Thermal Science 2012 Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages: 1055-1065
https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI110617125K
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An experimental study of the stability of natural gas and propane turbulent non-premixed flame under diluting condition
Kashir Babak (Aerospace Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran)
Tabejamaat Sadegh (Aerospace Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran)
Baig Mohammadi Mohammadreza (Aerospace Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran)
The stability behavior of a jet diffusion flame developing in a co-flowing
stream is studied experimentally, using natural gas and propane as fuel
gases. Effects of oxidant and fuel stream velocities and oxidant stream
dilution have been studied. The results of experiments showed that with
increasing fuel jet Reynolds number, there appears along the flame a point
that is accompanied by reaction zone sudden expansion. Flame becomes
turbulent downstream from this point. This point is called transition point.
More increment of fuel jet Reynolds number moves the transition point to the
upstream. Furthermore, two types of stability limits are observed. Blow-off
of the rim-stabilized flame is the first stability limit. The second one is
the break-off or extinction of the turbulent portion of the flame at the
transition point from laminar to turbulent flow. The oxidant and fuel streams
are in environmental temperature. In dilution experiments, the oxidant
primary stream is oxygen that is diluted with nitrogen or carbon dioxide. In
the other experiments oxidant is environmental air.
Keywords: experimental, stability, turbulent, non-premixed flame, diluting