Structure and scalar correlation of ammonia/air turbulent premixed flames in the distributed reaction zone regime

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作者
Fan, Qingshuang [1 ]
Liu, Xin [1 ]
Cai, Xiao [2 ]
Brackmann, Christian [1 ]
Alden, Marcus [1 ]
Bai, Xue-Song [3 ]
Li, Zhongshan [1 ]
机构
[1] Lund Univ, Div Combust Phys, POB 118, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
[2] Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, State Key Lab Multiphase Flow Power Engn, Xian 710049, Peoples R China
[3] Lund Univ, Div Fluid Mech, POB 118, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
基金
瑞典研究理事会;
关键词
Premixed ammonia; air flames; Turbulent combustion; Laser diagnostics; High Karlovitz number; Distributed reaction zone regime; METHANE/AIR JET FLAMES; THIN-REACTION ZONE; BURNING VELOCITY; PREHEAT ZONE; TEMPERATURE; COMBUSTION; LAMINAR; PLIF; NOX;
D O I
10.1016/j.combustflame.2022.112090
中图分类号
O414.1 [热力学];
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摘要
Instantaneous structures of turbulent premixed ammonia/air flames on a piloted jet burner were investigated using simultaneous planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) and Rayleigh thermometry measurements. Two-dimensional spatial distributions of temperature were simultaneously measured with those of the NH radical and the NO pollutant, respectively. Experiments were conducted for stoichiometric flames under five jet velocities. All flames are located in the distributed reaction zone regime of the Borghi-Peters diagram with the Karlovitz ( Ka ) number ranging from 274 to 4720. The NH PLIF images are used to characterize the fuel consumption layer of the reaction zones since the formation of NH is associated with the consumption of ammonia. The NH PLIF results show that under all flame conditions investigated, the NH layer remains thin in the proximity of the burner while it becomes progressively thickened and distorted by turbulence with increasing turbulent intensity and axial distance. For flames with Ka of 274, the NH layer essentially remains thin, while at Ka of 590 or higher, significant broadening of the NH layer is observed. Probability density functions (PDFs) of the NH layer thickness show that the NH layer can be broadened by 3 - 4 times as the flames are developed downstream. The broadening of the NH layer is considered to indicate that the flames are in the distributed reaction zone regime. The boundary between the thin-reaction zone regime and the distributed reaction zone regime occurs at a much larger Ka than that in methane/air flames. The broadening of the NH layer is due to the penetration of the turbulent eddies and the merging of flame branches. The latter occurs mainly near the flame tips. NO is shown to exist in a wide region in space, across the preheat zone, reaction zone, and post flame zone. NO formation occurs mainly in the reaction zone, however, it is transported by turbulence eddies to the preheat zone and by convection to the postflame zone. The temperature measurements indicate that the preheat zone is broadened in all flames investigated. The broadening of the preheat zone is moderately sensitive to the Ka number while it is more sensitive to the integral length scale of the flames. (c) 2022 The Combustion Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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