limit. However, the influence of water vapor addition on ignition receives little attention. In this study, numerical simulations considering detailed chemical mechanisms are conducted for the ignition of...