Simultaneous optical diagnostic velocity and scalar field by molecular tagging technique Stratified Flames View project

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Simultaneous film thickness measurement and wall temperature assessment by Low-Coherence Interferometry

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Characterisation of saturated two-phase flows by means of fluorescence and phosphorescence techniques: a review

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Caractérisation des écoulements diphasiques à saturation par techniques de fluorescence et de phosphorescence : un état de l’art

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A Numerical Study on the Effects of CO2/N2/Ar Addition to Air on Liftoff of a Laminar CH4/Air Diffusion Flame

International audienceThe addition of exhaust gas to a combustor may cause liftoff of a diffusion flame due to several possible mechanisms. Understanding the relative influence of these mechanisms is of importance for the further development of exhaust gas recirculation combustion technology. The authors present a numerical study on the effects of CO2, N2 (two of primary exhaust gas components) and Ar addition on the liftoff of a laminar CH4/air diffusion flame. A gradual switch-off approach was used to identify the relative importance of the different mechanisms. A detailed reaction scheme and complex thermal and transport properties were employed. The simulation results were validated by comparing the calculated and previously measured critical ratios of the 3 additives for liftoff. The results show that the numerical simulation successfully reproduced the previously measured critical ratios of liftoff for all 3 studied additives. Detailed analysis of the numerical results suggests that the addition of N2 affects flame liftoff due to the sole effect of dilution. On the other hand, the addition of CO2 causes flame liftoff due to the dilution, thermal and chemical effects, with the dilution effect being the most significant one, followed by the thermal and chemical effects. All 3 effects tend to reduce combustion intensity and cause flame liftoff, leading to the smaller critical ratio of CO2 than that of N2. The radiation and transport property effects are negligible for CO2 addition. Ar addition affects flame liftoff due to dilution, thermal, and transport property effects. However, whereas the dilution effect tends to reduce combustion intensity and cause flame liftoff, the thermal and transport property effects tend to increase combustion intensity and resist flame liftoff for Ar addition, which results in the greater critical ratio of Ar than that of N2. Therefore, for the 3 studied additives in this paper, CO2 has the minimum critical ratio, whereas Ar has the maximum for liftoff

The Influence of Hydrogen Enrichment on the Turbulent Flame Speed of Lean Methane/Air V-Flames

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Lifting and Splitting of Nonpremixed Methane/Air Flames Due to Reactant Preheating

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Simultaneous optical diagnostic velocity and scalar field by molecular tagging technique Stratified Flames View project

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On preheating and dilution effects in non-premixed jet flame stabilization

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Effect of reactant preheating on the stability of non-premixed methane/air flames

International audienceThis study details the influence of reactant temperature on the stability of non-premixed CH4 /air co-flow jet flames. Flame characteristics have been studied for five temperature levels (from 295 K to 600 K). The hysteresis zone formed by the limits between attached and lifted flame translates towards higher methane jet velocities with an increase of initial temperature, independently of the air velocity range. Moreover, critical velocities vary linearly with initial temperature. In addition, attachment and lift-off heights have been obtained from CH* chemiluminescence visualization. Results point out that the attachment height decreases significantly with temperature. Observations also indicate that the intrinsic process of lifting is modified. Pre-lifting anchored flame local extinctions, not observed at room-temperature, appear at higher initial temperatures; their occurrence increases with temperature. The lift-off height of turbulent lifted flames is also reduced with temperature. Overall, results show that increasing local temperature in the stabilization zone enhances flame stability