TY - JOUR
T1 - Cool diffusion flames of butane isomers activated by ozone in the counterflow
AU - Alfazazi, Adamu
AU - Al Omier, Abdullah Abdulaziz
AU - Secco, Andrea
AU - Selim, Hatem
AU - Ju, Yiguang
AU - Sarathy, Mani
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: The presented work was supported by Saudi Aramco under the FUELCOM program and by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) with competitive research funding given to the Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC). Authors would like to thank Christopher B. Reuter of Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University for his assistance. We appreciate the valuable contributions of Nour Atef and Samah Y. Mohammed of Combustion and Pyrolysis Chemistry Team at KAUST.
PY - 2018/2/2
Y1 - 2018/2/2
N2 - Ignition in low temperature combustion engines is governed by a coupling between low-temperature oxidation kinetics and diffusive transport. Therefore, a detailed understanding of the coupled effects of heat release, low-temperature oxidation chemistry, and molecular transport in cool flames is imperative to the advancement of new combustion concepts. This study provides an understanding of the low temperature cool flame behavior of butane isomers in the counterflow configuration through the addition of ozone. The initiation and extinction limits of butane isomers’ cool flames have been investigated under a variety of strain rates. Results revealed that, with ozone addition, establishment of butane cool diffusion flames was successful at low and moderate strain rates. iso-Butane has lower reactivity than n-butane, as shown by higher fuel mole fractions needed for cool flame initiation and lower extinction strain rate limits. Ozone addition showed a significant influence on the initiation and sustenance of cool diffusion flames; as ozone-less cool diffusion flame of butane isomers could not be established even at high fuel mole fractions. The structure of a stable n-butane cool diffusion flame was qualitatively examined using a time of flight mass spectrometer. Numerical simulations were performed using a detailed chemical kinetic model and molecular transport to simulate the extinction limits of the cool diffusion flames of the tested fuels. The model qualitatively captured experimental trends for both fuels and ozone levels, but over-predicted extinction limits of the flames. Reactions involving low-temperature species predominantly govern extinction limits of cool flames. The simulations were used to understand the effects of methyl branching on the behavior of n-butane and iso-butane cool diffusion flames.
AB - Ignition in low temperature combustion engines is governed by a coupling between low-temperature oxidation kinetics and diffusive transport. Therefore, a detailed understanding of the coupled effects of heat release, low-temperature oxidation chemistry, and molecular transport in cool flames is imperative to the advancement of new combustion concepts. This study provides an understanding of the low temperature cool flame behavior of butane isomers in the counterflow configuration through the addition of ozone. The initiation and extinction limits of butane isomers’ cool flames have been investigated under a variety of strain rates. Results revealed that, with ozone addition, establishment of butane cool diffusion flames was successful at low and moderate strain rates. iso-Butane has lower reactivity than n-butane, as shown by higher fuel mole fractions needed for cool flame initiation and lower extinction strain rate limits. Ozone addition showed a significant influence on the initiation and sustenance of cool diffusion flames; as ozone-less cool diffusion flame of butane isomers could not be established even at high fuel mole fractions. The structure of a stable n-butane cool diffusion flame was qualitatively examined using a time of flight mass spectrometer. Numerical simulations were performed using a detailed chemical kinetic model and molecular transport to simulate the extinction limits of the cool diffusion flames of the tested fuels. The model qualitatively captured experimental trends for both fuels and ozone levels, but over-predicted extinction limits of the flames. Reactions involving low-temperature species predominantly govern extinction limits of cool flames. The simulations were used to understand the effects of methyl branching on the behavior of n-butane and iso-butane cool diffusion flames.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/627039
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010218018300038
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041674714&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.combustflame.2017.12.034
DO - 10.1016/j.combustflame.2017.12.034
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85041674714
VL - 191
SP - 175
EP - 186
JO - Combustion and Flame
JF - Combustion and Flame
SN - 0010-2180
ER -