1-庚烯/空气的高压层流火焰传播研究（英文）

本文使用定容圆柱形燃烧弹,在初始温度373 K和初始压力1、2、5、10 atm的条件下,对当量比从0.7到1.5的1-庚烯/空气混合物的层流火焰传播进行了研究.利用记录的纹影图像处理得到层流火焰传播速度和马克斯坦长度.基于先前报道的1-己烯燃烧反应动力学模型,发展了1-庚烯的模型.该模型验证了本工作测量的1-庚烯层流火焰传播速度数据及文献中的1-庚烯着火延迟时间数据.通过开展敏感性分析和路径分析,帮助理解了1-庚烯在不同压力下的高温化学及其对层流火焰传播的影响.另外,比较了1-庚烯/空气和先前报道的正庚烷/空气的层流火焰传播.由于更强的放热性及反应活性,1-庚烯/空气的层流火焰传播速度在绝大多数条件下均快于正庚烷/空气的结果.     

2,5-二甲基呋喃-空气混合气层流燃烧速率的测定

在定容燃烧弹中利用高速纹影摄像法和球形扩展火焰研究了常压下不同燃空当量比和初始温度时2,5-二甲基呋喃-空气混合气的层流火焰特性,获得了拉伸和无拉伸火焰传播速率,无拉伸层流燃烧速率和马克斯坦长度。研究结果表明:2,5-二甲基呋喃-空气混合气的无拉伸火焰传播速率和无拉伸层流燃烧速率在燃空当量比1.2附近达到最大值,它们都随着初始温度的增加而增加。随着初始温度的增加,无拉伸火焰传播速率的峰值位置向浓混合气(燃空当量比增大)的方向移动。随着燃空当量比的减小和初始温度的增加,马克斯坦长度增加,表明火焰前峰面的稳定性增强。基于实验结果数据,拟合得到了2,5-二甲基呋喃-空气混合气的无拉伸层流燃烧速率的关系式。     

富燃料丙烷/空气预混火焰特性的微重力实验研究

地面常重力(1g)条件下,丙烷/空气预混火焰向上传播的富燃极限为9.2%C_3H_8,而向下传播时的富燃极限仅为6.3%C_3H_8,二者之间存在明显差距。利用微重力条件下的实验,对燃料浓度从6.5%到8.6%(微重力实验中测定的可燃极限)范围内的丙烷/空气预混火焰特性进行了研究。实验发现,重力对近极限丙烷/空气火焰的传播有显著影响,影响程度随着当量比的增加而增大。微重力下丙烷/空气的富燃极限为8.6%C_3H_8(φ=2.24),明显高于1g条件下向下传播火焰的可燃极限,略低于向上传播火焰的可燃极限。随着当量比的增大,根据压力变化曲线计算的火焰层流燃烧速度从8.5cm/s逐渐减小到2.7 cm/s,可燃极限处的层流燃烧速度与前人实验数据一致。     

稀释气对天然气掺甲醇裂解气预混层流燃烧特性的影响

运用了定容燃烧弹-纹影系统球形发展火焰的研究方法,用体积比H2:CO=2:1的混合气来模拟甲醇裂解气,用N_2和CO_2作为稀释气,在初始温度为343 K、初始压力为0.3 MPa的条件下进行了稀释气-天然气-甲醇裂解气-空气预混燃烧试验,研究了不同当量比(0.8～1.4)下不同稀释气种类(N2和C02)及不同稀释气添加比例(0.05、0.1、0.15)对天然气-甲醇裂解气-空气(其中甲醇裂解气体积占比0.4、天然气体积占比0.6)层流燃烧速度、马克斯坦长度及胞状结构等燃烧特性的影响.并且在不添加稀释气的条件下,进行了同样初始温度和压力下的天然气(1/0.6/0.2)-甲醇裂解气(0/0.4/0.8)-空气预混层流燃烧的对比试验.结果表明:掺甲酵裂解气会增加混合气层流燃烧速率,促进胞状结构的产生;添加稀释气会降低层流燃烧速率;CO_2对流体动力学不稳定性的抑制作用以及对热扩散不稳定性的促进作用强于N2.在此条件下,热扩散不稳定性是影响火焰不稳定性的主要因素.     

甲醇-空气和甲醇-空气-稀释气预混层流燃烧特性

本文利用定容燃烧弹研究了不同初始压力、初始温度、气体稀释度和燃空当量比下甲醇-空气-稀释气预混层流燃烧特性.结果表明:对于给定初始压力和温度,甲醇-空气预混合气的质量燃烧率、燃烧压力和温度的最大值均出现在当量比1.左右,而火焰发展期和燃烧期在此当量比下最短.火焰发展期、燃烧期和燃烧压力峰值随初始温度的增加而减小,最高燃烧温度随初始温度的增加而增加,燃烧压力峰值和最高燃烧温度随初始压力的增加而增加.火焰发展期和燃烧期随稀释度的增加而增加,而燃烧压力峰值和最高燃烧温度随稀释度的增加而降低.     

航空煤油火焰传播速度实验与动力学研究

航空煤油火焰传播特性对航空动力装置的研发与设计均具有重要意义。本文在液体燃料对冲火焰实验台上,使用相位多普勒粒子分析仪(PDPA)在较宽的当量比范围内,测量了三种煤油表征燃料与空气掺混气的层流火焰传播速度。在标准大气压下,初温378 K时正癸烷、甲基环己烷和初温388 K时甲苯与空气预混气燃烧时能够达到的最大火焰传播速度为64.2 cm/s、58.3 cm/s和52.4 cm/s。在实验数据的基础上,进一步采用Chemkin软件对预混火焰进行了动力学分析,探讨了造成三种燃料火焰传播性质差异的动力学原因。     

近贫燃极限甲烷/空气火焰的层流燃烧速度研究

利用微重力条件下向外传播的球形火焰,对贫燃极限附近甲烷/空气预混火焰的层流燃烧速度进行了测量,得到当量比从0.512(本文微重力实验中测定的可燃极限)到0.601范围内的零拉伸层流燃烧速度,并与前人实验数据和使用3种化学反应动力学模型的计算结果进行了比较.本文实验结果与已有的微重力实验数据非常接近,而其他研究者在常重力...     

预混火焰在封闭狭缝内传播动力学研究

本文构建了一个封闭圆盘狭缝空间的一维平面火焰动力学模型,研究了存在壁面热损失条件下可燃混合物在封闭的圆盘狭缝定容装置内火焰的传播特性。模型预测结果与实验结果定性地吻合。模型表明显示,壁面散热降低火焰传播速度的机制在于其使高温已燃气体向低温未燃气体方向的膨胀能力减小,导致火焰前锋的当地流场速度降低,而且同时降低了火焰温度和燃烧反应速率。因此增大初始压力或掺氢气等低活化能的反应物能够有效降低壁面散热的不利影响。该计算模型能够丰富微小尺度封闭空间内火焰传播相关理论,并提供在微小封闭空间内提高火焰传播速度和燃烧效率的理论依据和调控手段。     

较高当量比氢气空气预混合气的燃烧特性研究

利用纹影法,在定容燃烧弹中研究了较高当量比和不同初始压力下氢气空气预混合气的燃烧特性,分析了两参数对其燃烧特性的影响。试验结果表明,本实验条件下的氢气空气预混合物燃烧过程中,主火焰两侧出现挤流火焰,且挤流火焰的传播明显快于主火焰;根据出现挤流火焰与否、两侧挤流火焰相遇与否、实验时的热力参数、燃料浓度等条件,燃烧过程可分为四个阶段;在本文的实验条件下随着当量比增加,挤流火焰燃烧速度加快,其倾向于自燃时的多点燃烧;随着初始压力降低,挤流火焰逐渐出现在主火焰层流燃烧阶段。     

管道内甲烷/空气层流火焰向湍流转捩的微观特性研究

为揭示障碍物对火焰的加速特性,本文运用高速摄影技术和压力传感器分别对空管道和置障管道内甲烷/空气预混火焰的形状变化、火焰传播速度及升压特性进行了实验研究,利用Power-law火焰褶皱模型对管道内流场结构进行了大涡模拟分析。结果表明:空管道和置障管道内甲烷/空气预混火焰传播过程都经历了层流火焰向湍流的转变,且置障管道内的湍流强度明显高于空管道的;障碍物未对前期火焰传播过程产生影响,23ms之前,空管道和置障管道内火焰形态完全一致;障碍物能显著提高管道内的压力上升速率,相比于空管道,障碍物对管道内火焰传播速度提升501%;空管道内涡旋出现在管道的近壁侧,置障管道内涡旋出现在障碍物的背风侧,管道内出现的涡旋结构是火焰形态不断变化的根本原因;空管道湍流燃烧机制始终处于薄火焰区域,而置障管道内湍流火焰机制由薄火焰区域转变到破碎火焰区域;基于大涡模拟的Power-law火焰褶皱模型成功再现了实验中观察到的火焰形状、火焰前锋速度及流场结构,说明该模型适用于置障管道内预混火焰传播特性的研究.     

Exploring fuel isomeric effects on laminar flame propagation of butylbenzenes at various pressures

This work reports an experimental and kinetic modeling investigation on the laminar flame propagation of three butylbenzene isomers (n-butylbenzene, iso-butylbenzene and tert-butylbenzene)/air mixtures. The experiments were performed in a high-pressure constant-volume cylindrical combustion vessel at the initial temperature of 423 K, initial pressures of 1–10 atm, and equivalence ratios (?) of 0.7–1.5. The laminar burning velocities of butylbenzene/O₂/He mixtures were also measured at 423 K, 10 atm and ? = 1.5 to provide additional experimental data under conditions that the butylbenzene/air experiments are susceptible of cellular instability. Comparison among the laminar burning velocities of butylbenzenes including both the three isomers investigated in this work and sec-butylbenzene investigated in our recent work [Combust. Flame 211 (2020) 18–31] shows remarkable fuel isomeric effects, that is, iso-butylbenzene has the slowest laminar burning velocities, followed by n-butylbenzene and tert-butylbenzene, while sec-butylbenzene has the fastest laminar burning velocities. A kinetic model for butylbenzene combustion was developed to simulate the laminar flame propagation of butylbenzenes. Sensitivity analysis was performed to reveal important reactions in laminar flame propagation of butylbenzenes, including both small species reactions and fuel-specific reactions. Kinetic effects are concluded to result in the different laminar burning velocities of four butylbenzene isomers. Small species reactions control the laminar flame propagation under lean conditions, which results in small differences of laminar burning velocities. Chain termination reactions, especially fuel-specific reactions, have important contributions to inhibit the laminar flame propagation under rich conditions. The structural features of butylbenzene isomers can significantly affect the formation of some crucial radicals such as methyl, cyclopentadienyl and benzyl radicals under rich conditions, which leads to remarkable fuel isomeric effects on their laminar burning velocities, especially at high pressures.     

Characterizing the fuel-specific combustion chemistry of acetic acid and propanoic acid: Laminar flame propagation and kinetic modeling studies

In order to study the combustion chemistry of carboxyl functionality, the laminar burning velocity of acetic acid/air and propanoic acid/air mixtures was investigated in a high-pressure constant-volume cylindrical combustion vessel at 423 K, 1 atm and equivalence ratios of 0.7–1.4. Experimental results reveal that the flame propagation of propanoic acid flame is much faster than that of acetic acid flame, especially under rich conditions, and the laminar burning velocity of propanoic acid/air mixtures peaks at richer conditions than that of acetic acid. The present theoretical calculations for the isomerization and decomposition of propanoic acid radicals indicate that the primary radical products are HOCO, H and C₂H₅, while those in acetic acid flame are CH₃ and OH based on previous studies. A kinetic model of the two acids was developed mainly based on previous and the present theoretical calculation results. It could reasonably capture the measured laminar burning velocities of acetic acid/air and propanoic acid/air mixtures in this work, as well as the previous experimental data in literature. Based on the present model, CH₃- and ketene-related pathways play an important role in acetic acid flames. Under rich conditions, ketene is mostly converted to CH₃ via CH₂CO+HCH₃+CO, and the chain-termination reaction of CH₃+H(+M)=CH₄(+M) is enhanced, which strongly inhibits the propagation of rich acetic acid flames. In contrast, C₂H₅ and ethylene chemistry play an important role in propanoic acid flames. Rich conditions promote the decomposition of C₂H₅, yielding ethylene and H, which can facilitate the flame propagation. This can explain the shift of the peak laminar burning velocity of propanoic acid/air mixtures towards a slightly richer condition compared with that of acetic acid/air mixtures.     

Flame propagation speed and Markstein length of spherically expanding flames: Assessment of extrapolation and measurement techniques

Laminar burning velocities are of great importance in many combustion models as well as for validation and improvement of chemical kinetic schemes. Determining laminar burning velocities with high accuracy is quite challenging and different approaches exist. Hence, a comparison of existing methods measuring and evaluating laminar burning velocities is of interest. Here, two optical diagnostics, high speed tomography and Schlieren cinematography, are simultaneously set up to investigate methods for evaluating laminar flame speed in a spherical flame configuration. The hypothesis to obtain the same flame propagation radii over time with the two different techniques is addressed. Another important aspect is the estimation of flame properties, such as the unstretched flame propagation speed and Markstein length in the burnt gas phase and if these are estimated satisfactorily by common experimental approaches. Thorough evaluation of the data with several extrapolation techniques is undertaken. A systematic extrapolation approach is presented to give more confidence into results generated experimentally. The significance of the linear extrapolation routine is highlighted in this context. Measurements of spherically expanding flames are carried out in two high-pressure, high-temperature, constant-volume vessels at RWTH in Aachen, Germany and at ICARE in Orleans, France. For the discussion of the systematic extrapolation approach, flame speed measurements of methane / air mixtures with mixture Lewis numbers moderately away from unity are used. Conditions were varied from lean to rich mixtures, at temperatures of 298–373 K, and pressures of 1 atm and 5 bar.     

On laminar premixed flame propagating into autoigniting mixtures under engine-relevant conditions

Usually premixed flame propagation and laminar burning velocity are studied for mixtures at normal or elevated temperatures and pressures, under which the ignition delay time of the premixture is much larger than the flame resistance time. However, in spark-ignition engines and spark-assisted compression ignition engines, the end-gas in the front of premixed flame is at the state that autoignition might happen before the mixture is consumed by the premixed flame. In this study, laminar premixed flames propagating into an autoigniting dimethyl ether/air mixture are simulated considering detailed chemistry and transport. The emphasis is on the laminar burning velocity of autoigniting mixtures under engine-relevant conditions. Two types of premixed flames are considered: one is the premixed planar flame propagating into an autoigniting DME/air without confinement; and the other is premixed spherical flame propagating inside a closed chamber, for which four stages are identified. Due to the confinement, the unburned mixture is compressed to high temperature and pressure close to or under engine-relevant conditions. The laminar burning velocity is determined from the constant-volume propagating spherical flame method as well as PREMIX. The laminar burning velocities of autoigniting DME/air mixture at different temperatures, pressures, and autoignition progresses are obtained. It is shown that the first-stage and second-stage autoignition can significantly accelerate the flame propagation and thereby greatly increase the laminar burning velocity. When the first-stage autoignition occurs in the unburned mixture, the isentropic compression assumption does not hold and thereby the traditional method cannot be used to calculate the laminar burning velocity. A modified method without using the isentropic compression assumption is proposed. It is shown to work well for autoigniting mixtures. Besides, a power law correlation is obtained based on all the laminar burning velocity data. It works well for mixtures before autoignition while improvement is still needed for mixtures after autoignition.     

Laminar flame speed and autoignition characteristics of surrogate jet fuel blended with hydrogen

Hydrogen combustion has emerged as one promising option toward the achievement of carbon-neutral in aviation. In this study, the effects of hydrogen addition on laminar flame speeds, autoignition, and the coupling of autoignition and flame propagation for surrogate jet fuel n-dodecane are numerically investigated at representative engine conditions to elucidate the potential challenges for flame stabilization and the autoignition risks in combustor design. Results show that the normalized flame speed increases almost linearly with hydrogen addition for fuel-lean conditions, while for fuel-rich conditions it increases nonlinearly and can be up to 20. This poses great challenges for avoiding flameholding and flashback, particularly for fuel-rich mixtures. Results further show that flame speed enhancement due to the increased flame temperature can be neglected under fuel-lean conditions, but not for fuel-rich mixtures. For the dependence of ignition delay time on temperature, there exists a unique intersection between pure n-dodecane/air and H₂/air mixtures. Near the intersection temperature, there exists subtle kinetic coupling of the two fuels, leading to different H₂ roles, e.g., accelerator or inhibitor, for the autoignition process of n-dodecane/H₂/air mixtures. With this intersection temperature, the diagram for autoignition risks is constructed, which demonstrates that H₂ acts as an inhibitor under subsonic cruise conditions while either an inhibitor or an accelerator under supersonic cruise conditions depending on the combustor inlet temperature and the amount of hydrogen addition. With the potential coupling of autoignition and flame propagation, the 1-D autoignition-assisted flame calculations show that hydrogen addition can alleviate or even eliminate the two-stage ignition characteristics for pure n-dodecane/air flames. For n-dodecane blended with hydrogen, the autoignition-assisted flame propagation speed, as well as the global transition from flame propagation to autoignition, can still be described by an analytic scaling parameterized by the ignition Damkӧhler number.     

Turbulent flame speed and morphology of pure ammonia flames and blends with methane or hydrogen

Ammonia appears a promising hydrogen-energy carrier as well as a carbon-free fuel. However, there remain limited studies for ammonia combustion especially under turbulent conditions. To that end, using the spherically expanding flame configuration, the turbulent flame speeds of stoichiometric ammonia/air, ammonia/methane and ammonia/hydrogen were examined. The composition of blends studied are currently being investigated for gas turbine application and are evaluated at various turbulent intensities, covering different kinds of turbulent combustion regimes. Mie-scattering tomography was employed facilitating flame structure analysis. Results show that the flame propagation speed of ammonia/air increases exponentially with increasing hydrogen amount. It is less pronounced with increasing methane addition, analogous to the behavior displayed in the laminar regime. The turbulent to laminar flame speed ratio increases with turbulence intensity. However, smallest gains were observed at highest hydrogen content, presumably due to differences in the combustion regime, with the mixture located within the corrugated flamelet zone, with all other mixtures positioned within the thin reaction zone. A good correlation of the turbulent velocity based on the Karlovitz and Damköhler numbers is observable with the present dataset, as well as previous experimental measurements available in literature, suggesting that ammonia-based fuels may potentially be described following the usual turbulent combustion models. Flame morphology and stretch sensitivity analysis were conducted, revealing that flame curvature remains relatively similar for pure ammonia and ammonia-based mixtures. The wrinkling ratio is found to increase with both increasing ammonia fraction and turbulent intensity, in good agreement with measured increases in turbulent flame speed. On the other hand, in most cases, the flame stretch effect does not change significantly with increasing turbulence, whilst following a similar trend to that of the laminar Markstein length.     

Characterizing ammonia and nitric oxide interaction with outwardly propagating spherical flame method

With the growing attention on ammonia (NH₃) combustion, understanding NH₃ and nitric oxide (NO) interaction at temperatures higher than DeNOx temperature region or even flame temperature becomes a new research need. In this work, the outwardly propagation spherical flame method was used to investigate the laminar flame propagation of NH₃/NO/N₂ mixtures and constrain the uncertainties of the specific kinetics. The present experiments were conducted at initial pressure of 1 atm, temperature of 298 K and equivalence ratios from 1.1 to 1.9. A kinetic model of NH₃/NO combustion was updated from our previous work. Compared with several previous models, the present model can reasonably reproduce the laminar burning velocity data measured in this work and speciation data in literature. Based on model analyses, the interaction of NH₃ and NO was thoroughly investigated. As both the oxidizer and a carrier of nitrogen element, NO frequently reacts with different decomposition products of NH₃ including NH₂, NH and NNH, and converts nitrogen element to the final product N₂. It is found that the laminar burning velocity experiment of NH₃/NO/N₂ mixtures using the outwardly propagating spherical flame method can provide highly sensitive validation targets for the kinetics in NH₃ and NO interaction.     

Flame enhancement of ethylene/methane mixtures by ozone addition

As one of the longest lasting species in plasma-assisted combustion, ozone has a pronounced effect on ignition and flame propagation. Many previous studies, however, have only investigated the combustion enhancement by ozone for single-component fuels. In the present study, the impact of ozone addition on multi-component fuel mixtures is examined through one-dimensional laminar flame simulations across a range of temperatures, pressures, residence times, and mixture compositions. Due to the presence of an alkene (ethylene), ozone is consumed through pre-flame ozonolysis reactions even at room temperature. The flame speed is shown to be dependent on the domain length (residence time), and a new reference flame speed is defined for ozonolysis-assisted flame propagation. It is also found that the flame speed enhancement by ozone is highly nonlinear, as a small amount of ethylene produces a disproportionate boost in the laminar flame speed. Finally, the competition between ozonolysis, ozone decomposition, and other ozone reactions in a mixture of alkenes and alkanes is examined in detail. Increases in the pressure, temperature, and equivalence ratio (for rich mixtures) favor ozonolysis reactions over other ozone reactions. The results of this study provide important insights into the timescales, length scales, and reaction pathways that govern ozone-assisted combustion of multi-component fuels in real combustors.     

Insight into fuel isomeric effects on laminar flame propagation of pentanones

Laminar flame propagation was investigated for pentanone isomers/air mixtures (3-pentanone, 2-pentanone and 3-methyl-2-butanone) in a high-pressure constant-volume cylindrical combustion vessel at 393–423 K, 1–10 atm and equivalence ratios of 0.6–1.5, and in a heat flux burner at 393 K, 1 atm and equivalence ratios of 0.6–1.5. Two kinds of methods generally show good agreement, both of which indicate that the laminar burning velocity increases in the order of 3-methyl-2-butanone, 2-pentanone and 3-pentanone. A kinetic model of pentanone isomers was developed and validated against experimental data in this work and in literature. Modeling analysis was performed to provide insight into the flame chemistry of the three pentanone isomers. H-abstraction reactions are concluded to dominate fuel consumption, and further decomposition of fuel radicals eventually produces fuel-specific small radicals. The differences in radical pools are concluded to be responsible for the observed fuel isomeric effects on laminar burning velocity. Among the three pentanone isomers, 3-pentanone tends to produce ethyl and does not prefer to produce methyl and allyl in flames, thus it has the highest reactivity and fastest laminar flame propagation. On the contrary, 3-methyl-2-butanone tends to produce allyl and methyl instead of ethyl, and consequently has the lowest reactivity and slowest laminar flame propagation.     

Experimental and kinetic modeling study of α-methylnaphthalene laminar flame speeds

α-Methylnaphthalene (AMN) is the primary reference bicyclic aromatic compound of diesel, and it is commonly used as a component of diesel, kerosene and jet-fuel surrogates formulated to describe real fuel combustion kinetics. However, few experimental data on neat AMN combustion are available in the literature. This work provides the first measurements of laminar flame speed profiles of AMN/air mixtures at 1 bar varying the initial temperature from 425 to 484 K, and equivalence ratio (φ) between 0.8 and 1.35 paving the way for the kinetic study of AMN combustion chemistry at high temperatures (>1800 K). The experimental data obtained in a spherical reactor are compared with kinetic model simulations. Specifically, the AMN kinetics is implemented from its analogous monocyclic aromatic compound, i.e., toluene, through the analogy and rate rule approach. This method allows to develop kinetic mechanisms of large species from the kinetics of smaller ones characterized by analogous chemical features, namely the aromaticity and the methyl functionality in the case of toluene and AMN. In doing so, it is possible to overcome the need of high-level electronic structure calculations for the evaluation of rate constants, as their computational cost increases exponentially with the number of heavy atoms of the selected species. To assess the validity of this approach, ab initio calculations are performed to derive the rate constants of the H-atom abstraction reactions by H, OH and CH₃ radicals from both toluene and AMN. The kinetic model obtained satisfactorily agrees with the measured laminar flame speed profiles. Sensitivity and flux analyses are performed to investigate similarities and differences between the main reaction channels of toluene and AMN combustion, with the former leading to ∼6 cm/s faster flame speed at almost identical conditions (P=1 bar, T∼425 K), as evidenced by both kinetic model simulations and experimental findings.