An experimental study on the stability of jet diffusion flame

The stability behavior of jet diffusion flame developing in a coflowing high temperature air stream was studied experimentally, using city gas and hydrogen as fuel gases. The primary variables studied were temperature and velocity of the air stream. Two distinct types of stability limits were observed. The first is the blow-off of the rim-stabilized flame, which is familiar and has been studied by a number of investigators. The second is the break-off or extinction of the turbulent portion of the flame at the transition point from laminar to turbulent flow. The second limit is quite unfamiliar and is interesting in relation to the structure of turbulent diffusion flames. The important implications of the experimental findings concerning the stability and the structure of turbulent diffusion flames is discussed.     

Monopropellant droplet decomposition for large activation energies

The quasi-steady decomposition of a monopropellant droplet in a quiescent atmosphere is analyzed, in the limit of large activation energy, for a gas phase decomposition reaction of the Arrhenius type.An analytical relation is obtained for the pre-exponential rate constant, or the Damköhler number, as a function of the droplet vaporization rate. The curve giving the vaporization rate in terms of the Damköhler number has, for low values of the temperature at infinity, an S shaped form which exhibits ignition-extinction characteristics.With increasing values of the droplet vaporization rate above the pure vaporization value we pass from a nearly frozen regime, under which ignition conditions occur due to the large temperature sensitivity of the reaction rate, to a complete decomposition regime, in which practically all the fuel is decomposed in a thin reactive-diffusion zone, separated from the droplet surface by a transport region of lower temperature. For sufficiently large Damköhler numbers, the thin reaction zone is located close to the droplet surface, so that the flame structure becomes planar: a linear relation between the droplet radius and time is obtained in this case. The non planar effects are responsible for the extinction of the flame at low Damköhler numbers and ambient temperatures below the adiabatic flame temperature. For sufficiently low values of the ambient temperature, an intermediate regime exists in which the enhancement of the vaporization rate is due only to the fraction of the vaporized fuel decomposed at a thin reaction zone, not far from the droplet, where the temperature reaches its maximum value; the remaining fuel is decomposed very far from the droplet.     

On gas-phase ignition of diffusion flame in the stagnation-point boundary layer

An analytical expression for gas-phase ignition is developed for a diffusion flame in the two-dimensional or axisymmetric stagnation-point boundary-layer flow of a hot oxidizing gas about a vaporizing condensed fuel surface. The analysis is based on the limit of large activation energy for a one-step, irreversible reaction describing the overall combustion process in the gas phase. The approach in this work, following that of our recent analysis on extinction for the same geometry, is to seek an exact correspondence of the parameters of the present problem with those of counterflow diffusion-flame problem of Liñán. Such a correspondence has been found in the frozen-flow regime and as a consequence, the asymptotic structure of the flame in the nearly frozen ignition regime is identical in both the problems. A particular result of this observation is the availability of an analytical criterion for ignition in the present problem. The analysis reveals that contrary to the case of extinction, fluid dynamic details do not have significant effect on the ignition criterion and that Liñán's results may be applied with good accuracy to the condensed fuel problem.     

Laminar dust flames in a reduced-gravity environment

The propagation of laminar dust flames in suspensions of iron in gaseous oxidizers was studied in a low-gravity environment onboard a parabolic flight aircraft. The reduction of buoyancy-induced convective flows and particle settling permitted the measurement of fundamental combustion parameters, such as the burning velocity and the flame quenching distance over a wide range of particle sizes and in different gaseous mixtures. Experimentally measured flame speeds and quenching distances were found in good agreement with theoretical predictions of a simplified analytical model that assumes particles burning in a diffusive mode. However, the comparison of flame speeds in oxygen–argon and oxygen–helium iron suspensions indicates the possibility that fine micron-sized particles burn in the kinetic mode. Furthermore, when the particle spacing is large compared to the scale of the reaction zone, a theoretical analysis suggests the existence of a new so-called discrete flame propagation regime. Discrete flames are strongly dependent on particle density fluctuations and demonstrate directed percolation behavior near flame propagation limits. The experimental observation of discrete flames in particle suspensions will require low levels of gravity over extended periods available only on orbital platforms.     

Nonlinear analysis of hydrodynamic instability in laminar flames—I. Derivation of basic equations

An asymptotic nonlinear integrodifferential equation is derived for spontaneous instability of the plane front of a laminar flame.If the combustible mixture is deficient in the light component, spontaneous instability will lead to self-turbulization of the flame, and the flame front assumes a strongly nonstationary cellular structure.If there is an excess of the light component, spontaneous instability produces stationary, irregular wrinkles on the flame front, and the flame continues to propagate in a laminar regime.It is shown that in all cases spontaneous instability of the flame implies an increase in its propagation velocity.     

Theory of flame spread above solids

A theory for flame spread above a solid fuel is presented. The special case is considered whereby the oxidation is an exothermic surface reaction. The spreading rate is predicted as a function of the thermochemical properties, fuel-bed thickness, and convective velocity. Also, the theory predicts temperature, mass fraction, and heat flux as a function of position.     

大型分段式固体火箭发动机点火瞬态过程研究

通过建立固体火箭发动机点火瞬态数学模型,对某大型分段式固体火箭发动机工作初期小火箭式点火装置的火焰喷射方式、分段对接部位火焰传播过程以及前后翼燃面的传播过程等进行数值计算研究。计算结果表明,发动机点火过程中,燃烧室内的流动顺畅,没有出现压强异常振荡现象,点火初期的火焰冲击对分段对接部位的绝热结构影响很小,但整个后翼槽药面全部点燃用时在整个火焰传播期用时占比过大。数值计算结果与全尺寸发动机地面热试车结果对比表明,数值计算点火平衡压强、压强爬升时间以及升压速率与地面热试车结果吻合性好。     

RBCC燃烧室超声速反应混合层特性的大涡模拟

以飞行马赫数为4.5Ma的RBCC发动机典型工作状态为研究背景,采用大涡模拟研究了支板火箭射流和空气来流形成的超声速反应混合层的掺混燃烧过程,获得了燃烧室内详细的流场结构和流动特征,分析了强射流条件下超声速反应混合层的特性。结果表明由于速度梯度的存在,火箭射流进入燃烧室后与空气来流形成环形剪切层,剪切层内丰富的旋涡结构主导火箭射流和空气来流的掺混燃烧,随着湍流能量的串级输运,化学反应过程中释放的能量将被转化成细观尺度的湍流动能,大尺度旋涡将能量传递给小尺度旋涡并最终耗散,细小尺度的旋涡一方面能够促进燃烧反应物的掺混并强化燃烧过程,另一方面会给化学反应过程带来强烈的脉动,使得局部火焰淬灭,火焰结构表现出明显的非定常性。     

Nonlinear analysis of hydrodynamic instability in laminar flames—II. Numerical experiments

We consider a nonstationary nonlinear integrodifferential equation describing the evolution of a disturbed plane flame front. The following two-dimensional problems are solved numerically: (i) The formation of a wrinkled noncellular laminar flame front under conditions of spontaneous hydrodynamic instability. (ii) The formation of a turbulent cellular flame front under conditions of spontaneous diffusional-thermal instability. (iii) The formation of a turbulent wrinkled-cellular flame front under conditions of spontaneous hydrodynamic and diffusional-thermal instability. We compute the flame front velocity in laminar and turbulent propagation.     

直接加热对固冲发动机地面模拟性能影响的理论分析

为了模拟飞行状态下进入补燃室的空气总温,在地面模拟试验中要对空气加热。通过直连模拟计算,研究了常用加热器燃料(氢气、煤油、甲烷和酒精等)对含硼贫氧推进剂固体火箭冲压发动机性能的影响。结果表明,当按照气流中含氧量与纯净空气一样进行补氧时,气流中的含氧量能模拟纯净空气中的含氧量;直接加热、补氧的直连模拟计算所得的发动机真空比冲相对偏差与加热空气的燃料种类有关,以氢气为燃料的相对偏差大于0,而其它3种燃料的相对偏差小于0;从污染空气对真空比冲相对偏差的影响分析,污染空气对发动机性能的影响很小。     

场协同原理在高超声速化学非平衡流动中的推广

应用理论分析与数值模拟方法，将对流传热的场协同原理从不可压缩流动推广至高超声速化学非平衡流动中。结果表明，高超声速化学非平衡层流与湍流的热流密度取决于流动的当地单位体积的动量与单位质量总焓梯度的协同。用当地单位体积的动量与单位质量总焓梯度的协同研究高超声速化学非平衡流动的壁面传热问题，对层流流动下的对流传热，不但计及了高超声速化学非平衡流的密度变化对热流密度的影响，而且包括了静焓梯度、压力梯度、边界层内的分子黏性剪切效应对热流密度的作用；对湍流问题，除了上述层流流动各项对热流密度的影响外，还计及了雷诺剪切应力对热流密度的作用。考虑到高超声速化学非平衡流静焓的定义，高超声速化学非平衡层流及湍流的场协同同时计及所有组分的平动能、转动能、振动能及电子能等梯度的贡献。     

凹腔前后缘圆弧对流场干扰的数值研究

基于两方程k-ωSST模型,对不同半径前后缘圆弧凹腔构型的超声速流场进行了二维仿真,获得了相应的流场特征参数。结果表明,与直角前后缘相比,采用圆弧构型时凹腔后壁的激波得到增强;随着圆弧半径的增加,凹腔内部的速度有所增大,而温度、涡量则呈递减趋势,从稳焰、助燃的角度看,后壁上端压力增大可以促进质量交换,同时降低回流区温度。综合考虑凹腔的稳焰和助燃作用,提出了一个适当的圆弧半径范围。     

Experiments on velocity augmentation of spherical flames by grids

Using spherical wire mesh screens with a wire diameter d and a mesh size l, an experimental study was carried out involving homogeneous mixtures of propane/air, ethylene/air, acetylene/air and with oxygen enriched air. Streak photographs of the processes were taken, yielding information on the flame propagation speeds inside and outside the screen. The ratio of the two speeds immediately before and after crossing the screen, α, can be interpreted as practically equivalent (for the same “heat release”) to the ratio of flame velocities relative to the unburned gas, i.e. Values of (α − 1) are correlated with the Reynolds number based on the wire thickness d, density and viscosity of the unburned gas and flame propagation speed inside the wire mesh. The experiments were repeated with two and three spheres of different diameters, e.g. inner screen 9 cm in diameter and outer screen 18 cm in diameter or three screens, 9, 13.5 and 18 cm, respectively. The second screen usually added a factor of 2 on the value of α. The third screen produced very little additional effect. The highest value of α we ever obtained for mixtures with air was about 12 (for acetylene/air). With oxygen enriched air the situation is quite different. If the flame velocity of the laminar flame relative to the unburned gas exceeds 2 m/sec, the value of α may increase up to a level corresponding to detonation.     

液体亚燃燃烧室点火装置工作特性数值研究

基于气体动力学和计算流体力学的相关理论,采用CFD-ACE＋流场计算软件,对液体亚燃燃烧室点火装置单独工作时的稳态流场进行了数值模拟.在试验验证的基础上分析了点火器室压、点火导管内径和导管的结构形式对火焰点火性能的影响.结果表明：当点火器室温和燃气流量恒定时,若保持管道的扩张比不变,选用较低室压的点火器更利于点火;在一定范围内增大导管内径可以提高火焰的点火性能;燃气在直管内的流动损失较小,出口射流的速度较高,穿透深度较大,带弯头的点火导管出口火焰特征类似,有无弯头对火焰的影响很大,而角度差异产生的影响很小.     

On a distorted flame front as a hydrodynamic discontinuity

The radius of curvature of a steady distorted flame often turns out to be considerably larger than the width of the thermal structure of the flame. Thus, even under finite deformations of the flame, its structure remains quasi-one-dimensional. This property enables the propagation velocity of a distorted flame front (relative to the gas) to be determined explicitly as a function of the hydrodynamic field and the physico-chemical parameters of the gaseous mixture. With the aid of this relationship one can try to determine the shape of the front in a model which is external with respect to the flame structure and treats the flame as a density jump in an ideal incompressible fluid. As applications, we consider (1) the structure of a Bunsen cone, (2) the extinction of a flame in a divergent flow and (3) the propagation velocity of a corrugated flame.     

微重力下热薄材料燃烧特性的窄通道实验研究

利用高度分别为10 mm,12 mm和14 mm的水平窄通道对微重力环境下热薄材料表面的火焰传     

大长径比固体火箭发动机点火瞬态过程分析

为了定量描述大长径比固体火箭发动机点火滞后期和火焰传播过程,分析了试验压强一时间曲线和升压速率曲线,并利用数值计算对点火瞬态过程进行仿真;根据两条曲线的数学与物理意义推断主装药首次火焰时刻为升压速率上升阶段过零时刻,火焰传播结束时刻为升压速率由上升转下降的极值时刻;数值仿真结果验证了这一推断。该方法简单有效,适用于工程实践。     

Experimental study of a flush wall scramjet combustor equipped with strut/wall fuel injection

In this study a flush wall scramjet combustor is tested in a supersonic incoming air flow with the Mach number of 3 which is generated by an air vitiation heater producing the stagnation temperature of 1505 K. Using liquid kerosene as the fuel, the flame is stabilized by means of a centrally mounted O₂ pilot strut after being ignited by a plasma torch. During experimental measurements, the fuel is injected with a constant equivalence ratio of 0.8 according to specified strut/wall injection ratios, i.e., a portion of the fuel amount is injected from the strut while the rest is injected from the wall. The strut and wall injectors are arranged at the same axial position. The combustion performance and wall temperature gradients are evaluated with various fuel feeding ratios between the wall and the strut. Experimental results show, when the equivalence ratio is constant and the axial injection position is fixed, the combustion characteristics vary significantly with the strut/wall fuel feeding ratio, especially when this ratio is close to its lowest and highest limits. Among the four fuel feeding ratios examined, the strut only injection mode and the average distributed strut/wall injection mode show the best combustion performance. However, the strut/wall injection mode produces a smaller wall temperature gradient compared to the strut only injection mode, which is due to the significant film cooling effect caused by the wall injected liquid kerosene.     

翼柱形药柱模拟发动机火焰传播规律研究

翼柱形药柱模拟发动机的翼槽结构对点火瞬态过程的火焰传播规律存在着潜在的影响.通过试验分析不同质量流量的点火剂燃气以不同的角度喷射到翼柱形药柱模拟发动机的推进剂表面时的火焰传播规律,发现火焰峰传播到翼槽区域后,尾部翼槽底部区域被最后点燃.通过对试验进行数值仿真分析可知,压缩在翼槽底部温度较低的气体减弱了高温燃气与推进剂的...     

多截面细径管结构参数对放气系统压降特性的影响

采用数值模拟方法研究了多截面细径管结构参数对放气系统压降特性的影响,得到了导管几何尺寸、导管内壁粗糙度和出口压力等参数对压降特性影响的变化规律。研究结果表明:缩短容器导管长度或扩大其内径对壅塞状态下的压降影响较小,但可以显著提高层流状态下气体的流动速度,从而减少放气时间;内壁粗糙度对壅塞状态下的压降特性影响较大,随着粗糙度的增大,压力下降速度有所降低,而对层流状态下的压降特性影响较小,在容器压力降至极低的情况下,粗糙度的影响可以忽略不计;出口压力对整个流动过程的放气速度影响较小,出口压力的进一步提高不会明显增加放气速度。该研究可为多截面细径管放气系统的优化设计提供依据。