OH and CH luminescence in opposed flow methane oxy-flames

Journal Article · Fri Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · Combustion and Flame

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.COMBUSTFLAME.2007.01.008· OSTI ID:20909787

De Leo, Maurizio; Saveliev, Alexei; Kennedy, Lawrence A ^[1]; Zelepouga, Serguei A ^[2]

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1. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607 (United States)
2. Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL 60018 (United States)

Emission spectroscopy is a 2-D nonintrusive diagnostic technique that offers spatially resolved data for combustion optimization and control. The UV and visible chemiluminescence of the excited radicals CH(A{sup 2}{delta},B{sup 2}{sigma}{sup -}) and OH(A{sup 2}{sigma}{sup +}) is studied experimentally and numerically in opposed-flow diffusion flames of methane and oxygen-enriched air. The oxidized oxygen content is varied from 21 to 100% while the range of the studied strain rates spans from 20 to 40 s{sup -1}. The spectrally resolved imaging is obtained by two different methods: scattering through a grating monochromator and interposition of interference filters along the optical path. Absolute measured chemiluminescence intensities, coupled with a numerical model based on the opposed flow flame code, are used to evaluate the chemical kinetics of the excited species. The predictions of the selected model are in good agreement with the experimental data over the range of the studied flame conditions. (author)

• OSTI ID: 20909787
• Journal Information: Combustion and Flame, Vol. 149, Issue 4; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved; ISSN 0010-2180
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
CHEMILUMINESCENCE
METHANE
OXYGEN ENRICHMENT
FLAMES
AIR
COMBUSTION
EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY
DIFFUSION
STRAIN RATE
CONTROL
FORECASTING
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
OPTIMIZATION
HYDROXYL RADICALS
VISIBLE RADIATION
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION