Mobility size and mass of nascent soot particles in a benchmark premixed ethylene flame

Camacho, Joaquin; Liu, Changran; Gu, Chen; Lin, He; Huang, Zhen; Tang, Quanxi; You, Xiaoqing; Saggese, Chiara; Li, Yang; Jung, Heejung; Deng, Lei; Wlokas, Irenaeus; Wang, Hai

doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.07.018

Mobility size and mass of nascent soot particles in a benchmark premixed ethylene flame

Journal Article · Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Combustion and Flame

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.07.018· OSTI ID:1369837

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Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China)
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
Polytechnic Univ. of Milan (Italy)
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
Univ. of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)

The burner stabilized stagnation flame technique coupled with micro-orifice probe sampling and mobility sizing has evolved into a useful tool for examining the evolution of the particle size distribution of nascent soot in laminar premixed flames. Several key aspects of this technique are examined through a multi-university collaborative study that involves both experimental measurement and computational modeling. Key issues examined include (a) data reproducibility and facility effects using four burners of different sizes and makers over three different facilities, (b) the mobility diameter and particle mass relationship, and (c) the degree to which the finite orifice flow rate affects the validity of the boundary condition in a pseudo one dimensional stagnation flow flame formulation. The results indicate that different burners across facilities yield nearly identical results after special attention is paid to a range of experimental details, including a proper selection of the sample dilution ratio and quantification of the experimental flame boundary conditions. The mobility size and mass relationship probed by tandem mass and mobility measurement shows that nascent soot with mobility diameter as small as 15 nm can deviate drastically from the spherical shape. Various non-spherical morphology models using a mass density value of 1.5 g/cm³ can reconcile this discrepancy in nascent soot mass. Lastly, two-dimensional axisymmetric simulations of the experimental flame with and without the sample orifice flow reveal several problems of the pseudo one-dimensional stagnation flow flame approximation. The effect of the orifice flow on the flame and soot sampled, although small, is not negligible. Particular suggestions are provided as to how to treat the non-ideality of the experimental setup in experiment and model comparisons.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Combustion Energy Frontier Research Center (CEFRC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001198

OSTI ID:: 1369837

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1247774

Journal Information:: Combustion and Flame, Journal Name: Combustion and Flame Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 162; ISSN 0010-2180

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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