Transient interactions between a premixed double flame and a vortex

Christopher B. Reuter, Viswanath R. Katta, Omar R. Yehia, Yiguang Ju

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Abstract

The interaction between a laminar flame and a vortex is an important study for understanding the fundamentals of turbulent combustion. In the past, however, flame-vortex interactions have been investigated only for high-Temperature flames. In this study, the impact of a vortex on a premixed double flame, which consists of a coupled cool flame and a hot flame, is examined experimentally and computationally using dimethyl ether/oxygen/ozone mixtures. The double flame is first shown to occur near the extinction limit of the hot flame. The transient interactions between double flames and impinging vortices are then investigated experimentally using a micro jet and numerically in two-dimensional transient modeling. It is seen that the vortex can extinguish the near-limit hot flame locally, resulting in a lone cool flame. It is found that there can be up to three different transient flame structures coexisting: An extinguished flame hole, a cool flame, and a double flame. Moreover, flame curvature is shown to play an important role in determining whether the vortex weakens or strengthens the cool flame and double flame.

Original languageEnglish (US)
StatePublished - 2018
Event2018 Spring Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, ESSCI 2018 - State College, United States
Duration: Mar 4 2018Mar 7 2018

Other

Other2018 Spring Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, ESSCI 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityState College
Period3/4/183/7/18

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

Keywords

  • Counterflow premixed flame
  • Double flame
  • Flame-vortex interaction

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