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Multiscale Interaction of Turbulence, Temperature, and Soot Formation: Measurements for Critical Assessments of Chemical Kinetics and Mechanisms

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1887222· OSTI ID:1887222
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  1. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)

This program targeted an improved understanding of how turbulence affects soot formation chemistry (directly and indirectly) with a particular focus on detailing the multiscale coupling between flow turbulence, mixing, thermal transport, and soot formation kinetics in gas-phase reacting systems. In this project, simultaneous, quantitative multi-dimensional velocity, soot volume fraction, and gas-phase temperature measurements in turbulent non-premixed sooting flames were developed. These new diagnostics tools can be used to elucidate the relative effects of fluid kinematics, mixing, thermal processes, and turbulence/scalar time/length scales on soot formation chemistry and topology. Simultaneous multi-parameter measurements were acquired within a series of flames with different Reynolds numbers and spatial locations to investigate the inter-dependence of soot, temperature, and turbulence within the soot inception, growth, and oxidation region. Preliminary assessment of the results has been completed at the project end and detailed analysis is planned following the completed program.

Research Organization:
The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0019115
OSTI ID:
1887222
Report Number(s):
DOE-OSU-019115
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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