Flame stabilization of supersonic ethylene jet in fuel-rich hot coflow

Bing Liu, Guoqiang He, Fei Qin, Qingchun Lei, Jian An, Zhiwei Huang

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Abstract

The stability limit of a supersonic ethylene jet flame in a fuel-rich hot coflow was examined by investigating the influence of the injection pressure, which was varied from 2.0 atm to 4.5 atm, and of the equivalence ratio of the coflow, which was varied from 1.2 to 1.6. The flames were investigated with time-resolved chemiluminescence and schlieren images, as well as a large-eddy simulation of combustion. The results show that, with increasing injection pressure, the flame state changes from stable to unstable and blow-off, and the flame brush thickness, heat release, and height of coflow decrease. The flame stability limits decrease as the equivalence ratio of coflow increases. Lastly, a large-eddy simulation was performed to investigate the mechanism of flame stabilization, and the numerical simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental results. It was found that the stability of a supersonic flame is affected by the chemical time scale and flow time scale.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)142-151
Number of pages10
JournalCombustion and Flame
Volume204
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2019

Keywords

  • Chemiluminescence and schlieren images
  • Flame stabilization
  • Fuel-rich hot coflow
  • Supersonic flames

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