Computational investigation of rod-stabilized laminar premixed hydrogen–methane–air flames
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Conference PaperKAUST Department
Clean Combustion Research CenterPhysical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
Mechanical Engineering Program
Date
2020-01-05Online Publication Date
2020-01-05Print Publication Date
2020-01-06Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/665842
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A computational study of steady, rod-stabilized, inverted, lean, CH4–air and H2–CH4–air flames is conducted. For the CH4–air flames, either decreasing the inlet equivalence ratio or increasing the mean inflow velocity leads to a larger standoff distance, and below a critical value of the inlet equivalence ratio or above a critical value of the inflow velocity, the flame blows off. For the H2–CH4–air flames, decreasing the inlet equivalence ratio has similar effects as those on the CH4–air flames; however, increasing the inflow velocity reduces the standoff distance. Though counter-intuitive, the predicted behaviour of the flames is consistent with the experimental observations. Both the CH4–air and H2–CH4–air flames exhibit preferential diffusion effects such as superadiabatic temperatures and local equivalence ratio variations, which are more pronounced for the H2–CH4–air flames, displaying non-uniform and localized consumption rates of the fuel components. The strong diffusion of H2 plays an important role to maintain and even strengthen the reaction processes in the anchoring region and the counter-intuitive stabilization/blow-off of the H2–CH4–air flames.Citation
Hernandez Perez, F. E., Im, H. G., & Tingas, A. E. (2020). Computational investigation of rod-stabilized laminar premixed hydrogen–methane–air flames. AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum. doi:10.2514/6.2020-1659Sponsors
This work was supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Computational resources were provided by the KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory (KSL).Conference/Event name
AIAA Scitech Forum, 2020ISBN
9781624105951Additional Links
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2020-1659ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2514/6.2020-1659