HC quench layer formation in combustion processes. Technical progress report, May-November 1980

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7067310· OSTI ID:7067310

Lavoie, G A

Objective is to understand wall quenching and other processes responsible for surface generated hydrocarbons in combustion under engine-like conditions. The study concerns the effects of turbulence on the evolution of hydrocarbons. The work is divided into three tasks: (1) combustion bomb experiments to measure the effect of turbulence on the chemical species near the cold surface; (2) combustion bomb experiments, using a similar turbulence generating device, to fully characterize the flow and turbulence in the vicinity of the quenching surface; and (3) an analytical study to characterize fluid mechanical scales of interest in the boundary layer and to find an analytical solution to describe the evolution of the layer.

• Research Organization: Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-79ET15303
• OSTI ID: 7067310
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/15303-T5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400800* -- Combustion
Pyrolysis
& High-Temperature Chemistry
ALKANES
ALKENES
BOUNDARY LAYERS
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
COMBUSTION KINETICS
ETHYLENE
HYDROCARBONS
KINETICS
LAYERS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROPANE
QUENCHING
REACTION KINETICS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SURFACES
TURBULENCE