Experimental study of premixed turbulent combustion in opposed streams. Part II-reacting flow field and extinction

Journal Article · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Combustion and Flame; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-2180(93)90151-R· OSTI ID:6442033

Kostiuk, L W; Bray, K N.C. ^[1]; Cheng, R K ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
2. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)

Turbulent combustion in opposed streams of premixed reactants was studied experimentally. In this geometry two flames are stabilized in the vicinity of the free stagnation point and separated by a region of products. In the mean the flames appear flat and perpendicular to the axis of the jets. Both the mean flow field and the distribution of the mean progress variable is found to be symmetric about the stagnation point. Buoyancy forces do not appear to affect the symmetry of the flow. The flows upstream of the flame zones has the same form of velocity field as nonreacting opposed flow, but displaced away from the stagnation point by the volume source due to combustion. Under certain conditions these flames can be forced to extinction, and this limit is studied for lean propane-air mixtures. This extinction depends only on the aerothermochemistry of the flow because there are no surfaces near the flames. For near extinct flames the flow field approaches that of nonreacting opposed streams. A physical mechanism is proposed for the extinction and results are compared with an extinction model. There is good qualitative agreement with the extinction model, and good quantitative agreement for the dependency of unstretched laminar burning velocity and the heat release parameter on extinction.

• OSTI ID: 6442033
• Journal Information: Combustion and Flame; (United States), Journal Name: Combustion and Flame; (United States) Vol. 92:4; ISSN 0010-2180; ISSN CBFMAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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