Experimental Study on Stabilization of Lifted Swirl Flames in a Model GT Combustor

This study reports on experimental investigations on isothermal and reacting swirled non-premixed flows under varying pressure conditions. In this configuration, a central high speed fuel jet was surrounded by a heated swirling air flow. For the reacting case natural gas served as fuel whereas for isothermal conditions fuel was replaced by a mixture of helium and air to achieve Reynolds-similarity. The optically accessible combustor allowed for application of laser diagnostics. Here we report on Laser Doppler Anemometry and planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) experiments used to characterize the flow field and visualize selected scalars, respectively. Acetone served as a fluorescence marker for mixture fraction investigations. The hydroxyl radical was used to provide general features of the reaction zone such as flame shape and mean stabilization. To expose the influence of pressure on the flame structure three different operating points were investigated varying the combustor pressure between 2 and 6 bar while the inflow bulk velocities remained the same. Striking features of the present configuration are a detached flame, multiple recirculation zones, and complex coherent flow structures.     

An Experimental Investigation of the Turbulence Structure of a Lifted H2/N2 Jet Flame in a Vitiated Co-Flow

Measurements of mean velocity components, turbulent intensity, and Reynolds shear stress are presented in a turbulent lifted H₂/N₂ jet flame as well as non-reacting air jet issuing into a vitiated co-flow by laser doppler velocimetry (LDV) technique. The objectives of this paper are to obtain a velocity data base missing in the previous experiment data of the Dibble burner and so provide initial and flow field data for evaluating the validity of various numerical codes describing the turbulent partially premixed flames on this burner. It is found that the potential core is shortened due to the high ratio of jet density to co-flow density in the non-reacting cases. However, the existence of flame suppressed turbulence in the upstream region of the jet dominates the length of potential core in the reacting cases. At the centreline, the normalized axial velocities in the reacting cases are higher than the non-reacting cases, and the relative turbulent intensities of the reacting flow are smaller than in the non-reacting flow, where a self-preserving behaviour for the relative turbulent intensities exists at the downstream region. The profiles of mean axial velocity in the lifted flame distribute between the non-reacting jet and non-premixed flame both in the axial and radial distributions. The radial distributions of turbulent kinetic energy in the lifted flames exhibit a change in distributions indicating the difference of stabilisation mechanisms of the two lifted flame. The experimental results presented will guide the development of an improved modelling for such flames.     

Studies on Lifted Jet Flames in Coflow: The Stabilization Mechanism in the Near- and Far-Fields

This paper presents the results of a parametric study concerning the phenomenon of liftoff of a nonpremixed jet flame. The dependence of liftoff height on jet exit velocity and coflow velocity is described. It is shown that lifted flames become less sensitive to jet exit velocity as the stabilization point recedes from the burner exit. The results reveal that in cases of extreme liftoff height, increases in jet exit velocity with a constant coflow cause some ethylene flames to stabilize closer to the burner. The success of current theories on lifted flame stabilization in comparison to the experimental results of this study are assessed. The existence of multiple regimes for flame stabilization, incorporating aspects of both premixed and nonpremixed combustion, is proposed.     

旋流喷嘴中空旋转射流近区域流动的研究

从理论上分析了旋流喷嘴喷出的中空射流近区域的液膜的运动,在只考虑液膜表面张力的作用下,应用质量守恒和动量定理,建立了描述液膜运动的非线性常微分（积分）方程组,该方程组可以用数值方法方便地求解,结果表明,液体离开旋流喷嘴后在自由空间形成的液膜呈葫芦形状,其速度和液膜厚度等都周期性地变化。本结果是在液厝受拓动失称碎成液滴前的最基本运动状态,可以在射流的近区域内实验观察到,也是进一步从理论液膜破碎雾化过     

Flow Structure of Swirling Turbulent Propane Flames

Flow structure of premixed propane–air swirling jet flames at various combustion regimes was studied experimentally by stereo PIV, CH* chemiluminescence imaging, and pressure probe. For the non-swirling conditions, a nonlinear feedback mechanism of the flame front interaction with ring-like vortices, developing in the jet shear layer, was found to play important role in the stabilisation of the premixed lifted flame. For the studied swirl rates (S = 0.41, 0.7, and 1.0) the determined domain of stable combustion can be divided into three main groups of flame types: attached flames, quasi-tubular flames, and lifted flames. These regimes were studied in details for the case of S = 1.0, and the difference in the flow structure of the vortex breakdown is described. For the quasi-tubular flames an increase of flow precessing above the recirculation zone was observed when increased the stoichiometric coefficient from 0.7 to 1.4. This precessing motion was supposed to be responsible for the observed increase of acoustic noise generation and could drive the transition from the quasi-tubular to the lifted flame regime.     

An Experimental Study of the Near-Field Mixing Characteristics of a Swirling Jet

The present experimental investigation is devoted to the mixing characteristics of a passive scalar in the near-field region of a moderately swirling jet issuing from a fully developed axially rotating pipe flow. Instantaneous streamwise and azimuthal velocity components as well as the temperature were simultaneously accessed by means of a combined X-wire and cold-wire probe. The results indicate a modification of the turbulence structures to that effect that the swirling jet spreads, mixes and evolves faster compared to its non-swirling counterpart. The high correlation between streamwise velocity and temperature fluctuations as well as the streamwise passive scalar flux are even more enhanced due to the addition of swirl, which in turn shortens the distance and hence time needed to mix the jet with the ambient air.     

Application of PDF Modeling to Swirling and Nonswirling Turbulent Jets

The turbulence modeling in probability density function (PDF) methods is studied through applications to turbulent swirling and nonswirling co-axial jets and to the temporal shear layer. The PDF models are formulated at the level of either the joint PDF of velocity and turbulent frequency or the joint PDF of velocity, wave vector, and turbulent frequency. The methodology of wave vector models (WVMs) is based on an exact representation of rapidly distorted homogeneous turbulence, and several models are constructed in a previous paper [1]. A revision to a previously presented conditional-mean turbulent frequency model [2] is constructed to improve the numerical implementation of the model for inhomogeneous turbulent flows. A pressure transport model is also implemented in conjunction with several velocity models. The complete model yields good comparisons with available experimental data for a low swirl case. The individual models are also assessed in terms of their significance to an accurate solution of the co-axial jets, and a comparison is made to a similar assessment for the temporal shear layer. The crucial factor in determining the quality of the co-axial jet simulations is demonstrated to be the proper specification of a parameter ratio in the modeled source of turbulent frequency. The parameter specification is also shown to be significant in the temporal shear layer.     

Turbulent Structure of a Gas-Liquid Impinging Jet

The turbulent structure of a submerged axisymmetric impinging jet containing small gas bubbles is studied experimentally under conditions of periodic external excitation. On the basis of measuring the surface-friction pulsatory component in the jet impinging on an obstacle, the effect of the suppression of large-scale eddies at large gas volume fractions is registered. The conditions of resonant growth of coherent structures and the suppression of wide-band turbulence are determined for both the single-phase and the two-phase impinging jet. An analysis of the development of different pulsatory friction components in the impinging-jet gradient region is presented.     

Role of Buoyancy on Instabilities and Structure of Transitional Gas Jet Diffusion Flames

Transitional jet diffusion flames provide the link between dynamics of laminar and turbulent flames. In this study, instabilities and their interaction with the flow structure are explored in a transitional jet diffusion flame, with focus on isolating buoyancy effects. Experiments are conducted in hydrogen flames with fuel jet Reynolds number of up to 2,200 and average jet velocity of up to 54 m/s. Since the fuel jet is laminar at the injector exit, the transition from laminar to turbulent flame occurs by the hydrodynamic instabilities in the shear layer of fuel jet. The instabilities and the flow structures are visualized and quantified by the rainbow schlieren deflectometry technique coupled with a high-speed imaging system. The schlieren images acquired at 2,000 frames per second allowed exposure time of 23 μs with spatial resolution of 0.4 mm. Results identify a hitherto unknown secondary instability in the flame surface, provide explanation for the observed intermittency in the breakpoint length, show coherent vortical structures downstream of the flame breakpoint, and illustrate gradual breakdown of coherent structures into small-scale random structures in the far field turbulent region.     

Flow Regimes of Interaction of a Turbulent Plane Jet into a Rectangular Cavity: Experimental Approach and Numerical Modelling

The present work is devoted to the experimental and numerical study ofthe interaction of a turbulent plane jet with a rectangular cavity.Several flow regimes have been found to occur: the non-oscillationregime, the stable oscillation regime and an unstable oscillationregime. The first two regimes have been particularly considered. Theexperimental study has been carried out using hot wire anemometry andsome visualisations. The numerical predictions based on statisticalmodelling have been made using on the one hand the standard k– model and on the other hand a two-scales split spectrum model. The structuralproperties of the flow have been described for the different situations.For the oscillatory regime, a parametrical study allowed to determinethe influence of the jet exit location and the Reynolds number on thefrequency of the jet flapping. The one point closures have been able topredict the oscillatory regime, and in particular the two-scales modelled to improved results because better account is taken of lag effectsin unsteady non-equilibrium situations.     

Computation of Conditional Average Scalar Dissipation in Turbulent Jet Diffusion Flames

The modelling of conditional scalar dissipation in locally self-similar turbulent reacting jets is considered. The streamwise dependence in the transport equation of the conserved scalar pdf is represented by a function solely dependent on centreline mixture fraction. This procedure provides a simple model suitable for non-homogeneous flows and ensures positive values for conditional scalar dissipation. It has been tested in pure hydrogen-air jet diffusion flames using a Conditional Moment Closure method with detailed 12species, 23 reactions chemistry. The calculations show good agreement of the averaged scalar dissipation with reference values and the model proves to be superior to previous models based on homogeneous flows if the distribution of the conditional scalar dissipation in mixture fraction space is compared with experimental results. A dependence of NO predictions on the model of conditional scalar dissipation can be observed. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

准直管磨料射流中各相介质在管内的流动机理与实验研究

介绍了准直管磨料射流的工作原理和特点,准直管磨料射流在准直管内的流动属于气（汽）、液、固多相混合介质的瞬变流动,分析了磨料在多相流体介质中的受力,推导了多相流体介质在准直管内有阻运动时的磨料运动方程式,提出了各种损失的经验计算方法,研究表明,气（汽）、液流体介质和磨料介质在准直管中的速度和密度是逐渐变化的,在０．４～３ｍ管长范围内磨料速度基本保持不变,短管时采用细磨粒,长管时长采用粗磨粒。     

Effects of Small- and Large-Scale Structures in a Piloted Jet Diffusion Flame

Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA) and Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence (PLIF) measurements have been performed in a turbulent nonpremixed jet flame. One of the features of this configuration is a central co-axial fuel jet surrounded by a turbulent annular air flow. The whole is placed within a low-speed coflowing air stream. This three-flow system with turbulent primary air differs from flow systems used for nonpremixed jet flames reported in the literature and is very useful for obtaining information on the mixing process between fuel and primary air. Next to the characterization of the velocity field, special attention has been paid to the conditional seeding of the central fuel jet and of the annular air flow. Together with visualizations of the OH radical, an important combustion intermediate which is formed during combustion, and the NO radical, which is seeded to the central jet flow, the resulting statistics reveal the properties of small- and large-scale structures in the flame.     

冲击高度对半封闭紊流冲击射流流场影响的实验研究

采用热线风速仪给出了在半封闭、雷诺数为23000时四种不同的冲击高度下紊流冲击射流流场的详细的测量结果,并与文献结果作了比较。表明壁面的“阻尼”影响主要集中在近壁面0.5D以内,在径向上流动既有顺压梯度,又有逆压梯度。小板间距时径向速度曲线下降得比大板间距时明显要快,且曲线的峰值也稍大;在r/D≤1.0的区间内,板间距为2和4时紊动能的数值大小和分布趋势与板间距为6和8时的不同,在其它位置紊动能的分布趋势基本一致,只是大板间距下的值较大;流动结构在z4和z6之间发生了较大的变化,这种变化与势流核心区有关,在势流核心区的顶端以及下游的一段距离内紊流度都很高。     

Mixing Characteristics of a Flapping Jet from a Self-Exciting Nozzle

Experimental results of the mixing characteristics of a low-frequency flapping jet from a self-exciting nozzle are presented. The simple fluidic device used to generate the flapping motion is also described. The nozzle contains no external trigger and, unlike the flip-flop nozzle of Viets, contains no external feedback path. Both conventional and conditional averaging schemes are employed to characterise the turbulent mixing characteristics of the jet using data obtained from hot-wire anemometry. Flow-visualisation is used to characterise the flapping motion. It is revealed that the dynamic flapping motion enhances the large-scale mixing of the jet while concurrently suppressing the generation of the fine-scale turbulence. The results also indicate that high turbulence intensities, initiated by the flapping motion, are sustained even in the far-field flow region. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

半封闭狭缝湍流冲击射流的数值模拟

将Yakhot和Orszag提出的RNGk-ε模型推广应用于半封闭狭缝冲击射流场的数值模拟，以评价该模型对这种复杂湍流的预测能力。将计算得到的流场平均速度分布、湍流强度分布和流函数分布与标准k—ε模型的预测结果以及相应的实验数据进行了比较，结果表明：RNGk—ε模型的预测结果总体上要好于标准k—ε模型，但与实验值相比，所有预测结果都还存在不同程度的误差，尤其是近壁区和滞止点较远下游处的湍流强度分布。说明RNG模型虽然已在某些湍流的预测中取得了一定的成功，但要定量准确地预测冲击射流场，还必须针对其流动特征对模型加以改进。     

Transient behavior of an axisymmetric turbulent jet

The prediction of the response of unsteady flows submitted to external excitation is a real challenge for the optimization of industrial processes. As the jet flow is a very basic turbulent flow related to mixing and entrainment phenomena via turbulent structure dynamic, we investigate the transient behavior of an axisymmetric jet submitted to a large and sudden decrease of its ejection velocity. The non stationary flow evolution is studied experimentally. Measurements along the jet axis based on pure ensemble averaging show clearly the convective motion of the perturbation and the adaptation of the local interaction to the local jet time scale. A transverse investigation in the non stationary region show that the mean flow and its turbulence is deeply affected during the local velocity decrease.     

Free Surface of a High Speed Capillary Jet

A free surface shape of a viscous liquid jet is investigated at large Reynolds and Weber numbers. The jet is ejected into a vacuum from a cylindrical nozzle with a flat exterior surface. The liquid is completely wetting the nozzle material (zero contact angle). Free jet surface is non-cylindrical near the nozzle. There is a smooth connection between the flat external surface of the nozzle and the cylindrical surface of the jet away from the nozzle. The size of the connection region is estimated by means of the boundary layer technique.