Abstract: The presence of diluents such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen with methane lowers significantly the effective heating value of the fuel mixture and can bring about adverse changes to the combustion characteristics of the methane. It may undermine its effective utilization altogether depending on the composition and the type of device used and the associated operating conditions. Such fuel mixtures are often encountered with varying composition in numerous natural, industrial and biogases and represent a potential energy source that needs to be e...
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Topics: 
Waste management
Process engineering
Chemical engineering