微喷管甲烷非预混射流火焰燃烧特性实验研究

为发展微尺度燃烧器并拓展微尺度燃烧理论,对具有外部伴流空气的甲烷非预混微喷管射流火焰燃烧特性进行了实验研究。微喷管采用内径为710μm、425μm及280μm的不锈钢管,通过实验得到了微喷管非预混射流火焰的火焰形态、高度、最小熄灭流速及吹熄极限,并与常规尺度(管内径2 mm)非预混射流火焰进行了对比。研究表明微喷管射流火焰只有层流火焰一种形态;微喷管射流火焰高度主要取决于燃料流速而不受外部伴流速度影响;微喷管射流火焰的吹熄极限随伴流速度先增加后减小,而微射流火焰的最小熄灭流速受伴流空气速度影响较小,随管径减小微喷管射流火焰的可燃范围急剧减小。     

非结构化网格下自由分子微电热推力器数值模拟

采用非结构化网格,压力边界条件的DSMC-FVM耦合方法对自由分子微电阻加热推力器微喷管内的流动与换热进行了数值模拟.分析了微喷管的流场特征,证明所采用的DSMC-FVM多尺度方法对微喷管内流场与温度场模拟是合适而且必要的.     

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。     

微尺度预混合火焰结构和熄火特性研究

本文以空气中的无约束甲烷预混合火焰为对象,用实验和数值解析的方法研究了微尺度预混合火焰的火焰结构和熄火特性。实验测得不同尺寸下混合气当量比和喷出速度与熄火关系图,在不到理论当量比(φ>1)时,火焰已经熄灭,管径越小,极限混合气当量比φu越大。数值解析研究了d=0．3 mm无约束甲烷预混合火焰,在混合气当量比大于 1的富燃料燃烧条件下,空气中形成的预混合火焰结构是内层预混合火焰和外层扩散火焰,极限当量比约为1,解析结果再现了实验现象。     

某支板式超音速剪切流燃烧的数值研究

针对某支板火焰稳定结构数值研究了二维超音速流动和燃烧规律,提出不同燃料供给方案,比较了采用全氢气、全甲烷和不同比例的混合燃气等情况下的燃烧性能.结果表明:单一燃料时,氢气超燃性能很好,但会出现热量雍塞,而甲烷无法燃烧,两种混合燃料方案均在燃烧室内出现了稳定的火焰,但氧气消耗率不理想,基于上述结论给出了一些提高超燃性能的改进措施.     

水雾作用下富燃料甲烷预混火焰化学发光特性

利用阶梯光栅光谱仪与自行研制的水雾协流管式燃烧器,对富燃料甲烷/空气层流预混火焰化学发光特性进行实验研究.分析了锥形预混火焰燃烧过程中火焰面OH、CH以及C2自由基粒子光谱强度分布规律,以及水雾协流作用下的预混火焰发射光谱特性,探讨了水雾液滴对富燃料甲烷预混火焰发射光谱的影响.实验结果表明:当水雾量充足时,作用于内锥火焰阵面的水雾液滴使得火焰阵面OH、CH以及C2自由基粒子发射光谱强度减弱,抑制预混火焰燃烧;当作用于火焰面的水雾载荷比较小时,富燃料预混火焰的OH、CH的发射光谱强度得到一定程度的增强.     

液体乙醇微尺度扩散火焰高度的影响因素研究

通过实验研究了微尺度扩散火焰高度的影响因素,结果表明:对液体乙醇微尺度扩散火焰,在稳定燃烧区域,其火焰高度与乙醇流量,燃烧器内径,燃料雷诺数,陶瓷管露出在空气中长度有关。另外,外加电场也对微尺度扩散火焰高度有影响。实验结果为掌握液体燃料微尺度扩散火焰高度的影响因素,提高火焰燃烧稳定性和燃烧效率提供了有益的参考。     

微型摆式发动机内丙烷/空气单次燃烧实验研究

在厘米尺度百瓦级微型摆动式发动机样机上进行了单次燃烧实验,燃用当量比φ=0.9~1.2的丙烷/空气预混合气时,对燃烧室内的火焰传播形态、气体动态压力和摆臂运动进行测量,获得了平均火焰传播速度、燃烧持续时间、燃料质量燃尽率、压力和摆臂止点角度随当量比变化的规律特性。结果表明:在进气初始温度300 K、压力0.13 MPa条件下,φ=1.0~1.2工况时,微摆发动机内燃烧为湍流燃烧,燃烧持续时间在5 ms以内,压力峰值高于8个大气压;随当量比增加,燃烧持续时间缩短、平均火焰传播速度加快和压力峰值升高,更接近定容燃烧,有利于提高输出功率。     

C6F12O对锂离子电池排出气体火焰的抑制效能研究

通过实验和数值模拟的方法研究了添加C_6F_(12)O对锂离子电池发生热失控后的排出气体/空气预混火焰的影响。在常温常压下,利用本生火焰装置测试了一定当量比范围的甲烷/空气和排出气/空气预混火焰在不同C_6F_(12)O添加量条件下的火焰速度。通过包含燃料燃烧和C_6F_(12)O热分解的动力学机理模型进行数值模拟并与实验测试的火焰速度进行比较,结果表明在C_6F_(12)O添加量较低的贫燃侧,层流火焰速度趋势具有良好的一致性。尽管燃料类型不同,C_6F_(12)O在化学当量以及富燃侧的抑制效能明显优于贫燃侧,并且相比于纯甲烷,C_6F_(12)O更适用于抑制排出气体/空气预混火焰。     

掺氢甲烷射流扩散火焰燃烧特性分析

采用数值计算与实验相结合的方法研究了掺氢甲烷射流扩散火焰的燃烧特性。结果表明，热量的传递主要是通过热气流对流进行，上游高温气流快速沿轴向流动，径向热量传递较弱；而下游轴向速度降低，热量径向传递增强。喷嘴附近伴流气边界较为稳定，而下游在涡旋作用下出现显著的扰动。射流速度对火焰特性有较大影响，增大射流速度后，火焰高度、辐射强度以及CO、NO、CO₂、H₂O浓度皆显著增加，且辐射强度峰值向下游移动。掺氢量对火焰特性也有重要影响，随着H₂含量增加，燃料向下游传播距离缩短，CO、NO、CO₂浓度降低，H₂O浓度增加。     

甲烷/氧气层流反扩散火焰形态及滞后特性研究

对空气气氛中甲烷/氧气反扩散火焰的形态和推举滞后特性进行了实验研究. 实验中通过改变气体流量考察了气速变化对火焰形态演变及滞后特性的影响, 并利用紫外相机系统研究了气速对不同形态火焰中OH^*分布的影响. 研究结果表明: 甲烷气速、氧气气速和火焰的历史状态是决定火焰形态的三个重要参数, 并以此对实验范围内的火焰形态进行了分区; 氧气气速对不同形态反扩散火焰轴线上的OH^*分布有相似的影响, 当氧气缺乏时, 反扩散反应区较短, 当氧气富余时, 反扩散反应区在轴向分布较广; 同轴甲烷的气速对反扩散火焰的滞后特性影响显著, 随着甲烷气速的增加, 反扩散火焰的推举速度和再附着速度呈线性减小, 部分预混火焰向反扩散火焰转变的速度呈线性增加.     

湿空气扩散燃烧火焰结构特性研究

利用二维粒子成像速度仪(PIV)对钝体燃烧器中的甲烷／湿空气扩散燃烧的速度场进行测量,考察其火焰的结构特性及其内部流动状况。通过对湿空气燃烧流场与普通燃烧流场的对比分析表明,湿空气燃烧情况下,两种燃烧状态的火焰(回流燃烧火焰和中心射流主导火焰)相互转换的燃空速度比(γ)值要比普通燃烧的小;湿空气燃烧使得喷嘴后的同流空气的速度降低,空气的回流作用减弱,燃料更容易冲出回流区,火焰的稳定性能变差。     

Influence of Burner Geometry on Heat Transfer Characteristics of Methane/Air Flame Impinging on Flat Surface

An experimental study has been conducted to find the heat transfer characteristics of methane/air flames impinging normally to a flat surface using different burner geometries. The burners used were of nozzle, tube, and orifice type each with a diameter of 10 mm. Due to different exit velocity profiles, the flame structures were different in each case. Because of nearly flat velocity profile, the flame spread was more in case of orifice and nozzle burners as compared to tube burner. Effects of varying the value of Reynolds number (600–2500), equivalence ratio (0.8–1.5) and dimensionless separation distance (0.7–8) on heat transfer characteristics on the flat plate have been investigated for the tube burner. Different flame shapes were observed for different impingement conditions. It has been observed that the heat transfer characteristics were intimately related to flame shapes. Heat transfer characteristics were discussed for the cases when the flame inner reaction cone was far away, just touched, and was intercepted by the plate. Negative heat fluxes at the stagnation point were observed when the inner reaction cone was intercepted by the plate due to impingement of cool un-burnt mixture directly on the surface. Different heat transfer characteristics were observed for different burner geometries with similar operating conditions. In case of tube burner, the maximum heat flux is around the stagnation point and decay is faster in the radial direction. In case of nozzle and orifice burner, the heat transfer distribution is more uniform over the surface.     

Concept and combustion characteristics of ultra-micro combustors with premixed flame

Under micro-scale combustion influenced by quenching distance, high heat loss, shortened diffusion characteristic time, and flow laminarization, we clarified the most important issues for the combustor of ultra-micro gas turbines (UMGT), such as high space heating rate, low pressure loss, and premixed combustion. The stability behavior of single flames stabilized on top of micro tubes was examined using premixtures of air with hydrogen, methane, and propane to understand the basic combustion behavior of micro premixed flames. When micro tube inner diameters were smaller than 0.4 mm, all of the fuels exhibited critical equivalence ratios in fuel-rich regions, below which no flame formed, and above which the two stability limits of blow-off and extinction appeared at a certain equivalence ratio. The extinction limit for very fuel-rich premixtures was due to heat loss to the surrounding air and the tube. The extinction limit for more diluted fuel-rich premixtures was due to leakage of unburned fuel under the flame base. This clarification and the results of micro flame analysis led to a flat-flame burning method. For hydrogen, a prototype of a flat-flame ultra-micro combustor with a volume of 0.067 cm³ was made and tested. The flame stability region satisfied the optimum operation region of the UMGT with a 16 W output. The temperatures in the combustion chamber were sufficiently high, and the combustion efficiency achieved was more than 99.2%. For methane, the effects on flame stability of an upper wall in the combustion chamber were examined. The results can be explained by the heat loss and flame stretch.     

Characteristics and structure of inverse flames of natural gas

Characteristics and structure of nominally non-premixed flames of natural gas are investigated using a burner that employs simultaneously two distinct features: fuel and oxidiser direct injection, and inverse fuel and oxidiser delivery. At low exit velocities, the result is an inverse diffusion flame that has been noted in the past for its low NO_x emissions, soot luminosity, and narrow stability limits. The present study aimed at extending the burner operating range, and it demonstrated that the inverse flame exhibits a varying degree of partial premixing dependent on the discharge nozzle conditions and the ratio of inner air jet and outer fuel jet velocities. These two variables affect the flame length, temperature distributions, and stability limits. Temperature measurements and Schlieren visualisation show areas of enhanced turbulent mixing in the shear region and the presence of a well-mixed reaction zone on the flame centreline. This reaction zone is enveloped by an outer diffusion flame, yielding a unique double-flame structure. As the fuel–air equivalence ratio is decreasing with an increase in the inner jet velocity, the well-mixed reaction zone extends considerably. These findings suggest a method for establishing a flame of uniform high temperature by optimising the coaxial nozzle geometry and flow conditions. The normalised flame length is decreasing exponentially with the air/fuel velocity ratio. Measurements demonstrate that the inverse flame stability limits change qualitatively with varying degree of partial premixing. At the low premixing level, the flame blow-out is a function of the inner and outer jet velocities and the nozzle conditions. The flame blow-out at high degree of partial premixing occurs abruptly at a single value of the inner air jet velocity, regardless of the fuel jet velocity and almost independent of the discharge nozzle conditions.     

Stabilization mechanism of lifted flame edge in the near field of coflow jets for diluted methane

The stabilization mechanism of lifted flames in the near field of coflow jets has been investigated experimentally and numerically for methane fuel diluted with nitrogen. The lifted flames were observed only in the near field of coflow jets until blowout occurred in the normal gravity condition. To elucidate the stabilization mechanism for the stationary lifted flames of methane having the Schmidt number smaller than unity, the behavior of the flame in the buoyancy-free condition, and unsteady propagation characteristics after ignition were investigated numerically at various conditions of jet velocity. It has been found that buoyancy plays an important role for flame stabilization of lifted flames under normal gravity, such that the flame becomes attached to the nozzle in microgravity. The stabilization mechanism is found to be due to the variation of the propagation speed of the lifted flame edge with axial distance from the nozzle in the near field of the coflow as compared to the local flow velocity variation at the edge.     

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.     

LES-CMC simulations of a turbulent bluff-body flame

The large Eddy simulations (LES)-conditional moment closure (CMC) method with detailed chemistry is applied to a bluff-body stabilized flame. Computations of the velocity and mixture fraction fields show good agreement with the experiments. Temperature and major species are well-predicted throughout the flame with the exception of the flow regions in the outer shear layer close to the nozzle where the pure mixing between hot recirculating products and fresh oxidizer cannot be captured. LES-CMC generally improves on results obtained with RANS-CMC and on LES that uses one representative flamelet to model the dependence of reactive species on mixture fraction. Simulated CO mass fractions are generally in good agreement with the experimental data although a 10% overprediction can be found at downstream positions. NO predictions show a distinct improvement over the flamelet approach, however, simulations overpredict NO mass fractions at all downstream locations due to an overprediction of temperature close to the nozzle. The potential of LES-CMC to predict unsteady finite rate effects is demonstrated by the prediction of endothermic—or “flame cooling”—regions close to the neck of the recirculation zone that favours ethylene production via the methane fuel decomposition channel.     

燃烧法合成碳纳米管的实验方案设计

碳纳米管是一种新型的碳材料,其合成方法多种多样。燃烧法是一种新兴的合成方法,燃烧过程提供用于碳纳米管生长的高温环境,同时也提供足够的烃原料。目前,用于合成碳纳米管的原料包括气体燃料和液体燃料,火焰类型主要有层流扩散火焰、逆流扩散火焰和预混火焰等。影响炭纳米管火焰合成的因素主要有气体成分,温度,催化剂,燃氧比和采样条件。我们采用甲烷扩散火焰用于实验研究炭纳米管的合成条件。实验系统包括扩散火焰喷嘴,混和段,质量流量计,取样探针和基板,气源。内径5 mm的喷嘴与内径100 mm的钢筒同轴。实验测得在气量为0．20 SLM时火焰高度为 3．5 cm。涂覆有催化剂的基板水平朝下置于火焰中采样,并将采集的样品进行电镜分析。本文还对燃烧法合成碳纳米管的机理进行了分析。