A combined computational and experimental investigation to examine temperature and soot volume fraction in coflow ethylene-air diffusion flames was presented.A numerical simulation was conducted by using a relatively ...A combined computational and experimental investigation to examine temperature and soot volume fraction in coflow ethylene-air diffusion flames was presented.A numerical simulation was conducted by using a relatively detailed gas-phase chemistry and complex thermal and transport properties coupled with a semi-empirical two-equation soot model.Thermal radiation was calculated using the discrete ordinates method.An image processing technique and a decoupled reconstruction method were used to simultaneously measure the distributions of temperature and soot volume fraction.The results show that the maximum error for temperature does not exceed 10% between the prediction and the measurement.And the maximum error is 6.9% for soot volume fraction between prediction and measurement.Additional simulations were performed to explore the effects of global equivalence ratio on diffusion flames and the soot formation.The results display that the soot formation increases with decreasing the coflow air velocity.And the soot formation in each case appears in the annular region,where the temperature ranges from about 1 000 K to 2 000 K and the profile becomes taller and wider when the coflow air is decreased.展开更多
Any biogas produced by the anaerobic fermentation of organic materials has the advantage of being an environmentally friendly biofuel.Nevertheless,the relatively low calorific value of such gases makes their effective...Any biogas produced by the anaerobic fermentation of organic materials has the advantage of being an environmentally friendly biofuel.Nevertheless,the relatively low calorific value of such gases makes their effective utilization in practical applications relatively difficult.The present study considers the addition of hydrogen as a potential solution to mitigate this issue.In particular,the properties of turbulent diffusion jet flames and the related pollutant emissions are investigated numerically for different operating pressures.The related numerical simulations are conducted by solving the RANS equations in the frame of the Reynolds Stress Model in combination with the flamelet approach.Radiation effects are also taken into account and the combustion kinetics are described via the GRI-Mech 3.0 reaction model.The considered hydrogen fuel enrichment spans the range from 0%to 50%in terms of volume.Pressure varies between 1 and 10 atm.The results show that both hydrogen addition and pressure increase lead to an improvement in terms of mixing quality and have a significant effect on flame temperature and height.They also reduce CO_(2)emissions but increase NOx production.Prompt NO is shown to be the predominant NO formation mechanism.展开更多
Oxygen rich combustion is a mean to increase the energy efficiency and to contribute to CO2 capture. Influence of oxygen enriched air on the stability of methane flames from non premixed laminar jets has been investig...Oxygen rich combustion is a mean to increase the energy efficiency and to contribute to CO2 capture. Influence of oxygen enriched air on the stability of methane flames from non premixed laminar jets has been investigated experimentally. The burner consists of two coaxial jets： methane flowing out of the inner, oxidizer from the outer. The flame behavior is studied according to the proportion of oxygen in the oxidizer jet, the oxidizer and the methane jets velocities. The flame is either anchored to the burner, lifted, stationary or not or blown-out. The addition of oxygen produces a decrease of the lift height, a reduction of the length of the reaction zone and an increase in the soot emission. These results have been reported into diagrams of stability where the flame configurations are connected to the competition between the dynamic effect of the injection velocity and the chemical effect of oxygen addition.展开更多
The utilization of ammonia as an alternative fuel is of great significance in the carbon neutrality strategy. However, the ammonia flame extinction mechanism induced by growing oscillations with its cramped flammabili...The utilization of ammonia as an alternative fuel is of great significance in the carbon neutrality strategy. However, the ammonia flame extinction mechanism induced by growing oscillations with its cramped flammability range, sluggish propagation speed, and poor stability is still not studied in sufficient details. In this paper, the high-fidelity simulations with efficient continuation computation and detailed models are conducted to investigate the ammonia extinction dynamics as a function of hydrogen blending ratio, and to reveal the governing sub-processes in flame extinction and oscillation development. It is found that the extinction and onset of oscillatory instability in the ammonia/hydrogen spherical diffusion flame (SDF) derive from the interaction of competing chemistry with diffusive leakage losses. Chemical oscillations occurring at the maximum temperature iso-contour are primarily responsible for the near-limit flame oscillations. In the rich-side low-temperature region, although the local heat production is inappreciable, the strong diffusive losses with governing, adverse contributions to the ignition chemistry play a leading role in flame extinction. The reactions dominating the extinction limit are also important for the oscillation frequency;the reactions that help to extend the extinction limit also tend to increase the frequency, and vice versa. The extinction limit and frequency depend mainly on the major reactant diffusivities (including NH_(3), H_(2), and O_(2)) and heat conduction, while the diffusivities of other radicals and products are fairly unimportant. Hydrogen addition could remarkably extend the steady-state and oscillatory extinction limits of ammonia SDFs, and reduce the oscillation frequency since the imaginary eigenvalue is depressed.展开更多
This study examined the evolution of morphology and nanostructure of soot particles from the plasma-flame interaction for various gas flow rates.The current study used both optical diagnostic and sampling methods to e...This study examined the evolution of morphology and nanostructure of soot particles from the plasma-flame interaction for various gas flow rates.The current study used both optical diagnostic and sampling methods to explore the soot production and combustion characteristics.Soot particles were characterized at the same positions downstream from the flame zone by thermophoretic sampling and transmission electron microscopy.Moreover,X-ray diffraction analysis,and thermogravimetric analysis were performed to study the nanostructure and oxidation reactivity of soot.A reduction in soot concentration was found with the plasma addition,which illustrated an inhibition effect of plasma on soot emission.The increased gas flow rate promoted soot concentration since a growing number of carbons participated in the combustion process.Depending on the gas flow rate(carbon content)variation and plasma activation,either liquid-like soot material with irregularly shaped protrusions or chain-like structure,or a mixture of both,were generated from the diffusion flames.The soot produced by plasma-flame interaction also demonstrated a high correlation between nanostructure and reactivity.The soot from lower carbon content with plasma activation had a shorter fringe length and larger fringe tortuosity related to higher oxidation reactivity.On the contrary,soot from the highest carbon content without plasma-flame interaction exhibited prevalent fullerene-like nanostructures with evident large or small shells and also had a higher carbonization degree resulting in lower oxidation reactivity.展开更多
This paper originally investigates the effect of NH_(3) dilution on soot formation when NH_(3) is gradually added into the fuel stream in an ethylene laminar diffusion flame stabilized on a Santoro burner.The variatio...This paper originally investigates the effect of NH_(3) dilution on soot formation when NH_(3) is gradually added into the fuel stream in an ethylene laminar diffusion flame stabilized on a Santoro burner.The variations of flame diameter and two flame heights,i.e.,mixture-strength flame height and visible flame height are carefully documented and analyzed.Moreover,local soot volume fraction(SVF)and soot temperature fields are simultaneously measured by compact-modulated absorption and emission technique,and the corresponding measurement random errors are also provided by the error propagation calculations for the first time.All the reported measurement random errors of SVF and soot temperature fields are estimated within the range of±0.07–±0.08 ppm and±40–±91 K,respectively.As an original database,the concomitantly measured SVF and soot temperature distributions are provided as high-fidelity datasets for refining soot formation model that is overrode by NH_(3).In addition,the flame cross-section average SVF F_(soot)(z)is calculated for every NH_(3) diluted flame,and the relative contributions of NH_(3) dilution and chemical effect are quantitatively assessed in terms of F_(max)-X_(NH_(3))plotting.It is found that when X_(NH_(3))<30%,the chemical effect of ammonia is about twice that of the dilution effect.While X_(NH_(3))>30%,the chemical effect and dilution effect of ammonia are gradually equal.Eventually,through modeling of the soot formation rate V in the flames,the relative contributions of chemical effect,dilution effect and thermal effect of NH_(3)are further novelty discriminated within the X_(NH_(3))from 0 to 46%and it is shown that NH_(3) chemical effect plays the dominate role in soot suppression,then the dilution effect and the thermal one at the least.展开更多
Experimental investigations of impinging flame with fuel mixed with non-reaction gas were conducted. According to the observations of combustion test and temperature measurement, the non-reaction gas might dilute the ...Experimental investigations of impinging flame with fuel mixed with non-reaction gas were conducted. According to the observations of combustion test and temperature measurement, the non-reaction gas might dilute the local concentration of fuel in the diffusion process. The shape of the flame was symmetrical due to the flame stretch force. Results show that the conical flame might be de-structured by the addition of inert gas in pure methane fuel. The impinging flame became shorter and bluer as nitrogen was added to the fuel. The conditions of N2/CH4 equal to 1/2 and ill show a wider plane in the YZ plane. The effect of inert gas overcomes the flame stretch and destroys the symmetrical column flame as well as the cold flow. Nitrogen addition also enhances the diffusion rate and combustion efficiency.展开更多
This paper investigates the effect of blending dimethyl ether(DME)and ethanol on the soot transition periods in ethylene counterflow diffusion flames by using a novel optical diagnostic method.The soot critical transi...This paper investigates the effect of blending dimethyl ether(DME)and ethanol on the soot transition periods in ethylene counterflow diffusion flames by using a novel optical diagnostic method.The soot critical transition point in different conditions is identified experimentally and numerically.Two kinds of flames are carried out to gain the soot critical transition point in counterflow diffusion flames by changing oxygen fraction(Xo)and changing volume flow rates of fuel and oxidizer(Qv).The red-green-blue(RGB)ratio method is used to precisely identify the soot critical transition point,and chemical kinetic simulations are performed to analyze the detailed reaction paths.The results show that compared to the ethylene flame,the soot critical transition point occurs at a higher Xoand a lower Qvwhen DME or ethanol is blended.The addition of DME and ethanol can inhibit soot formation,due to the degree of soot formation reaction being lower than the degree of the oxidation reaction in the blending flames.展开更多
Dimethyl carbonate(DMC)is an environmentally oxygenated compound which can be used efficiently for soot reduction.This paper compared the soot reduction,soot nanostructure and oxidation reactivity from inverse diffusi...Dimethyl carbonate(DMC)is an environmentally oxygenated compound which can be used efficiently for soot reduction.This paper compared the soot reduction,soot nanostructure and oxidation reactivity from inverse diffusion flames(IDFs)of the hydrocarbon fuels,namely n-heptane and isooctane doped with DMC.Effects of DMC additions on soot reduction were discussed.DMC addition is more effective for the soot reduction of n-heptane/DMC IDF than isooctane/DMC IDF.The morphology and nanostructures of soot particles were investigated by Transmission Electron Microscopy(TEM)and High Resolution TEM(HRTEM),and the soot graphitization and oxidation reactivity were analyzed by X-ray Diflfraction(XRD)and Thermogravimetric Analyzer(TGA),respectively.The results of HRTEM images showed that many larger aggregates were observed for the structures of soot particles from IDFs with DMC additions.The soot particles exhibited more liquid-like material,more amorphous,higher disorganized layers,and less graphitic than that of IDFs without DMC additions.With increasing of DMC blending rate,soot particles changed younger to have shorter fringe length,higher tortuosity,and greater fringe separation.Based on the XRD and TGA results,the degree of the soot graphitization level decreased;the soot mass lost significantly faster,and the soot become more reactive.展开更多
Combustion is a chemical phenomenon in which a multitude of elementary chemical reactions take place, resulting in the overall process of fuel oxidation. Natural gas fuel has been explored for a few decades and extrac...Combustion is a chemical phenomenon in which a multitude of elementary chemical reactions take place, resulting in the overall process of fuel oxidation. Natural gas fuel has been explored for a few decades and extracted for a few years in the region of Paraguayan Chaco, near Bolivia border. Currently, natural gas is not very important in Paraguay＇s energy matrix, however it could be in the near future if higher volumes are extracted and transported to the most populated cities, specially to the capital. In order to improve Paraguayan natural gas combustion performance, an understanding of its fundamental properties and the combustion pathways is required. This study presents new data for Paraguayan Chaco natural gas combustion in a laminar counterflow diffusion flame configuration at atmospheric pressure. Visible chemiluminescence of excited radicals CH＊ and C2^＊ is employed experimentally. 1D numerical simulation was carried out using Paraguayan Chaco natural gas chemical composition and a standard kinetic mechanism, to which we added CH＊ and C] reactions. Typical flame structures resulting from simulation are presented and a validation of the model is realized comparing experimental and numerical CH＊ and C~ radicals profiles.展开更多
This paper investigates the effects of coflow O2 level and temperature on diffusion flame of a CH4/H2 jet in hot coflow （JHC） from a burner system similar to that of Dally et al. The coflow O2 mass fraction （ Yo2 ...This paper investigates the effects of coflow O2 level and temperature on diffusion flame of a CH4/H2 jet in hot coflow （JHC） from a burner system similar to that of Dally et al. The coflow O2 mass fraction （ Yo2 ） is varied from 3% to 80% and the temperature （Tcof） from 1200 K to 1700 K. The Eddy Dissipation Concept （EDC） model with detailed reaction mechanisms GRI-Mech 3.0 is used for all simulations. To validate the modeling, several JHC flames are predicted under the experimental conditions of Dally et al. [Proc. Combust. Inst., 29 （1）, 1147-1154 （2002）] and the results obtained match well with the measurements. Results demonstrate that, when Yo2 decreased, the diffusion combustion is likely to transform from traditional combustion to MILD （Moderate or Intense Low-oxygen Dilution） combustion mode. When Tcof is higher, the temperature distribution over the whole domain trends to be more uniform. Reducing yo2 or Tcof leads to less production of intermediate species OH and CO. It is worth noting that if Yo2 is high enough （ Yo2 〉80%）, increasing Yo2 does not cause obvious temperature increase.展开更多
Soot,a product of insufficient combustion,is usually in the form of aggregate. The multi-scattering of soot fractal aggregates has been proved to play an important role in studying the soot radiative properties,which ...Soot,a product of insufficient combustion,is usually in the form of aggregate. The multi-scattering of soot fractal aggregates has been proved to play an important role in studying the soot radiative properties,which is rarely considered in predicting the radiative heat transfer in combustion flame. In the present study,based on the weighted sum of gray soot fractal aggregate(WSGSA) model,which is used to predict the temperature field and soot aggregates in turbulent diffusion flame,the flame temperature distribution and soot volume fraction distribution under the conditions of the model without considering radiation,the default radiation model in Fluent software and the WSGSA model are calculated respectively. The results show that the flame temperature will be seriously overestimated without considering radiation and the maximum relative discrepancy of flame centerline temperature is about 64.5%. The accuracy will be improved by the default radiation model in the Fluent software,but the flame temperature is still overestimated and the maximum relative discrepancy of flame centerline temperature is about 42.1%. However,more satisfactory results can be obtained by the WSGSA model,and the maximum relative discrepancy of flame centerline temperature is no more than 15.3%. Similar conclusions can also be obtained in studying the temperature distribution along different flame heights. Moreover,the soot volume fraction can be predicted more accurately with the application of the WSGSA model. Both without considering radiation and using the default radiation model in the Fluent software will result in the underestimating of soot volume fraction. All the results reveal that the WSGSA model can be used to predict the temperature and soot aggregates in the CH/air turbulent diffusion flame.展开更多
The buoyancy effect on micro hydrogen jet flames in still air was numerially studied.The results show that when the jet velocity is relatively large(V≥0.2 m/s),the flame height,width and temperature decrease,whereas ...The buoyancy effect on micro hydrogen jet flames in still air was numerially studied.The results show that when the jet velocity is relatively large(V≥0.2 m/s),the flame height,width and temperature decrease,whereas the peak OH mass fraction increases significantly under normal gravity(g=9.8 m/s^2).For a very low jet velocity(e.g.,V=0.1 m/s),both the peak OH mass fraction and flame temperature under g=9.8 m/s^2 are lower than the counterparts under g=0 m/s^2.Analysis reveals that when V≥0.2 m/s,fuel/air mixing will be promoted and combustion will be intensified due to radial flow caused by the buoyancy effect.However,the flame temperature will be slightly decreased owing to the large amount of entrainment of cold air into the reaction zone.For V=0.1 m/s,since the heat release rate is very low,the entrainment of cold air and fuel leakage from the rim of tube exit lead to a significant drop of flame temperature.Meanwhile,the heat loss rate from fuel to inner tube wall is larger under g=9.8 m/s^2 compared to that under g=0 m/s^2.Therefore,the buoyancy effect is overall negative at very low jet velocities.展开更多
In order to provide guideline for choosing a suitable tube-wall thickness(d)for the micro-jet methane diffusion flame,the effect of tube-wall thickness on the blow-off limit is investigated via numerical simulation in...In order to provide guideline for choosing a suitable tube-wall thickness(d)for the micro-jet methane diffusion flame,the effect of tube-wall thickness on the blow-off limit is investigated via numerical simulation in the present work.The results show that the blow-off limit of micro-jet methane diffusion flame firstly increases and then decreases with the increase of tube-wall thickness.Subsequently,the underlying mechanisms responsible for the above non-monotonic blow-off limit are discussed in terms of the flow filed,strain effect and conjugate heat exchange.The analysis indicates that the flow field is insignificant for the non-monotonic blow-off limit.A smaller strain effect can induce the increase of the blow-off limit fromd=0.1 to 0.2 mm,and a worse heat recirculation effect can induce the decrease of the blow-off limit fromd=0.2 to 0.4 mm.The non-monotonic blow-off limit is mainly determined by the heat loss of flame to the tube-wall and the performance of tube-wall on preheating unburned fuel.The smallest heat loss of flame to the tube-wall and the best performance of tube-wall on preheating unburned fuel result in the largest blow-off limit atd=0.2 mm.Therefore,a moderate tube-wall thickness is more suitable to manufacture the micro-jet burner.展开更多
To study the configuration and conductivity effects on micro-scale methane-air flames by electric field and iron wind,different electric field forces and iron winds are generated by needle,circle and plate electrodes ...To study the configuration and conductivity effects on micro-scale methane-air flames by electric field and iron wind,different electric field forces and iron winds are generated by needle,circle and plate electrodes respectively in different electrodes heights under both AC and DC fields though experiments. Experimental results showed that the flame characteristics are affected by needle electrodes mainly through the action of ion wind,by plate type electrodes mainly through the action of electric field force and by annular electrodes through both the electric field force and ion wind at the same time. Under DC field 's effects of all electrodes types,the flame will consequently go down while the voltage reached to a limit value,and it will breakdown under the strong effect of the ion wind by needle electrodes. The results also showed the influence by different electrodes types to the current characteristics,resistance properties and configuration of themicro-scale flames.展开更多
The operating range of the flow rate or flow velocity for the micro-jet flame is quite wide,which can be used as the heat source.In order to optimize the micro-jet tube combustor in terms of the solid material,the pre...The operating range of the flow rate or flow velocity for the micro-jet flame is quite wide,which can be used as the heat source.In order to optimize the micro-jet tube combustor in terms of the solid material,the present paper numerically investigates the impact of thermal conductivity(λs)on the operating limit of micro-jet flame.Unexpectedly,the non-monotonic blow-off limits with the increase ofλs is found,and the corresponding generation mechanisms are analyzed in terms of the thermal coupling effect,flow field,and strain effect.At first,the lower preheating temperature of the fuel and larger heat loss amount to the environment lead to a larger blow-off limit at a largerλs.After that,the smaller local flow velocity in the vicinity of flame root and smaller strain effect slightly increase the blow-off limit with the continuously increasingλs.Therefore,it is deduced that the applied performance of micro-jet combustor with a smaller thermal conductivity is better in terms of the blow-off limit.展开更多
An experimental study investigated the characteristics of a stretched cylindrical diffusion flame, with a convex curvature with respect to the air stream, in response to periodic air flow velocity oscillation. The fue...An experimental study investigated the characteristics of a stretched cylindrical diffusion flame, with a convex curvature with respect to the air stream, in response to periodic air flow velocity oscillation. The fuel was methane diluted with nitrogen, and the oxidizer air. The oscillation frequency was varied from 5 to 250 Hz. The results are summarized as follows. Though the fluctuation amplitude of the air stream velocity gradient was constant with respect to the frequency, the amplitude of the fuel stream increased. The fluctuation amplitude of the flame radius changed quasi-steadily from 5 to 25 Hz, and decreased with increasing frequency in the frequency range greater than 50 Hz. The flame luminosity did not respond quasi-steadily at 5 Hz, and the oscillation amplitude of flame luminosity was less than that of a steady flame, over the same velocity fluctuation range. The oscillation amplitude of luminosity peaked at 50 Hz, and was greater than that of a steady flame. It is considered that this complex change in flame luminosity with respect to frequency was closely related to the phase difference in the respective time variations in the ratio of flame thickness to radius, the velocity gradients of the air and fuel streams, and the magnitude of these values, with the ratio of flame thickness to radius related to the flame curvature effect, the velocity gradient of the air stream correlated to the flame stretch effect, and the velocity gradient of the fuel stream impacting the fuel transportation.展开更多
Oxygenated fuels can reduce harmful emissions without affecting engine performance,meeting the big challenge in the transportation industry,which keeps the environment safe and reduces global warming.This study invest...Oxygenated fuels can reduce harmful emissions without affecting engine performance,meeting the big challenge in the transportation industry,which keeps the environment safe and reduces global warming.This study investigates the impact of biodiesel injection strategies and fuel injection pressures(FIP)on diesel engine exhaust emission characteristics.The engine is fuelled with 20%Jatropha biodiesel(JB)and 80%diesel,named JB20D.The ratios of fuel injection pressures started with injecting the fuel(diesel and JB20D)from 200 bar to 500 bar.The experimental outcomes indicate that the engine performance of brake-specific fuel consumption increased by 21.36%from the burning of JB20D compared with diesel,while brake thermal efficiency improved by 6.54%for low and high FIP compared to the diesel.The high fuel injection pressures slightly decrease the nitrogen oxide(NOX)emissions for both diesel and biodiesel.The emissions of NOX decreased from the combustion of JB20D by 18.7%under high fuel injection pressures compared to diesel.The concentration of soot particulate decreased by 20.4%form JB20D combustion than those combusted from diesel fuel.展开更多
A turbulent nonpremixed flame of methanol air stabilized on a bluff body is simulated by the conditional moment closure(CMC) model. An elliptic, conservative formulation of the CMC is employed with the turbulent diff...A turbulent nonpremixed flame of methanol air stabilized on a bluff body is simulated by the conditional moment closure(CMC) model. An elliptic, conservative formulation of the CMC is employed with the turbulent diffusion term modeled by the turbulent eddy viscosity. Results of flow, conditional temperature and species concentration profiles with respect to mixture fraction, and unconditional temperature, OH and NO fields are obtained. Reasonable agreement between experiments and predictions to show that the CMC model is capable to predicting the species concentration and temperature in turbulent nonpremixed combustion characterized by a finite reaction rate. Discrepancy on the rich side may partly be due to limitation of the singly conditional moment closure, substitution of the unconditional mean variables for the conditional ones, or lack of adequate chemical kinetics on the rich side of methanol air reaction.展开更多
Biodiesel is a kind of clean and renewable energy. The effect of ethanol addition on the flame characteristics of waste oil biodiesel is studied by using OH-PLIF technique from the perspective of OH radical evolution....Biodiesel is a kind of clean and renewable energy. The effect of ethanol addition on the flame characteristics of waste oil biodiesel is studied by using OH-PLIF technique from the perspective of OH radical evolution. Ethanol addition leads to the appearance of diffusion flame reaction interface ahead of schedule and shortens the diffusion flame height. The experimental results show a linear correlation between the flame height and the fuel flow rate for a given fuel and oxidant. The same conclusion is drawn from the theoretical analysis of the approximate model. In addition. ethanol addition makes the average OH signal intensity of flame at different fuel flow rate tend to be consistent and the fuel flow rate enlarge where the flame field shows the strongest oxidation performance. Average OH signal intensity begins to weaken at larger fuel flow rate, which indicates that fuel flow rate of fuels blended with ethanol can change in larger range and does not significantly affect the uniformity of combustion.展开更多
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文摘A combined computational and experimental investigation to examine temperature and soot volume fraction in coflow ethylene-air diffusion flames was presented.A numerical simulation was conducted by using a relatively detailed gas-phase chemistry and complex thermal and transport properties coupled with a semi-empirical two-equation soot model.Thermal radiation was calculated using the discrete ordinates method.An image processing technique and a decoupled reconstruction method were used to simultaneously measure the distributions of temperature and soot volume fraction.The results show that the maximum error for temperature does not exceed 10% between the prediction and the measurement.And the maximum error is 6.9% for soot volume fraction between prediction and measurement.Additional simulations were performed to explore the effects of global equivalence ratio on diffusion flames and the soot formation.The results display that the soot formation increases with decreasing the coflow air velocity.And the soot formation in each case appears in the annular region,where the temperature ranges from about 1 000 K to 2 000 K and the profile becomes taller and wider when the coflow air is decreased.
文摘Any biogas produced by the anaerobic fermentation of organic materials has the advantage of being an environmentally friendly biofuel.Nevertheless,the relatively low calorific value of such gases makes their effective utilization in practical applications relatively difficult.The present study considers the addition of hydrogen as a potential solution to mitigate this issue.In particular,the properties of turbulent diffusion jet flames and the related pollutant emissions are investigated numerically for different operating pressures.The related numerical simulations are conducted by solving the RANS equations in the frame of the Reynolds Stress Model in combination with the flamelet approach.Radiation effects are also taken into account and the combustion kinetics are described via the GRI-Mech 3.0 reaction model.The considered hydrogen fuel enrichment spans the range from 0%to 50%in terms of volume.Pressure varies between 1 and 10 atm.The results show that both hydrogen addition and pressure increase lead to an improvement in terms of mixing quality and have a significant effect on flame temperature and height.They also reduce CO_(2)emissions but increase NOx production.Prompt NO is shown to be the predominant NO formation mechanism.
文摘Oxygen rich combustion is a mean to increase the energy efficiency and to contribute to CO2 capture. Influence of oxygen enriched air on the stability of methane flames from non premixed laminar jets has been investigated experimentally. The burner consists of two coaxial jets： methane flowing out of the inner, oxidizer from the outer. The flame behavior is studied according to the proportion of oxygen in the oxidizer jet, the oxidizer and the methane jets velocities. The flame is either anchored to the burner, lifted, stationary or not or blown-out. The addition of oxygen produces a decrease of the lift height, a reduction of the length of the reaction zone and an increase in the soot emission. These results have been reported into diagrams of stability where the flame configurations are connected to the competition between the dynamic effect of the injection velocity and the chemical effect of oxygen addition.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.22178032)the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing(Grant No.CSTB2023NSCQ-MSX1045)National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2022YFB4004404).
文摘The utilization of ammonia as an alternative fuel is of great significance in the carbon neutrality strategy. However, the ammonia flame extinction mechanism induced by growing oscillations with its cramped flammability range, sluggish propagation speed, and poor stability is still not studied in sufficient details. In this paper, the high-fidelity simulations with efficient continuation computation and detailed models are conducted to investigate the ammonia extinction dynamics as a function of hydrogen blending ratio, and to reveal the governing sub-processes in flame extinction and oscillation development. It is found that the extinction and onset of oscillatory instability in the ammonia/hydrogen spherical diffusion flame (SDF) derive from the interaction of competing chemistry with diffusive leakage losses. Chemical oscillations occurring at the maximum temperature iso-contour are primarily responsible for the near-limit flame oscillations. In the rich-side low-temperature region, although the local heat production is inappreciable, the strong diffusive losses with governing, adverse contributions to the ignition chemistry play a leading role in flame extinction. The reactions dominating the extinction limit are also important for the oscillation frequency;the reactions that help to extend the extinction limit also tend to increase the frequency, and vice versa. The extinction limit and frequency depend mainly on the major reactant diffusivities (including NH_(3), H_(2), and O_(2)) and heat conduction, while the diffusivities of other radicals and products are fairly unimportant. Hydrogen addition could remarkably extend the steady-state and oscillatory extinction limits of ammonia SDFs, and reduce the oscillation frequency since the imaginary eigenvalue is depressed.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52076110 and 52376115)。
文摘This study examined the evolution of morphology and nanostructure of soot particles from the plasma-flame interaction for various gas flow rates.The current study used both optical diagnostic and sampling methods to explore the soot production and combustion characteristics.Soot particles were characterized at the same positions downstream from the flame zone by thermophoretic sampling and transmission electron microscopy.Moreover,X-ray diffraction analysis,and thermogravimetric analysis were performed to study the nanostructure and oxidation reactivity of soot.A reduction in soot concentration was found with the plasma addition,which illustrated an inhibition effect of plasma on soot emission.The increased gas flow rate promoted soot concentration since a growing number of carbons participated in the combustion process.Depending on the gas flow rate(carbon content)variation and plasma activation,either liquid-like soot material with irregularly shaped protrusions or chain-like structure,or a mixture of both,were generated from the diffusion flames.The soot produced by plasma-flame interaction also demonstrated a high correlation between nanostructure and reactivity.The soot from lower carbon content with plasma activation had a shorter fringe length and larger fringe tortuosity related to higher oxidation reactivity.On the contrary,soot from the highest carbon content without plasma-flame interaction exhibited prevalent fullerene-like nanostructures with evident large or small shells and also had a higher carbonization degree resulting in lower oxidation reactivity.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.52130605)。
文摘This paper originally investigates the effect of NH_(3) dilution on soot formation when NH_(3) is gradually added into the fuel stream in an ethylene laminar diffusion flame stabilized on a Santoro burner.The variations of flame diameter and two flame heights,i.e.,mixture-strength flame height and visible flame height are carefully documented and analyzed.Moreover,local soot volume fraction(SVF)and soot temperature fields are simultaneously measured by compact-modulated absorption and emission technique,and the corresponding measurement random errors are also provided by the error propagation calculations for the first time.All the reported measurement random errors of SVF and soot temperature fields are estimated within the range of±0.07–±0.08 ppm and±40–±91 K,respectively.As an original database,the concomitantly measured SVF and soot temperature distributions are provided as high-fidelity datasets for refining soot formation model that is overrode by NH_(3).In addition,the flame cross-section average SVF F_(soot)(z)is calculated for every NH_(3) diluted flame,and the relative contributions of NH_(3) dilution and chemical effect are quantitatively assessed in terms of F_(max)-X_(NH_(3))plotting.It is found that when X_(NH_(3))<30%,the chemical effect of ammonia is about twice that of the dilution effect.While X_(NH_(3))>30%,the chemical effect and dilution effect of ammonia are gradually equal.Eventually,through modeling of the soot formation rate V in the flames,the relative contributions of chemical effect,dilution effect and thermal effect of NH_(3)are further novelty discriminated within the X_(NH_(3))from 0 to 46%and it is shown that NH_(3) chemical effect plays the dominate role in soot suppression,then the dilution effect and the thermal one at the least.
文摘Experimental investigations of impinging flame with fuel mixed with non-reaction gas were conducted. According to the observations of combustion test and temperature measurement, the non-reaction gas might dilute the local concentration of fuel in the diffusion process. The shape of the flame was symmetrical due to the flame stretch force. Results show that the conical flame might be de-structured by the addition of inert gas in pure methane fuel. The impinging flame became shorter and bluer as nitrogen was added to the fuel. The conditions of N2/CH4 equal to 1/2 and ill show a wider plane in the YZ plane. The effect of inert gas overcomes the flame stretch and destroys the symmetrical column flame as well as the cold flow. Nitrogen addition also enhances the diffusion rate and combustion efficiency.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52106160 and 52076110)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20200490)。
文摘This paper investigates the effect of blending dimethyl ether(DME)and ethanol on the soot transition periods in ethylene counterflow diffusion flames by using a novel optical diagnostic method.The soot critical transition point in different conditions is identified experimentally and numerically.Two kinds of flames are carried out to gain the soot critical transition point in counterflow diffusion flames by changing oxygen fraction(Xo)and changing volume flow rates of fuel and oxidizer(Qv).The red-green-blue(RGB)ratio method is used to precisely identify the soot critical transition point,and chemical kinetic simulations are performed to analyze the detailed reaction paths.The results show that compared to the ethylene flame,the soot critical transition point occurs at a higher Xoand a lower Qvwhen DME or ethanol is blended.The addition of DME and ethanol can inhibit soot formation,due to the degree of soot formation reaction being lower than the degree of the oxidation reaction in the blending flames.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51706103,51822605,51776181)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(CEPE2019010,30920031103)+1 种基金the Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization,Zhejiang University,China(ZJUCEU2017011)Bo Jiang thanks the great support given by the China Scholarship Council(201906845024).
文摘Dimethyl carbonate(DMC)is an environmentally oxygenated compound which can be used efficiently for soot reduction.This paper compared the soot reduction,soot nanostructure and oxidation reactivity from inverse diffusion flames(IDFs)of the hydrocarbon fuels,namely n-heptane and isooctane doped with DMC.Effects of DMC additions on soot reduction were discussed.DMC addition is more effective for the soot reduction of n-heptane/DMC IDF than isooctane/DMC IDF.The morphology and nanostructures of soot particles were investigated by Transmission Electron Microscopy(TEM)and High Resolution TEM(HRTEM),and the soot graphitization and oxidation reactivity were analyzed by X-ray Diflfraction(XRD)and Thermogravimetric Analyzer(TGA),respectively.The results of HRTEM images showed that many larger aggregates were observed for the structures of soot particles from IDFs with DMC additions.The soot particles exhibited more liquid-like material,more amorphous,higher disorganized layers,and less graphitic than that of IDFs without DMC additions.With increasing of DMC blending rate,soot particles changed younger to have shorter fringe length,higher tortuosity,and greater fringe separation.Based on the XRD and TGA results,the degree of the soot graphitization level decreased;the soot mass lost significantly faster,and the soot become more reactive.
文摘Combustion is a chemical phenomenon in which a multitude of elementary chemical reactions take place, resulting in the overall process of fuel oxidation. Natural gas fuel has been explored for a few decades and extracted for a few years in the region of Paraguayan Chaco, near Bolivia border. Currently, natural gas is not very important in Paraguay＇s energy matrix, however it could be in the near future if higher volumes are extracted and transported to the most populated cities, specially to the capital. In order to improve Paraguayan natural gas combustion performance, an understanding of its fundamental properties and the combustion pathways is required. This study presents new data for Paraguayan Chaco natural gas combustion in a laminar counterflow diffusion flame configuration at atmospheric pressure. Visible chemiluminescence of excited radicals CH＊ and C2^＊ is employed experimentally. 1D numerical simulation was carried out using Paraguayan Chaco natural gas chemical composition and a standard kinetic mechanism, to which we added CH＊ and C] reactions. Typical flame structures resulting from simulation are presented and a validation of the model is realized comparing experimental and numerical CH＊ and C~ radicals profiles.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （51276002）, and the Specific Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China （20110001130014）.
文摘This paper investigates the effects of coflow O2 level and temperature on diffusion flame of a CH4/H2 jet in hot coflow （JHC） from a burner system similar to that of Dally et al. The coflow O2 mass fraction （ Yo2 ） is varied from 3% to 80% and the temperature （Tcof） from 1200 K to 1700 K. The Eddy Dissipation Concept （EDC） model with detailed reaction mechanisms GRI-Mech 3.0 is used for all simulations. To validate the modeling, several JHC flames are predicted under the experimental conditions of Dally et al. [Proc. Combust. Inst., 29 （1）, 1147-1154 （2002）] and the results obtained match well with the measurements. Results demonstrate that, when Yo2 decreased, the diffusion combustion is likely to transform from traditional combustion to MILD （Moderate or Intense Low-oxygen Dilution） combustion mode. When Tcof is higher, the temperature distribution over the whole domain trends to be more uniform. Reducing yo2 or Tcof leads to less production of intermediate species OH and CO. It is worth noting that if Yo2 is high enough （ Yo2 〉80%）, increasing Yo2 does not cause obvious temperature increase.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51806103)the Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (No.201928052002)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.NT2021007)。
文摘Soot,a product of insufficient combustion,is usually in the form of aggregate. The multi-scattering of soot fractal aggregates has been proved to play an important role in studying the soot radiative properties,which is rarely considered in predicting the radiative heat transfer in combustion flame. In the present study,based on the weighted sum of gray soot fractal aggregate(WSGSA) model,which is used to predict the temperature field and soot aggregates in turbulent diffusion flame,the flame temperature distribution and soot volume fraction distribution under the conditions of the model without considering radiation,the default radiation model in Fluent software and the WSGSA model are calculated respectively. The results show that the flame temperature will be seriously overestimated without considering radiation and the maximum relative discrepancy of flame centerline temperature is about 64.5%. The accuracy will be improved by the default radiation model in the Fluent software,but the flame temperature is still overestimated and the maximum relative discrepancy of flame centerline temperature is about 42.1%. However,more satisfactory results can be obtained by the WSGSA model,and the maximum relative discrepancy of flame centerline temperature is no more than 15.3%. Similar conclusions can also be obtained in studying the temperature distribution along different flame heights. Moreover,the soot volume fraction can be predicted more accurately with the application of the WSGSA model. Both without considering radiation and using the default radiation model in the Fluent software will result in the underestimating of soot volume fraction. All the results reveal that the WSGSA model can be used to predict the temperature and soot aggregates in the CH/air turbulent diffusion flame.
基金Project(51576084)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China。
文摘The buoyancy effect on micro hydrogen jet flames in still air was numerially studied.The results show that when the jet velocity is relatively large(V≥0.2 m/s),the flame height,width and temperature decrease,whereas the peak OH mass fraction increases significantly under normal gravity(g=9.8 m/s^2).For a very low jet velocity(e.g.,V=0.1 m/s),both the peak OH mass fraction and flame temperature under g=9.8 m/s^2 are lower than the counterparts under g=0 m/s^2.Analysis reveals that when V≥0.2 m/s,fuel/air mixing will be promoted and combustion will be intensified due to radial flow caused by the buoyancy effect.However,the flame temperature will be slightly decreased owing to the large amount of entrainment of cold air into the reaction zone.For V=0.1 m/s,since the heat release rate is very low,the entrainment of cold air and fuel leakage from the rim of tube exit lead to a significant drop of flame temperature.Meanwhile,the heat loss rate from fuel to inner tube wall is larger under g=9.8 m/s^2 compared to that under g=0 m/s^2.Therefore,the buoyancy effect is overall negative at very low jet velocities.
基金Project(51876074)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China。
文摘In order to provide guideline for choosing a suitable tube-wall thickness(d)for the micro-jet methane diffusion flame,the effect of tube-wall thickness on the blow-off limit is investigated via numerical simulation in the present work.The results show that the blow-off limit of micro-jet methane diffusion flame firstly increases and then decreases with the increase of tube-wall thickness.Subsequently,the underlying mechanisms responsible for the above non-monotonic blow-off limit are discussed in terms of the flow filed,strain effect and conjugate heat exchange.The analysis indicates that the flow field is insignificant for the non-monotonic blow-off limit.A smaller strain effect can induce the increase of the blow-off limit fromd=0.1 to 0.2 mm,and a worse heat recirculation effect can induce the decrease of the blow-off limit fromd=0.2 to 0.4 mm.The non-monotonic blow-off limit is mainly determined by the heat loss of flame to the tube-wall and the performance of tube-wall on preheating unburned fuel.The smallest heat loss of flame to the tube-wall and the best performance of tube-wall on preheating unburned fuel result in the largest blow-off limit atd=0.2 mm.Therefore,a moderate tube-wall thickness is more suitable to manufacture the micro-jet burner.
基金Sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51376021)
文摘To study the configuration and conductivity effects on micro-scale methane-air flames by electric field and iron wind,different electric field forces and iron winds are generated by needle,circle and plate electrodes respectively in different electrodes heights under both AC and DC fields though experiments. Experimental results showed that the flame characteristics are affected by needle electrodes mainly through the action of ion wind,by plate type electrodes mainly through the action of electric field force and by annular electrodes through both the electric field force and ion wind at the same time. Under DC field 's effects of all electrodes types,the flame will consequently go down while the voltage reached to a limit value,and it will breakdown under the strong effect of the ion wind by needle electrodes. The results also showed the influence by different electrodes types to the current characteristics,resistance properties and configuration of themicro-scale flames.
文摘The operating range of the flow rate or flow velocity for the micro-jet flame is quite wide,which can be used as the heat source.In order to optimize the micro-jet tube combustor in terms of the solid material,the present paper numerically investigates the impact of thermal conductivity(λs)on the operating limit of micro-jet flame.Unexpectedly,the non-monotonic blow-off limits with the increase ofλs is found,and the corresponding generation mechanisms are analyzed in terms of the thermal coupling effect,flow field,and strain effect.At first,the lower preheating temperature of the fuel and larger heat loss amount to the environment lead to a larger blow-off limit at a largerλs.After that,the smaller local flow velocity in the vicinity of flame root and smaller strain effect slightly increase the blow-off limit with the continuously increasingλs.Therefore,it is deduced that the applied performance of micro-jet combustor with a smaller thermal conductivity is better in terms of the blow-off limit.
文摘An experimental study investigated the characteristics of a stretched cylindrical diffusion flame, with a convex curvature with respect to the air stream, in response to periodic air flow velocity oscillation. The fuel was methane diluted with nitrogen, and the oxidizer air. The oscillation frequency was varied from 5 to 250 Hz. The results are summarized as follows. Though the fluctuation amplitude of the air stream velocity gradient was constant with respect to the frequency, the amplitude of the fuel stream increased. The fluctuation amplitude of the flame radius changed quasi-steadily from 5 to 25 Hz, and decreased with increasing frequency in the frequency range greater than 50 Hz. The flame luminosity did not respond quasi-steadily at 5 Hz, and the oscillation amplitude of flame luminosity was less than that of a steady flame, over the same velocity fluctuation range. The oscillation amplitude of luminosity peaked at 50 Hz, and was greater than that of a steady flame. It is considered that this complex change in flame luminosity with respect to frequency was closely related to the phase difference in the respective time variations in the ratio of flame thickness to radius, the velocity gradients of the air and fuel streams, and the magnitude of these values, with the ratio of flame thickness to radius related to the flame curvature effect, the velocity gradient of the air stream correlated to the flame stretch effect, and the velocity gradient of the fuel stream impacting the fuel transportation.
文摘Oxygenated fuels can reduce harmful emissions without affecting engine performance,meeting the big challenge in the transportation industry,which keeps the environment safe and reduces global warming.This study investigates the impact of biodiesel injection strategies and fuel injection pressures(FIP)on diesel engine exhaust emission characteristics.The engine is fuelled with 20%Jatropha biodiesel(JB)and 80%diesel,named JB20D.The ratios of fuel injection pressures started with injecting the fuel(diesel and JB20D)from 200 bar to 500 bar.The experimental outcomes indicate that the engine performance of brake-specific fuel consumption increased by 21.36%from the burning of JB20D compared with diesel,while brake thermal efficiency improved by 6.54%for low and high FIP compared to the diesel.The high fuel injection pressures slightly decrease the nitrogen oxide(NOX)emissions for both diesel and biodiesel.The emissions of NOX decreased from the combustion of JB20D by 18.7%under high fuel injection pressures compared to diesel.The concentration of soot particulate decreased by 20.4%form JB20D combustion than those combusted from diesel fuel.
文摘A turbulent nonpremixed flame of methanol air stabilized on a bluff body is simulated by the conditional moment closure(CMC) model. An elliptic, conservative formulation of the CMC is employed with the turbulent diffusion term modeled by the turbulent eddy viscosity. Results of flow, conditional temperature and species concentration profiles with respect to mixture fraction, and unconditional temperature, OH and NO fields are obtained. Reasonable agreement between experiments and predictions to show that the CMC model is capable to predicting the species concentration and temperature in turbulent nonpremixed combustion characterized by a finite reaction rate. Discrepancy on the rich side may partly be due to limitation of the singly conditional moment closure, substitution of the unconditional mean variables for the conditional ones, or lack of adequate chemical kinetics on the rich side of methanol air reaction.
基金Project(51766007)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(U1602272)supported by the NSFC-Yunnan Joint Fund Project+1 种基金Project(2015FB128)supported by the Natural Science Fund Project in Yunnan Province,ChinaProject(CNMRCUTS1704)supported by the Research Fund from State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization,China
文摘Biodiesel is a kind of clean and renewable energy. The effect of ethanol addition on the flame characteristics of waste oil biodiesel is studied by using OH-PLIF technique from the perspective of OH radical evolution. Ethanol addition leads to the appearance of diffusion flame reaction interface ahead of schedule and shortens the diffusion flame height. The experimental results show a linear correlation between the flame height and the fuel flow rate for a given fuel and oxidant. The same conclusion is drawn from the theoretical analysis of the approximate model. In addition. ethanol addition makes the average OH signal intensity of flame at different fuel flow rate tend to be consistent and the fuel flow rate enlarge where the flame field shows the strongest oxidation performance. Average OH signal intensity begins to weaken at larger fuel flow rate, which indicates that fuel flow rate of fuels blended with ethanol can change in larger range and does not significantly affect the uniformity of combustion.
