Abstract
The interaction between a lean premixed spark-ignited flame kernel and a laminar vortex toroid containing a different fuel/air mixture was experimentally studied to gain an understanding of the effect of "turbulent" bulk transport of material into the growing flame kernel. Flame kernels were ignited in a lean premixed methane/air mixture with equivalence ratio of 0.6:1, while the equivalence ratio of the vortex core fluid was varied between zero and infinity. Results of the flame kernel-vortex interactions for six test cases were presented and elucidated. Vortices composed of fluid outside the traditional flammability limits were completely consumed inside the growing flame kernel. Due to entrainment of ambient fluid as the vortex propagated towards, the kernel the equivalence ratio of the vortex was not constant. The Lewis number of the vortex mixture determined if the vortex was consumed as a single pocket or broke up into multiple pockets before being consumed. Pure fuel vortices had a very diffuse reaction zone as well as a region at the upper rim of the kernel-vortex interface of intense chemiluminescence. Original is an abstract.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages | 9 |
Number of pages | 1 |
State | Published - 2002 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 29th International Symposium on Combustion - Sapporo, Japan Duration: Jul 21 2002 → Jul 26 2002 |
Other
Other | 29th International Symposium on Combustion |
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Country/Territory | Japan |
City | Sapporo |
Period | 07/21/02 → 07/26/02 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering