Study and characterization of the instabilities generated in expanding spherical flames of hydrogen/methane/air mixtures

Reyes, Miriam; Sastre, Rosaura; Fluixá, Francisco V. Tinaut; Rodríguez–Fernández, José

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.05.063

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“…In spherical flames, the initial moment of the growth of the perturbations of the flame front does not necessarily have to coincide with the time for which the instability is observed experimentally. This explains why disturbances may not be detected until their amplitude reaches a significant size [55]. The growth rate of the flame front depends on three main factors: thermal, molecular, and viscous diffusivity.…”

Section: Flame Morphological Studymentioning

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Experimental, Kinetic Modeling and Morphologic Study of the Premixed Combustion of Hydrogen/Methane Mixtures

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Giménez³

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Energies

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In this work, an experimental study and kinetic characterization of the combustion process and a morphologic study of hydrogen/methane–air mixtures are presented. The experimental study was performed in an optical access cylindrical constant-volume combustion bomb. This bomb is equipped to register the instantaneous pressure during combustion and records the combustion images using the high-speed Schlieren optical technique. This provides straightforward information to compute the flame propagation speed and direct evidence of the apparition of cellularity on the flame front. Through the images of the combustion process, it is possible to conduct a morphological study of the process using a flame monitoring model. Simultaneously, by means of a two-zone thermodynamical model, with the temporal evolution of pressure as the main intake, significant parameters are determined during the combustion process of different fuels under premixed conditions: burning velocity, rate of combustion, burned and unburned temperature, burned mass fraction, and rate of heat release, among others. Experimental results are compared with kinetic modeling results obtained with the Cantera package using the Gri-Mech 3.0 kinetic mechanism. Results show that a greater percentage of hydrogen in the fuel mixture increases the burning velocity and the cellularity of the flame front surface. At the same time, leaner mixtures and higher equivalence ratios enhance the apparition of the cellularity onset in the flames. Burning velocity increases with the increase in the initial temperature and the fuel/air mixture equivalence ratio. All the results obtained were validated with other data from the literature.

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Section: Flame Morphological Studymentioning

confidence: 99%