We study a thermo-diffusive combustion model for premixed flames propagating in reactive gaseous mixtures which contain inert dust. As observed by Joulin, radiative transfer of heat may significantly enhance the flame temperature and its propagation speed. The Joulin effect is at its most pronounced in the parameter regime where the medium is very transparent while radiative flux dominates conv...

The main objective of the present study is to demonstrate accurate low frequency transient turbulent combustion modeling. For accurate flame dynamics some improvements were made to the standard TFC combustion model for lean premixed combustion. With use of a 1D laminar flamelet code, predictions have been made for the laminar flame speed and the critical strain rate to improve the TFC (Turbulen...

In order to evaluate transport properties in turbulent premixed flames, a propagating turbulent premixed flame in an incoming homogeneous isotropic turbulence is directly simulated assuming a single-step irreversible Arrhenius-type reaction. To investigate the production of turbulent kinetic energy in the flame region, Favre averaged transport equation of turbulent kinetic energy along streamwi...

This study discusses the design of a new experimental platform, the Hybrid Flame Analyzer (HFA) to measure burning velocity of gas, dust, and hybrid (gas and dust) premixed flames. The HFA is used to analyze a particle–gas–air system of coal dust particles (75–90 lm and 106–120 lm) in a premixed CH4–air (/g = 0.8, 1.0 and 1.2) flame. Experimental results show that particles usually increase the...

An improved spark ignition model has been developed and implemented into the KIVA-3V code. In this model, the spark ignition kernel growth is tracked by Lagrangian particle markers. The effects of turbulent flow and spark discharge energy on the kernel growth are considered. After the ignition kernel size exceeds a critical size related to the integral turbulent length scale of the flow, the tu...

Wang, Weichao. M.S.M.E., Purdue University, May 2015. An Experimental Investigation of a Premixed Laminar Flame Using Tunable Diode Laser and Quantitative Imaging of Radiation Intensity. Major Professor: Jay P. Gore, School of Mechanical Engineering. Simultaneous CO concentration and temperature measurements using Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS) are reported in this study. R...

An extension to the level set flamelet model of Peters [1] for premixed turbulent combustion that takes the effects of cold ambient air entrainment into account is presented. The model is valid in the flamelet regime, where the reaction zone thickness is smaller than the Kolmogorov length scale. The inner structure of the instantaneous flame front is taken into account by a presumed pdf approac...

A computational study is performed to investigate the effects of mixture composition oscillations on a strained premixed methane/air flame. The problem is of practical relevance in direct-injection spark-ignition (DISI) engines and gas-turbines, in which premixed flames propagate through temporally and spatially stratified mixture field. The primary focus of the study is to identify the dynamic...

Abstract—This study is aiming at establishing the relationship between the optical signal of flame and an equivalent ratio of flame. In this experiment, flame optical signal in a furnace is measured using photodiode. The combustion system is composed of metal fiber burner and vertical furnace, and flame chemiluminescence is measured at various experimental conditions. In this study, the flame c...

The dynamic response of a premixed flame stabilized on a heat-conducting perforated plate depends critically on their coupled thermal interaction. The objective of this paper is to develop an analytical model to capture this coupling. The model predicts the mean flame base standoff distance; the flame base area, curvature and speed; and the burner plate temperature given the operating condition...