Improvement of Laminar Lifted Flame Stability Excited by High-Frequency Acoustic Oscillation

Autor: Mitsutomo HIROTA, Kota HASHIMOTO, Hiroki OSO, Goro MASUYA
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Journal of Thermal Science and Technology, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 169-177 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1880-5566
DOI: 10.1299/jtst.4.169
Popis: A high-frequency (20kHz) standing wave was applied to the unburned mixture upstream of a methane-air lifted jet flame using a bolt-clamped Langevin transducer (BLT) to improve stability. The flow field near the flame was visualized using acetone planar-laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF). The standing wave decreased the lifted flame height and increased the blow-off limit. The upstream flow field of the center jet then bent. This phenomenon appeared when there was a density difference between the center jet and the surrounding secondary flow. When the density of the center jet was less than that of the co-flow, the center jet was redirected to the pressure anti-node side. Conversely, when the density of the center jet was greater than that of the co-flow, the center jet was redirected to the pressure node side. This redirection tended to stabilize the laminar lifted flame.
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