Heat Transfer and Emission Characteristics of Impinging Rich Methane and Ethylene Jet Flames

Flame impingement heat transfer has widespread industrial and domestic applications and attaining high heat flux as well as low emission of pollutants is the important prerequisite for all such applications. In this article, the heat transfer and emission characteristics of a laminar flame jet impinging on a flat target plate have been investigated experimentally. The effect of reactant jet Reynolds number, equivalence ratio and burner to plate separation distance on the average heat flux, and emissions of CO and NO_x are studied using methane and ethylene fuels. Results indicate that the heat flux is maximized under certain operating conditions of jet Re, equivalence ratio, and separation distance between the burner and the target. Fuel type is found to have an effect on the heat transfer rate because of the varying luminosity of the flame with different fuels. Operating regimes that produce lower emission of pollutants are also identified. Findings of this article have direct industrial relevance to flame impingement heat transfer applications that have small target plate-to-burner port diameter ratios.     

Stabilized,flat iron flames on a hot counterflow burner

Metal powder combustion has traditionally been studied to mitigate the risk of industrial accidents and to determine the contributions of metals as additives to the performance of energetic materials. Recently, there has been growing interest in exploring the potential of metal powders as recyclable, zero-carbon energy carriers as an alternative to the hydrocarbons known to contribute to climate change. The present work introduces, for the first time, a stabilized flat iron flame. The counterflow burner used in this work is comprised of an inverted ceramic nozzle which sits above, and is aligned axially with, a lower nozzle producing a laminar flow of particles suspended in an oxidizing gas. A stabilized methane flame sits inside the top nozzle and the hot combustion products impinge upon the two-phase flow from the bottom nozzle, creating a stagnation plane. Spherical iron powder, with 90% of the particles less than 2.5 µm in size, is pre-loaded into a piston and dispersed using mixtures of 30% and 40% oxygen balanced in argon. Flame speeds are measured using particle image velocimetry (PIV), while flame temperatures are determined using multicolour pyrometry. It is found that flame speeds range between 30 cm/s and 45 cm/s for both oxidizing mixtures. Despite having fuel loadings below stoichiometric concentrations, the observed particle combustion temperatures are close to the adiabatic flame temperature of the stoichiometric mixture, indicating combustion in the diffusion-controlled regime for these small particles. Finally, the independence of the flame speeds with respect to oxygen concentration suggests flame propagation in the discrete regime.     

Heat transfer and flow characteristics of turbulent slot jet impingement on plane and ribbed surfaces

A computational study is carried out to assess the suitability of various RANS based turbulence models for slot jet impingement on flat and ribbed surfaces with various values of Reynolds number and jet to plate spacing. The com-puted results are compared with the reported experimental data. It was observed that none of the turbulence models considered predicted the heat transfer data accurately. However, some models predicted the experimental data with good trends, e.g., secondary peak and several spikes in Nusselt number for ribbed surface, with a precise computation of the stagnation point Nusselt number. Further, the effects of slot width, rib pitch and jet to ribbed surface spacing were investigated for jet impingement on a ribbed surface. It was observed that the local Nusselt number increased with slot width and rib to plate spacing. It was also observed that increasing Reynolds number had a positive effect on the local heat transfer. With increasing rib pitch the local Nusselt number increased near the stagnation zone but de-creased downstream. The observed flow pattern was different for jet impingement on a ribbed surface than that on a flat surface.     

Experimental and numerical study of a conical turbulent partially premixed flame

The structure and dynamics of a turbulent partially premixed methane/air flame in a conical burner were investigated using laser diagnostics and large-eddy simulations (LES). The flame structure inside the cone was characterized in detail using LES based on a two-scalar flamelet model, with the mixture fraction for the mixing field and level-set G-function for the partially premixed flame front propagation. In addition, planar laser induced florescence (PLIF) of CH and chemiluminescence imaging with high speed video were performed through a glass cone. CH and CH₂O PLIF were also used to examine the flame structures above the cone. It is shown that in the entire flame the CH layer remains very thin, whereas the CH₂O layer is rather thick. The flame is stabilized inside the cone a short distance above the nozzle. The stabilization of the flame can be simulated by the triple-flame model but not the flamelet-quenching model. The results show that flame stabilization in the cone is a result of premixed flame front propagation and flow reversal near the wall of the cone which is deemed to be dependent on the cone angle. Flamelet based LES is shown to capture the measured CH structures whereas the predicted CH₂O structure is somewhat thinner than the experiments.     

单只水平浓缩煤粉燃烧器在1MW燃烧试验台上的试验研究

单只水平浓缩煤粉燃烧器在１ＭＷ燃烧试验台上的试验研究孙绍增，吴少华，李争起，杨明新，王新雷，陈力哲，庞丽君，邢春礼，朱彤，孙恩召，秦裕琨（哈尔滨工业大学动力工程系哈尔滨１５０００１）关键词：水平浓淡燃烧，煤粉燃烧器，稳燃，低ＮＯ_ｘ一、引言电力工业对?..     

HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IMPINGING BUTANE/AIR FLAME JET OF LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER

An experimental study was performed to determine the heat transfer characteristics of a premixed butane/air round flame jet, of low Reynolds number, impinging upwards normally on a flat rectangular plate. The effects of the exit Reynolds number and equivalence ratio of the flame jet, and the distance between the nozzle and the impingement plate, on the thermal performance of the jet were examined. The range of Reynolds numbers was selected to cover the laminar to the transitional flow conditions. The investigations were conducted with equivalence ratios corresponding to the fuel-rich, stoichiometric, and fuel-lean conditions. The nozzle-plate distance was varied from 1d to 8d. Within the range of Reynolds numbers investigated, the highest Nusselt numbers were obtained at the equivalence ratio of φ = 0.85 when the nozzle-plate distance was maintained at 5d. At the stoichiometric condition, the highest Nusselt number was obtained at the nozzle- plate distance of 6d. Nondimensional correlations were obtained from the experimental results and presented to predict the maximum Nusselt number and average Nusselt number for laminar flame jets as a function of the nozzle-plate distance, Reynolds number, and equivalence ratio.     

On formation of a stagnation zone in the flow between conical flame and flat obstacle

The structure of a jet flow formed by the combustion products of conical propane-air flame and impinging onto a normally oriented flat cooled surface is studied experimentally. The velocity field is measured by the particle image velocimetry technique. Based on the non-intrusive measurements, formation of a recirculation zone in the flow between the flame cone and surface has been detected for the first time. Mechanism for the observed phenomenon is proposed. Presence of the low-intensity recirculation bubble on the jet axis can explain the effect of a heat transfer decrease near the stagnation point on the surface, observed in the previous studies.     

Flame stabilization with a tubular flame

A new technique to stabilize a flame in a high-velocity stream with use of a tubular flame has been proposed. To elucidate the validity of this technique, an experiment has been conducted by mounting a tubular flame burner on the nozzle. Flame stability limits and temperature distributions around the burner port have been determined, and experiments have been extended to the ducted combustion to measure pressure fluctuations and to analyze the burned gases. Results show that the tubular flame can successfully stabilize the main flame up to 130 m/s, which is the upper limit of the present supply facility. The main flame is well anchored at the exit of the nozzle, and the tubular flame efficiently supplies heat and radicals to the main flame. In the ducted combustion, the pressure fluctuations are reduced significantly. The exhaust gas analyses, however, indicate that an almost chemical equilibrium condition can be achieved at 50 m/s, but not at 90 and 130 m/s. Since the energy input relative to the main flame is just 6.1% at 130 m/s, the present tubular burner is not enough to burn all the unburned gas completely at high velocities, although the main flame can be anchored. The slit length and/or the slit width of the tubular flame burner should be larger to overcome this shortage. From the above results, it is concluded that the tubular flame has a potential for stabilizing a flame in a high-speed stream.     

A numerical study on extinction behaviour of laminar micro-diffusion flames

We conducted a numerical study on the fluid dynamic, thermal and chemical structures of laminar methane–air micro flames established under quiescent atmospheric conditions. The micro flame is defined as a flame on the order of one millimetre or less established at the exit of a vertically-aligned straight tube. The numerical model consists of convective–diffusive heat and mass transport with a one-step, irreversible, exothermic reaction with selected kinetics constants validated for near-extinction analyses. Calculations conducted under the burner rim temperature 300 K and the adiabatic burner wall showed that there is the minimum burner diameter for the micro flame to exist. The Damköhler number (the ratio of the diffusive transport time to the chemical time) was used to explain why a flame with a height of less than a few hundred microns is not able to exist under the adiabatic burner wall condition. We also conducted scaling analysis to explain the difference in extinction characteristics caused by different burner wall conditions. This study also discussed the difference in governing mechanisms between micro flames and microgravity flames, both of which exhibit similar spherical flame shape.     

旋转射流冲击换热液晶显示实验研究

采用热色液晶测温技术对以二氧化碳为工质的稳态射流冲击换热和管内插入扭转带方式的旋转射流冲击换热进行了实验研究。与普通射流相比,旋转射流导致驻点附近区域的换热趋于均匀化。其换热系数在大于某一半径之后高于普通射流,但在驻点附近相对较低。旋转射流对换热的此种影响随雷诺数的增大而减弱。     

Analytical predictions of shapes of laminar diffusion flames in microgravity and earth gravity

Flame shape is an important observed characteristic of flames that can be used to scale flame properties such as heat release rates and radiation. Flame shape is affected by fuel type, oxygen levels in the oxidiser, inverse burning and gravity. The objective of this study is to understand the effect of high oxygen concentrations, inverse burning, and gravity on the predictions of flame shapes. Flame shapes are obtained from recent analytical models and compared with experimental data for a number of inverse and normal ethane flame configurations with varying oxygen concentrations in the oxidiser and under earth gravity and microgravity conditions. The Roper flame shape model was extended to predict the complete flame shapes of laminar gas jet normal and inverse diffusion flames on round burners. The Spalding model was extended to inverse diffusion flames. The results show that the extended Roper model results in reasonable predictions for all microgravity and earth gravity flames except for enhanced oxygen normal diffusion flames under earth gravity conditions. The results also show trends towards cooler flames in microgravity that are in line with past experimental observations. Some key characteristics of the predicted flame shapes and parameters needed to describe the flame shape using the extended Roper model are discussed.     

RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER AUGMENTATION IN GAS-FIRED RADIANT TUBE BURNERS BY POROUS INSERTS: EFFECT OF INSERT GEOMETRY

This article presents the results of an experimental investigation of heat transfer augmentation by porous media in a natural gas-fired radiant tube burner. The results show that significant heat transfer augmentation is possible with the use of porous ceramic inserts in both premixed and nonpremixed gas-fired radiant tube burners. Furthermore, this work has shown that geometry variations in the porous insert configuration can appreciably alter both heat transfer rates and mixing and chemical reaction rates in these systems. In the case of nonpremixed flames, the effect of variation of insert geometry is more than simple heat transfer augmentation via gas enthalpy conversion to thermal radiation by the porous medium. There is also a significant alteration of the reactive gas mixing (and therefore chemical reaction and heat release) rates along the length of the tube. The basic mechanisms that control the mixing rate and heat release distribution in these systems are still unknown. Nevertheless, it appears reasonable to expect that optimal operating conditions (uniform, maximum heat flux and temperature; and even minimal NO_x emissions) can be achieved, at least in the diffusion burner case, solely through porous insert geometric configuration variations.     

An experimental realization of an unstrained, planar diffusion flame

A unique burner was constructed to experimentally realize a one-dimensional unstrained planar non-premixed flame, previously considered only in idealized theoretical models. One reactant, the fuel mixture in the current experiments, is supplied through a porous plug at the bottom of the combustion chamber and flows vertically up towards the horizontal flame. The crux of the design is the introduction of the oxidizer from above in such a way that its diffusion against the upward product flow is essentially one-dimensional, i.e., uniform over the burner cross-section. This feature was implemented by introducing the oxidizer into the burner chamber from the top through an array of 625 closely spaced hypodermic needles, and allowing the hot products to escape vertically up through the space between the needles. Due to the injection of oxidizer through discrete tubes, a three-dimensional “injection layer” exists below the exit plane of the oxidizer supply tubes. Experimental evidence suggests that this layer is thin and that oxidizer is supplied to the flame by 1-D counterdiffusion, producing a nearly unstrained flame. To characterize the burner, flame position measurements were conducted for different compositions and flowrates of H₂–CO₂ and O₂–CO₂ mixtures. The measured flame locations are compared to an idealized one-dimensional model in which only diffusion of oxidizer against the product flow is considered. The potential of the new burner is demonstrated by a study of cellular structures forming near the extinction limit. Consistent with previous investigations, cellular instabilities are shown to become more prevalent as the initial mixture strength and/or the Damköhler number are decreased. As the extinction limit is approached, the number of cells was observed to decrease progressively.     

微尺度扩散火焰特性的数值解析

本文以均匀空气流中圆管形成的甲烷射流扩散火焰为对象,用数值解析的方法研究了微尺度扩散火焰的火焰结构和燃烧特性。燃烧反应采用甲烷/空气一步总包反应,喷管壁面采用绝热条件。在Re一定情况下,改变喷口尺寸和喷口流速考察了微扩散火焰的结构和火焰熄灭的尺度效应。数值结果表明,随着喷口直径的增大,微火焰的上方出现回流; Re=12条件下,在喷口直径=0.07 mm时存在熄灭极限;稳定燃烧区的最小发热率约为0.5 W;微尺度条件下,Da数对火焰结构和火焰的熄灭有一定的影响。     

冲击角对射流强化换热影响的数值研究

本文介绍了一种新型的冲击冷却型冷板,重点研究了冲击角对强化换热效果的影响以及对驻点位置的影响,并运用场协同理论分析了射流过程中强化换热的机理.     

On the global structure and asymptotic stability of low-stretch diffusion flame: Forced convection

The present work analyzes cylindrical diffusion flames (Tsuji burner) under low stretch condition, considering fuel injection also from the backward region of the burner. To highlight the fundamental aspects of this flame, some assumptions are imposed, like constant thermodynamic and transport coefficients, unitary Lewis number and no radiative heat loss. It is also considered potential flow model and incompressible Navier–Stokes model. Despite the simplicity of the former model, results from both models show good agreement. Also, an asymptotic analysis describing the problem far from the burner is able to capture the most important mechanisms controlling the flame, then the flame shape is determined and the dependence of the characteristic length scales on Peclet number (based on the burner properties), free stream velocity and stoichiometry is revealed. The results show that the flame width is proportional to the mass stoichiometric coefficient and reciprocal to the Peclet number the 1/4 power and free stream velocity the 3/4 power, and that the flame height is proportional to the square of the mass stoichiometric coefficient and to the square root of the ratio of Peclet number to free stream velocity. In addition, an asymptotic stability analysis reveals low-stretch flame extinction to be caused by reduction in fuel and oxidizer concentrations, which provides the range of the stoichiometric coefficient for stable regime, and at the same time the range of heat released.     

Effects of heat conduction and radical quenching on premixed stagnation flame stabilised by a wall

The premixed stagnation flame stabilised by a wall is analysed theoretically considering thermally sensitive intermediate kinetics. We consider the limit case of infinitely large activation energy of the chain-branching reaction, in which the radical is produced infinitely fast once the cross-over temperature is reached. Under the assumptions of potential flow field and constant density, the correlation for flame position and stretch rate of the premixed stagnation flame is derived. Based on this correlation, the effects of heat conduction and radical quenching on the wall surface are examined. The wall temperature is shown to have great impact on flame bifurcation and extinction, especially when the flame is close to the wall. Different flame structures are observed for near-wall normal flame, weak flame, and critically quenched flame. The fuel and radical Lewis numbers are found to have opposite effects on the extinction stretch rate. Moreover, it is also demonstrated that only when the flame is close to the wall does the radical quenching strongly influence the flame bifurcation and extinction. The extinction stretch rate is shown to decrease with the amount of radical quenching for different fuel and radical Lewis numbers. Besides, the coupling between the wall heat conduction and radical quenching is found to greatly influence the bifurcation and extinction of the premixed stagnation flame.     

双层多孔介质燃烧器的数值模拟

考虑多孔固体构架的辐射换热以及气固相间的对流换热,引入弥散效应及相间对流换热系数,使用GRI3．0机理和双通量辐射模型,数值求解双层多孔介质内燃烧过程．分析了双层多孔介质燃烧器内火焰稳定性和污染物排放,并与单层的进行比较．结果表明,双层多孔介质燃烧器能够在较宽的流量范围内将火焰稳定在它的交界面附近．