Effect of Inert Gas CO(2) on Deflagration Pressure of CH(4)/CO

[Image: see text] To study the effect of CO(2) on the explosion characteristics of CH(4)/CO, the explosion experiments of the effect of different volume fractions of CO(2) on CH(4)/CO deflagration were carried out by using the self-developed pipeline gas explosion experimental platform. The explosion characteristics of premixed gas are studied from the aspects of explosion peak pressure and time of reaching the peak pressure. The results show that the effect of CO on the deflagration of methane with a different volume fraction is the result of the interaction of the elementary reaction and the oxygen content in the reaction system. Two percent of the CO promoted the methane explosion in the oxygen-rich state, while it showed a damping effect in the oxygen-poor state. CO(2) has different inhibitory effects on different volume fractions of methane. Experiments show that the addition of 20% CO(2) can effectively inhibit the deflagration of methane. The addition of CO(2) has a stronger inhibitory effect on the mixed gas of CH(4)/CO under the condition of poor oxygen but less on the mixed gas under the condition of rich oxygen.