Effects of swirler position on flame response and combustion instabilities

This study is concerned with the experimental and theoretical investigation of the combustion instabilities in a premixed swirl combustor. It is focused on the effects of the swirl mixing distance on the intrinsic thermoacoustic mode. The swirler as an origin of the swirling flow is also the source of the flow disturbance, which has effects on the flame response. The location of the swirler is varied in the experiment to study the effect on combustion instabilities and flame transfer functions. ...     

Detailed modeling of aluminum particle combustion——From single particles to cloud combustion in Bunsen flames

A numerical model for aluminum cloud combustion which includes the effects of interphase heat transfer, phase change, heterogeneous surface reactions, homogeneous combustion,oxide cap growth and radiation within the Euler–Lagrange framework is proposed. The model is validated in single particle configurations with varying particle diameters. The combustion process of a single aluminum particle is analyzed in detail and the particle consumption rates as well as the heat release rates due to the v...     

Similarity phenomena of lean swirling flames at different bulk velocities with acoustic disturbances

In this study, flame responses to acoustic disturbances with different frequencies and amplitudes were experimentally investigated in a lean premixed swirl-stabilized combustor operating at different bulk velocities. The total heat release rate fluctuations and spatial CH* chemiluminescence distributions were captured using a photomultiplier tube and high-speed camera, respectively. The results indicate that the heat release rate exhibits a relatively drastic oscillation and high-order harmonics for low-frequency disturbances. When the bulk velocity and forcing frequency were doubled simultaneously, similar flame structures were observed in the CH* chemiluminescence distributions. As the bulk velocity increases, the gain of the Flame Describing Function (FDF) extends toward the higher frequencies, and the delay time of the flame response decreases. The similarity among FDFs at different bulk velocities was effectively captured by introducing a non-dimensional parameter, defined as the ratio of the flame response delay to the forcing time scale, to replace the dimensional forcing frequency. Furthermore, the availability of the newly defined non-dimensional parameter was verified for flames with different swirl numbers, as this played an important role in determining the flame structures and associated unsteady heat release rate.     

基于滑动弧的燃烧室头部强化燃烧特性

为了研究基于滑动弧的燃烧室头部强化燃烧效果，探究了燃烧室头部的点火过程以及不同等离子体电源输入功率下的点/熄火边界，利用像增强系统获得了CH*基团的分布云图。实验结果表明：输入功率的增大使得燃烧室的点/熄火边界均得到拓展，与160 W工况相比，输入功率为320 W时，点火边界平均拓宽约17.6%，与未放电相比，输入功率为320 W时，熄火边界平均拓宽约45.3%，滑动弧放电对熄火边界拓宽效果明显；当滑动弧能够点燃来流新鲜混合气时，输入功率的增加使得CH*基团分布向上游移动，当输入功率为320 W时，燃烧火焰驻留在燃烧室头部，当滑动弧激励器仅具有助燃作用时，输入功率的增加使得局部CH*基团辐射强度增强，热释放速率增加。     

面向超燃数值模拟的正癸烷高温骨架机理

为了得到一个适用于超声速燃烧模拟的小规模正癸烷骨架机理，以现有的正癸烷燃烧机理（S709）为基础，通过机理简化和参数对比优化的方法，构建了包含27个物种和105个反应的高温骨架机理（S27）。在温度（T：1000–2000 K）、压力（p：0.1–0.3 MPa）、当量比（Φ：0.5–1.5）的超燃典型工况范围内，通过Chemkin-Pro软件计算了S27对于层流火焰速度、点火延迟时间、熄火拉伸率的预测值，在0.1 MPa富燃条件（Φ=1.7）下，计算了主要物种浓度分布，并与文献正癸烷骨架机理（S40，S96）、S709的模拟值和实验数据进行对比，以验证机理的合理性。结果表明S27的计算结果与文献实验数据和S709结果吻合良好。通过研究S27在高温条件下含C物种的反应途径以及影响层流火焰速度的关键反应，进一步证明了S27的合理性。相较于S709及其他正癸烷骨架机理，S27极大地提升了计算效率，展现了此机理应用于超燃流场数值模拟的良好前景。     

锥形预混火焰羽流脱落过程的实验诊断

为了研究锥形预混火焰的羽流脱落特性，以丙烷-空气预混火焰为实验对象，通过粒子图像测速技术对锥形预混火焰的羽流速度场进行了实验研究，动态模态分解法对得到的速度场进行了模态分解和主要特征重构还原。同时采用光电倍增器对火焰热释放强度信号进行实时采集,采用双热电偶法对然后热气体的温度进行了重建。结果表明在浮力诱导下燃尽气体与周围环境空气相互剪切形成剪切层（BSL）， BSL 的 KH 不稳定性诱导产生了涡，涡作用于燃尽区附近的流场，扰动传至火焰面附近区域，与火焰剪切层（FSL）的 DL 不稳定性耦合，表现为火焰面的脉动和火焰热释放率的脉动。通过近红外自发光成像得到的热气体自发光强度与温度信号有较强的相关性，热气体呈现出与速度场相似的周期性传播模式，为研究预混火焰的羽流脱落特性提供了新的思路。