Modes of reaction front propagation and end-gas combustion of hydrogen/air mixtures in a closed chamber
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ArticleKAUST Department
Clean Combustion Research CenterMechanical Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2017-01-05Online Publication Date
2017-01-05Print Publication Date
2017-04Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/622791
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Modes of reaction front propagation and end-gas combustion of hydrogen/air mixtures in a closed chamber are numerically investigated using an 1-D unsteady, shock-capturing, compressible and reacting flow solver. Different combinations of reaction front propagation and end-gas combustion modes are observed, i.e., 1) deflagration without end-gas combustion, 2) deflagration to end-gas autoignition, 3) deflagration to end-gas detonation, 4) developing or developed detonation, occurring in the sequence of increasing initial temperatures. Effects of ignition location and chamber size are evaluated: the asymmetric ignition is found to promote the reactivity of unburnt mixture compared to ignitions at center/wall, due to additional heating from asymmetric pressure waves. End-gas combustion occurs earlier in smaller chambers, where end-gas temperature rise due to compression heating from the deflagration is faster. According to the ξ−ε regime diagram based on Zeldovich theory, modes of reaction front propagation are primarily determined by reactivity gradients introduced by initial ignition, while modes of end-gas combustion are influenced by the total amount of unburnt mixture at the time when autoignition occurs. A transient reactivity gradient method is provided and able to capture the occurrence of detonation.Citation
Shi X, Ryu JI, Chen J-Y, Dibble RW (2017) Modes of reaction front propagation and end-gas combustion of hydrogen/air mixtures in a closed chamber. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.12.095.Sponsors
The authors thank Professor Zheng Chen at Peking University for providing ASURF source code. This work at the University of California, Berkeley was supported by the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy under award CBET-1258653. This work at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology was supported by Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC) FUELCOM project.Publisher
Elsevier BVAdditional Links
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319916336412ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.12.095