粉尘火焰加速现象的实验研究

粉尘火焰的发生、加速及由爆燃向爆轰转捩的机理是个至今尚未弄清的问题。需要解决的技术关键之一是在实验室实现弱点火条件下的粉尘火焰加速直至达到爆轰状态。着手发展了一种球形喷粉扬尘装置，令产生的扬尘湍流在水平实验管中形成空间均匀分布和维持秒级悬浮的粉尘云状态。采用以上扬尘装置的水平实验管，在６ｇ黑火药的六点平面点火条件下获得了微细铝粉火焰经５ｍ长的传播过程加速至１０００ｍ／ｓ的实验结果。给出了扬尘湍流强度、粉尘粒度与浓度、点火能量及方式等因素对粉尘火焰加速过程中所起作用，及变截面效应（由小变大）对粉尘火焰减速的影响。     

Global modelling of heat release during initiation and propagation of detonation and deflagration waves in methane-air-particle systems

In the present paper the direct initiation of a self supporting detonation and propagation of a low-speed combustion in methane-air-coal particles mixtures are solved. For particles, a heterogeneous regime of combustion is used, for methane one overall chemical reaction is taken into account: CH + 2O = CO + 2HO. The heat release rate is assumed to be defined as a delay time based on the well-known thermal theory of Frank-Kamenetsky (1967). The proposed model allows one to investigate the influence inert particles or coal dust on the explosion limits of methane-air mixtures. It is shown that the addition of a limited quantity of particles leads to detonation stability. In low speed combustion problems this method allows one to get a good correlation between theoretical and experimental velocities of steady flame propagation in carbon-hydrogen gaseous mixtures. Coal dust influence on gasdynamics of a methane-air mixture combustion is investigated in an unsteady problem by using of the global modelling. It is shown that limited coal dust concentration increases the flame wave intensity in lean methane-air mixtures in contrast to inert particles. In stoichiometric gas mixtures, sand and coal dusts decrease a flame velocity. Far from the ignition point flame, the velocity is largely defined by the dust mass concentration and not by the size of particles. Received 5 July 1997 / Accepted 13 July 1998     

密闭空间煤粉的爆炸特性

利用ISO6184/1和IEC推荐的20L球型爆炸测试装置,对4种规格的煤粉进行了系统的粉尘爆炸实验,探讨了煤粉的爆炸规律。得到了样品的爆炸下限浓度、最大爆炸压力,最大爆炸压力上升速率变化规律;分析了浓度、粒径、点火能量对煤粉爆炸猛烈度的影响。结果表明,粒径越小的煤粉,爆炸下限越小,而且在指定浓度下爆炸越猛烈。随着浓度的增大,最大爆炸压力和上升速率先增后减。样品3,峰值爆炸压力对应的浓度为400～1000g/m3,爆炸压力最大值为0.54MPa;点火头能量的增大在一定程度上促使反应更充分,从而爆炸强度更强。由于煤粉组成的特点,实验数据一定程度上说明了爆炸过程中气相燃烧的重要作用。 更多还原     

甲烷/煤尘复合爆炸火焰的传播特性

为揭示甲烷/煤尘复合爆炸火焰的传播机理,利用气粉两相混合爆炸实验系统,在低于甲烷爆炸下限条件下,采用高速摄影机记录火焰传播图像,通过热电偶采集火焰温度,研究了煤尘种类以及甲烷体积分数对甲烷/煤尘复合火焰传播特性的影响。结果表明:挥发分是衡量煤尘燃烧特性的主导因素;随着煤尘挥发分的升高,燃烧反应增强,火焰传播速度升高,火焰温度升高;挥发分含量差异较小时,水分含量越低,燃烧反应越剧烈;在相同条件下,焦煤的燃烧反应强度最高,其次为长焰煤,最后为褐煤;随着甲烷体积分数的增加,煤尘颗粒的燃烧可由释放挥发分的扩散燃烧转变为气相预混燃烧,燃烧反应增强,火焰传播速度和火焰温度显著升高;热辐射和热对流作用促进煤尘颗粒热解,释放挥发分进行燃烧反应,维持复合火焰的持续传播;随着混合体系中甲烷体积分数的增加,混合爆炸机制由粉尘驱动型爆炸转为气体驱动型爆炸,燃烧反应增强;甲烷/煤尘复合爆炸火焰可由未燃区、预热区、气相燃烧区、多相燃烧区和焦炭燃烧区5部分组成,湍流扰动导致燃烧介质空间分布存在差异,使得燃烧区无规则交错分布。     

煤粉尘爆炸过程中火焰的传播特性

为了揭示煤粉尘爆炸过程中火焰传播特征,采用2种不同质量分数挥发分的煤粉在半封闭竖直燃烧管中进行实验。分别使用高速摄影装置和红外热成像装置记录火焰传播过程和空间的温度分布情况,并分析2种煤粉尘云的火焰传播速度和温度曲线。结果表明:在同等条件下,火焰在挥发分质量分数高的煤粉尘云中的传播速度和火焰温度要高于其在挥发分质量分数较低的煤粉尘云中的。煤粉尘云的体积质量和点火能量也影响着火焰的传播过程,随着煤粉尘云体积质量的增大,火焰的传播速度和火焰温度整体上呈现先增大后减小的趋势,在传播的后半段火焰速度出现震荡现象;随着点火能量的增大,火焰在煤粉尘云中的传播速度和最高温度也相应升高。通过大量的实验数据计算得到特定条件下火焰传播速度和温度的经验公式。     

Investigation over the recirculation influence on the combustion of micro organic dust particles

This paper investigates the role of recircnlation and non-unity Lewis number on the combustion of organic dust particles. Since recirculation effect is more noticeable in micro-combustors, it is necessary to propose a modeling approach of this phenomenon to better simulate the performance of micro-combustors. In this research, in order to model the combustion of organic dust particles, it is assumed that the dust particles va- porize first to yield a known chemical structure which is oxidized in the gas phase, and the chemical structure of this gaseous fuel is assumed methane. To study the flame structure and solve the governing equations, it is considered that the flame structure consists of three zones titled the preheat-vaporization zone, the narrow reaction zone and finally the post flame zone. The recirculation phenomenon is evaluated by entering the exhausted heat from the post flame zone into the preheat zone. The solution is based on the follow- ing approach. First, the governing equations in each zone are nondimensionalized. Then the needed boundary and matching conditions are applied in each zone. After that, these equations and the required boundary and matching conditions are simultaneously solved with the analytical model. Consequently, the remarkable effects of recirculation and non- unity Lewis number on the combustion characteristics of the organic dust particles such as burning velocity and temperature profiles for different particle radii are obtained. The results show reasonable agreement with published experimental data.     

不同粒径PMMA粉尘云火焰温度特性研究

为揭示粒径分布对聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯（polymethyl methacrylate，PMMA）粉尘云火焰温度的影响，本文分别采用热电偶和高速比色测温法测量了开敞空间不同粒径PMMA粉尘云的火焰温度特性。结果表明:相比30 μm粉尘粒子，100 nm粉尘粒子热解/挥发速率较快，燃烧更加充分，粉尘云火焰的最高温度可达1 551℃，而30 μm粉尘云火焰最高温度仅为1 108℃；在微米尺度，随着PMMA粉尘粒径的增大，火焰最高温度和高温火焰区面积先增大后减小；20 μm粉尘粒子由于其分散性较好，裂解气化特征时间尺度与燃烧反应特征时间尺度较接近，燃烧反应充分，火焰最高温度和高温火焰区面积均最大。     

微重力燃烧研究进展

认识燃烧过程是安全、高效、洁净地利用能源的基础. 但是, 常重力条件下的浮力对流和重力沉降使得燃烧现象变得复杂. 而微重力条件下这些影响几乎消失, 这简化了对燃烧的研究. 在加深对地面燃烧过程和载人航天器火灾安全问题的认识的推动下, 经过近半个世纪特别是最近10多年的发展, 微重力燃烧研究已经涵盖了预混气体、气体扩散、液滴、颗粒和粉尘燃烧、燃料表面的火焰传播等燃烧学科的各个领域. 研究中实现了球对称液滴燃烧、不受沉降影响的粉尘燃烧、静止或低速对流环境中的燃烧, 观察到了火球、自熄灭火焰等现象,阐明了碳黑形成中的热泳力效应、可燃极限与火焰稳定性等机理. 加深了对燃烧现象,特别是对辐射效应的理解: 在预混气体、气体扩散、液滴等多种火焰中, 除了停留时间过短引起的吹熄极限外, 还存在辐射热损失过大引起的冷熄极限, 后者只能在微重力条件下观测到. 部分研究成果已经进入教材. 而火焰在微重力下不同于常重力下的现象, 对载人航天器火灾安全具有重要意义. 考虑到我国的现实情况和国内外的研究现状, 建议将煤炭颗粒和粉尘的燃烧、与碳黑相关的机理、辐射效应、化学动力学等作为我国微重力燃烧的主要研究方向.      

惰化剂粒径对铝粉火焰传播特性影响的实验研究

为探索惰化剂粒径对可燃工业粉尘火焰传播特性的影响,通过建立竖直粉尘燃烧管道实验平台,在碳酸氢钠质量分数为30%的惰化条件下,就碳酸氢钠粒径对铝粉燃烧火焰传播特性的影响进行了实验研究。结果表明:平均粒径为30 μm的碳酸氢钠粉体对平均粒径为15 μm的铝粉的火焰传播速度具有较好的抑制作用,惰性粉体与可燃工业粉尘应存在粒度匹配效应;碳酸氢钠粉体对铝粉火焰温度的惰化抑制效果与其粒径呈反比关系;碳酸氢钠粉体会减小铝粉火焰预热区厚度,预热区厚度随碳酸氢钠粒径的增加先减小后增大。此外,分析了碳酸氢钠粒径对铝粉火焰传播特性影响的作用机理。     

粉尘空气混合物层流燃烧速度的实验测定

给出了计算粉尘层流火焰速度的直接方法,此法简便易行,在粉尘浓度较低时,计算精度较高。实验结果表明:粉尘浓度对火焰传播速度和燃烧速度有很大的影响,粉尘浓度过大时,粒子运动轨迹就难观测,用直接法计算层流火焰速度的误差增大;管径大小也对燃烧速度有很大影响;小管径中的所得值比大管径中的所得值约低８％。     

Experimental investigation of flame/solid interactions in turbulent premixed combustion

An experimental study has been carried out to investigate the interaction between propagating turbulent premixed flames and solid obstacles. The experimental rig was configured specifically to allow detailed measurements with laser-based optical diagnostics. A wall-type solid obstacle was mounted inside a laboratory-scale combustion chamber with rectangular cross-section. The flame was initiated, by igniting a combustible mixture of methane in air at the center of the closed end of the combustion chamber. The flame front development was visualized by a high-speed (9000 frame/s) digital video camera and flame images were synchronized with ignition timing and chamber pressure data. The tests were carried out with lean, stoichiometric and rich mixtures of methane in air. The images were used to calculate highly resolved temporal and spatial data for the changes in flame shape, speed, and the length of the flame front. The results are discussed in terms of the influence of mixture equivalence ratio on the flame structure and resulting overpressure. The reported data revealed significant changes in flame structure as a result of the interaction between the propagating flame front and the transient recirculating flow formed behind the solid obstacle. Combustion images show that the flame accelerates and decelerates as it impinges on the obstacle wall boundaries. It is also found that the mixture concentrations have a significant influence on the nature of the flame/solid interactions and the resulting overpressure. The highest flame speed of 40 m/s was obtained with the unity fuel–air equivalence ratio. Burning of trapped mixture behind the solid obstruction was found to be highly correlated with the flame front length and the rate of pressure rise.     

Turbulent Combustion of Hydrogen–CO Mixtures

Laminar and turbulent burning velocities were measured in a closed-volume fan-stirred vessel for H₂–CO mixtures using two independent methods of flame definition. It has been shown that the unsteady flame development is an important factor and it needs to be taken into account for comparison of the burning rates obtained in different experiments. For the atmospheric pressure flames, the mixtures with faster laminar flame velocities burnt faster in turbulent flow despite the fact that the lean flames exhibit cellular structures. However, even a modest increase of the initial pressure promotes strongly cellularity and causes a significant acceleration of a lean laminar flame. The same lean flame burns faster in turbulent flow as well and this increase in the rate of combustion is greater that can be deduced from variation of the molecular heat diffusivity and laminar flame speed.     

点火能量对粉尘爆炸行为的影响

为防控工业粉尘爆炸和完善粉尘爆炸测试方法,在Siwek20L球形爆炸测试系统内,实验研究了 不同点火能量下高、低挥发性粉尘的爆炸行为。对粉尘爆炸猛度(最大爆炸压力、最大升压速率和燃烧持续时 间)、敏感度(爆炸下限)及惰性介质的抑爆效力随点火能量的变化规律进行了重点探讨。结果表明,增加点火 能量能提高粉尘云爆炸能量和燃烧速率,低挥发性粉尘爆炸行为受点火能量的影响更显著。低挥发性粉尘在 低质量浓度下无法被低点火能量充分引燃,爆炸不良效应显著;随着粉尘质量浓度的增加,爆炸不良效应不 断减弱直至消失。低挥发性粉尘爆炸下限随点火能量增加急剧下降,而高挥发性粉尘爆炸下限受点火能量影 响较小。惰性介质抑爆效力随点火能量增加而下降。建议采用5~10kJ点火能量考察低挥发性粉尘爆炸下 限及惰性介质对粉尘爆炸的抑制效力。研究结果有助于理解粉尘爆炸规律、完善测试方法和安全设计。     

Experimental and numerical studies on the burning of aluminum micro and nanoparticle clouds in air

An experimental study has been conducted to determine flame propagation velocities in clouds of micro- (4.8 μm) and nano- (187 nm) aluminum particles in air at various concentrations. The experimental results show faster flame propagation in nanoparticle cloud with respect to the case of microparticles. Maximum flame temperature has been measured using a high-resolution spectrometer operating in the visible range. Analysis of combustion residual shows that nanoparticles combustion is realized via the gas-phase mechanism. A three-stage particle combustion model has been proposed based on these observations. Model parameters have been fitted to match the experimental results on the flame velocity and maximum temperature. Particle burning time is estimated from the flame simulations.     

奇异摄动在层流预混火焰理论研究中的应用

奇异摄动被广泛应用于求取力学问题的近似解.一个典型问题就是流体力学中的边界层.郭永怀先生曾发展了适用于平板黏性流动边界层问题的奇异摄动理论.类似于流体力学中的边界层,燃烧研究中的层流预混火焰也可以通过奇异摄动理论进行分析,在燃烧研究中通常称其为大活化能渐近分析.本文介绍了大活化能渐近分析在一维平面预混火焰和球形传播火焰中的应用及相关研究进展.首先介绍了预混火焰结构及其涉及的不同特征尺度,分析了大活化能条件下出现的特征尺度分离,并给出了关于平面预混火焰大活化能渐近分析的详细推导,讨论了热辐射对火焰传播的影响;然后介绍了大活化能渐近分析在点火与球形传播火焰方面的应用,指出了只有能够同时描述点火与球形火焰传播的理论才能准确地预测临界点火条件,并讨论了考虑链式反应的点火与火焰传播理论,分析了热辐射对球形火焰传播的影响,给了关于火焰稳定性理论研究的发展趋势.最后,基于当前研究进展对未来的研究方向进行了展望,其中涉及多步化学反应、低温冷火焰、复杂流动、辐射重吸收等.      

An empirical model for the ignition of explosively dispersed aluminum particle clouds

An empirical model for the ignition of aluminum particle clouds is developed and applied to the study of particle ignition and combustion behavior resulting from explosive blast waves. This model incorporates both particle ignition time delay as well as cloud concentration effects on ignition. The total mass of aluminum that burns is found to depend on the model, with shorter ignition delay times resulting in increased burning of the cloud. After the Al particles ignite, a competition for oxidizer between the booster detonation products and Al ensues. A new mass-averaged ignition parameter is defined and is observed to serve as a useful parameter to compare cloud ignition behavior. Investigation of this variable reveals that both peak ignition as well as the time required to attain peak ignition, are sensitive to the model parameters. The peak degree of dissociation in the fireball is about 19 % and the associated energy can play a significant role on the dynamics of the problem. The peak degree of ionization is about 2.9 % and the energy associated with this is much lower than the other controlling factors. Overall, this study demonstrates that the new ignition model developed captures effects not included in other combustion models for the investigation of shock-induced ignition of aluminum particle clouds.     

Numerical Study of Turbulent Jet Ignition in a Lean Premixed Configuration

Direct numerical simulations (DNS) of a hot combustion product jet interacting with a lean premixed hydrogen-air coflow are conducted to fundamentally investigate turbulent jet ignition (TJI) in a three-dimensional configuration. TJI is an efficient method for initiating and controlling combustion in ultra-lean combustion systems. Fully compressible gas dynamics and species equations are solved with high order finite difference methods. The hydrogen-air reaction is simulated with a reliable detailed chemical kinetics mechanism. The physical processes involved in the TJI-assisted combustion are investigated by considering the flame heat release, temperature, species concentrations, vorticity, and Baroclinc torque. The complex turbulent flame and flow structures are delineated in three main: i) hot product jet, ii) burned-mixed, and iii) flame zones. In the TJI-assisted combustion, the flow structures and the flame features such as flame speed, temperature, and species distribution are found to be quite different than those in “standard” turbulent premixed combustion due to the existence of a high energy turbulent hot product jet. The flow structures and statistics are also found to be different than those normally seen in non-isothermal non-reacting jets.     

悬浮RDX炸药和铝颗粒混合粉尘爆轰的数值模拟

采用两相流方法对炸药颗粒直径为20.0 m时与铝颗粒混合物的爆轰波的发展与传播过程及爆轰波参数进行了数值计算。结果表明,在炸药粉尘中加入铝颗粒,可以大大提高爆轰波参数。当铝颗粒直径为3.4 m时,尽管铝颗粒的直径较炸药颗粒直径小,但由于炸药颗粒的点火温度低,二者的点火时间相差不多。如果铝颗粒的直径为7.0 m,由于铝颗粒的点火滞后于炸药颗粒的点火,混合颗粒粉尘中可能形成双波阵面的爆轰波。     

Combustion tube studies of dust flame acceleration

A new pneumatic dispersion system for obtaining a good quality uniform dust suspension in a horizontal dust combustion tube was developed. The effect of three different dispersion techniques on self-sustained dust flame acceleration in such a combustion tube was examined. The importance of the dispersion quality in the test tube for maintaining a self-sustained dust flame acceleration was demonstrated. A combustion tube for studies of flame acceleration in fine aluminum dust-air mixture and its transition to detonation under industrial ignition conditions was constructed in the course of the present study. It consists mainly of an initiation section and a test section. The initiation section must be equipped in a well-developed dispersion system for creating a good dispersion condition in the test tube. The length of this section is 3 meters. The test tube requires only to distribute uniformly the dust over the bottom of the tube prior to the experiment. The aluminum dust spherical in shape with 6 μm in diameter was used for tests. Experimental results demonstrated that the increase in flame velocity is roughly linear through the entire length of the test tube. The highest flame propagation velocity in fine aluminum dust-air mixture approaches some 1200m/s at a distance of 4.8m from the ignition plane.     

月桂酸与硬脂酸粉尘爆炸过程热解动力学与火焰传播特性关系

综合应用同步热分析仪、改进的哈特曼爆炸测试装置及高速摄影系统,对月桂酸与硬脂酸粉尘的热解氧化特性及其在半封闭竖直管道内的火焰传播特性开展了实验研究,并分析讨论了月桂酸与硬脂酸粉尘爆炸燃烧过程中热解动力学与火焰传播特性的关系。结果表明,当粉尘云质量浓度为125 g/m3时,月桂酸粉尘云的火焰锋面结构比硬脂酸平滑,但硬脂酸粉尘的火焰传播速度明显大于月桂酸;随着质量浓度的增加,月桂酸和硬脂酸粉尘的火焰前锋逐渐变得离散,火焰传播速度逐渐增加,但速度差值逐渐减小;月桂酸粉尘的平均火焰传播速度在750 g/m3的粉尘云质量浓度下高于硬脂酸,火焰结构连续性显着降低。低质量浓度条件下月桂酸与硬脂酸粉尘云火焰传播特性差异主要由快速热解阶段的氧化放热特性决定,指前因子越大,参与热解和氧化反应的活性中心越多,氧化放热量越大,放热速率越快,火焰传播速度越快,火焰锋面结构由光滑连续向不规则离散的转变越快。随着粉尘云质量浓度的增加,火焰传播特性差异逐渐由活化能及火焰前锋预热区内氧气的质量输运过程控制,活化能越大,耗氧量越大,耗氧速率越快,越易导致火焰传播速度下降,火焰锋面趋于复杂,火焰结构连续性降低。