Transient and steady-state behavior of auto-igniting propane and dimethyl ether fuel jets in high-temperature vitiated coflows |
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Authors: | Rajat Saksena Jeffrey A Sutton |
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Institution: | Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA |
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Abstract: | In the current study, the auto-ignition dynamics of cold fuel jets issuing into a high-temperature, vitiated environments is investigated. Due to the short time scale of these events, high-speed measurements are used to resolve the coupled spatio-temporal behavior. The present study uses high-speed (20-kHz) OH* chemiluminescence imaging to identify the location and timing of the formation of the initial ignition kernels, providing visualization of the ignition dynamics and a detailed statistical evaluation of ignition heights and ignition delay times across a broad parameter space which includes variations in fuel type, dilution levels, coflow temperature, and coflow oxidizer content. The auto-ignition location and ignition delay times show a strong sensitivity to coflow temperature with increased sensitivities at lower coflow temperatures. Comparisons between kernel formation location for the transient jet and the fluctuating flame base of the subsequent, steady-state flame is presented, highlighting the role of flame propagation on flame stabilization. Results indicate that at lower temperatures the flame stabilization mechanism is dominated by auto-ignition, but at higher coflow temperatures, flame propagation plays a key role. The effects of variations in the hot, coflow oxidizer content on ignition properties were found to be noticeable, but still significantly less than variations in the temperature. |
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Keywords: | Auto-ignition Vitiated flows Transient fuel jets Ignition kernel formation |
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