初始温度对氢-空气预混诱导湍流燃烧特性的影响

通过在火焰传播路径上布置孔板实现诱导湍流燃烧,利用纹影技术和压力采集系统研究了初始温度对孔板诱导氢-空气预混湍流燃烧特性的影响。试验结果表明:穿越孔板前火焰传播速度略有下降,穿越孔板后火焰被诱导为湍流燃烧,火焰发展进程加快;随着初始温度的升高,最高燃烧压力和最大压升率减少,两者出现的时刻提前,添加孔板后的燃烧持续期变化率降低,但穿越孔板后的火焰传播速度的差异不显著。     

Experimental investigation on the self-acceleration of 10%H2/90%CO/air turbulent expanding premixed flame

The self-acceleration characteristics of a syngas/air mixture turbulent premixed flame were experimentally evaluated using a 10% H₂/90% CO/air mixture turbulent premixed flame by varying the turbulence intensity and equivalence ratio at atmospheric pressure and temperature. The propagation characteristics of the turbulent premixed flame including the variation in the flame propagation speed and turbulent burning velocity of the syngas/air mixture turbulent premixed flame were evaluated. In addition, the effect of the self-acceleration characteristics of the turbulent premixed flame was also evaluated. The results show that turbulence gradually changes the radius of the premixed flame from linear growth to nonlinear growth. With the increase of turbulence intensity, the formation of a cellular structure of the flame front accelerated, increasing the flame propagation speed and burning speed. In the transition stage, the acceleration exponent and fractal excess of the turbulent premixed flame decreased with increasing equivalence ratio and increased with increasing turbulence intensity at an equivalence ratio of 0.6. The acceleration exponent was always greater than 1.5.     

阻塞比对氢-空预混火焰加速影响的可视化研究

在顶置点火定容燃烧弹内布置网孔板,通过火焰传播路径上的孔板诱导实现火焰加速。利用纹影法和压力采集系统,研究了阻塞比对氢-空预混气孔板诱导火焰加速的影响规律。试验结果表明:阻塞比的增加可增大孔板对火焰的扰动,使火焰传播速度大幅增加;任意初始工况下均存在一个最佳阻塞比使燃烧持续期达到最短,在试验范围内,较低初始压力、较小当量比和较高初始温度的最佳阻塞比为0.90,其余工况的最佳阻塞比均在0.84;孔板诱导燃烧加速的效果非常显著,在试验工况范围内,各阻塞比孔板诱导下的燃烧持续期均缩短45%以上。     

Effect of initial pressure on flame–shock interaction of hydrogen–air premixed flames

By utilizing a newly designed constant volume combustion bomb (CVCB), turbulent flame combustion phenomena are investigated using hydrogen–air mixture under the initial pressures of 1 bar, 2 bar and 3 bar, including flame acceleration, turbulent flame propagation and flame–shock interaction with pressure oscillations. The results show that the process of flame acceleration through perforated plate can be characterized by three stages: laminar flame, jet flame and turbulent flame. Fast turbulent flame can generate a visible shock wave ahead of the flame front, which is reflected from the end wall of combustion chamber. Subsequently, the velocity of reflected shock wave declines gradually since it is affected by the compression wave formed by flame acceleration. In return, the propagation velocity of turbulent flame front is also influenced. The intense interaction between flame front and reflected shock can be captured by high-speed schlieren photography clearly under different initial pressures. The results show that the propagation velocity of turbulent flame rises with the increase of initial pressure, while the forward shock velocities show no apparent difference. On the other hand, the reflected shock wave decays faster under higher initial pressure conditions due to the faster flame propagation. Moreover, the influence of initial pressure on pressure oscillations is also analyzed comprehensively according to the experimental results.     

Effects of the external turbulence on centrally-ignited spherical unstable Ch4/H2/air flames in the constant-volume combustion bomb

In the present study, we conducted experiments to investigate the effects of external turbulence on the development of spherical H₂/CH₄/air unstable flames developments at two different equivalence ratios associated with different turbulent intensities using a spherical constant-volume turbulent combustion bomb and high speed schlieren photography technology. Flame front morphology and acceleration process were recorded and different effects of weak external turbulent flow field and intrinsic flame instability on the unstable flame propagation were compared. Results showed the external turbulence has a great influence on the unstable flame propagation under rich fuel conditions. For fuel-lean premixed flames, however, the effects of external turbulence on the morphology of the cellular structure on the flame front was not that obvious. Critical radius decreased firstly and then kept almost unchanged with the augment of the turbulence intensity. This indicated the dominating inhibiting effect of flame stretch on the turbulent premixed flame at the initial stage of the flame front development. Beyond the critical radius, the acceleration exponent was found increasing with the enhancement of initial turbulence intensity for fuel-lean premixed flames. For fuel-rich conditions, however, the initial turbulence intensity had little effect on acceleration exponent. In order to evaluate the important impact of the intrinsic flame instability and external turbulent flow field for spherical propagating premixed flames, intrinsic flame instability scale and average diameter of vortex tube were calculated. Intrinsic flame instability scale decreased greatly and then stayed unchanged with the propagation of the flame front. The comparison between intrinsic flame instability scale and average diameter of vortex tube demonstrated that the external turbulent flow filed will be more important for the evolution of wrinkle structure in the final stage of the flame propagation, when the turbulence intensity was more than 0.404 m/s.     

Experimental study of flame propagation across a perforated plate

Flame propagation across a single perforated plate was experimentally studied in a square cross-section channel. Experiments were performed in premixed hydrogen-air mixture with different equivalence ratios and initial pressures, aiming at identifying the parametric influence. High-speed schlieren photography and pressure records were used to capture the flame front and obtain the pressure build-up. Four stages for the flame front crossing the perforated plate were obtained, namely, laminar flame, jet flame, turbulent flame and secondary flame front. Following ignition, a laminar flame was obtained, which was nearly not affected by the confinement. This laminar flame was squeezed to pass through the perforated plate, producing the jet flame with a step change on velocity. Turbulent flame was generated by merging the jets, which facilitated the acceleration of the flame front. Secondary flame front induced by Rayleigh-Taylor instability was clearly observed in the process of the turbulent front moving forward. Both velocity and pressure are enhanced in this stage. Parametric studies suggested that the secondary flame front is more obvious in the stoichiometric mixture with higher initial pressure, and characterized by a faster propagation velocity and a bigger pressure rise.     

用光学纹影摄影术观察分析定容燃烧室内氢燃料的燃烧过程

论述了采用纹影摄影术和高速摄影法观察分析氢气和空气预混合燃料在定容燃烧室内的火花点火燃烧过程,定性地分析了预混合氢气燃料的火焰形态和变化过程,以及燃烧室内的初始压力和空燃比对火焰传播速度及其燃烧压力的影响,通过采用纹影摄影术方法,初步揭示了预混合氢气燃料在定容燃烧室内燃烧时火焰初期紊流产生的机理,以及由开始的层流状火焰发展到湍流状火焰的过程,研究结果表明,预混合氢气燃料燃烧的火焰传播速度及燃烧压力明显地受燃烧室内的初始压力和空燃比的影响。     

不同预燃室结构对甲烷湍流射流点火燃烧的影响

基于光学定容燃烧弹试验平台,通过高速纹影摄像系统在相同甲烷燃料初始温度、压力及混合气浓度下,定量分析了不同结构预燃室湍流射流点火(turbulent jet ignition,TJI)的燃烧特性,包括火焰传播速度、火焰面积、火焰形态及燃烧压力等参数。研究结果表明,预燃室孔径越小,相同时间内火焰传播得越远,火焰传播速度和火焰面积增长速度越快,燃烧压力峰值越高。随着预燃室孔径减小,着火机理会由射流中带有火焰的火焰点火转变为火焰过孔时熄灭的喷射点火。喷射点火着火时刻延迟,初始火焰速度减慢,但燃烧压力峰值受影响不大。多级加速预燃室压力升高率与压力峰值与单孔预燃室相比变化不大。虽然火焰出口时速度较慢,但是火焰出口时刻提前且速度衰减较弱,因此多级加速预燃室火焰速度在短时间内超过单孔预燃室,并且压力和火焰面积也更早达到最大值。     

The influence of turbulence on the structure and propagation of enclosed flames

This investigation was undertaken to examine the influence of turbulence on burning velocity and on the physical structure of the flame surface under flow conditions similar to those experienced in turbojet afterburner systems. Uniform propane-air mixtures were supplied to a combustion chamber 12 in. long and of 4 in. × 4 in. cross section. Control over the turbulence level was achieved by means of grids located at entry to the chamber. Schlieren photographs were taken through transparent side walls at turbulence levels ranging from 2 to 14 per cent and at velocities up to 250 ft/sec. These photographs provided the basic data for the investigation. Turbulent flume velocities were derived as the product of the inlet velocity and the sine of the angle between the flow direction and the mean surface of the flame.

The results fully supported the wrinkled laminar flame concept of turbulent flame propagation. Turbulent flame speed was found to increase with increases in laminar flame speed, turbulent velocity and flow velocity. Under turbulent flow conditions the flame surface was characterized by a cellular structure, the average cell size diminishing with increase in approach stream velocity and turbulence. However, the main effect of turbulence was in lacerating and disrupting the flame and thereby increasing its surface area.

The results of previous investigations were confirmed in regard to the relatively slight dependence of flame spreading rate on inlet velocity, especially at high velocities. However, flame spreading rate was found to vary appreciably with turbulence and also with fuel-air ratio, a result which was consistent with the wrinkled laminar flame model, but which contradicted previous findings on enclosed flames.     

The mechanism of flame propagation affected by flow/shock wave in a confined combustion chamber equipped with a perforated plate

The whole evolution of flame propagation in a confined combustion chamber was firstly experimentally observed in a newly designed experimental apparatus equipped with a perforated plate. The effect of the flame-flow/acoustic/shock wave interaction on the flame propagation was studied. The experiment was conducted with a stoichiometric hydrogen-air mixture. According to the flame morphology and the flame tip velocity, the whole evolution of flame propagation in the experimental apparatus was classified into the following three stages: laminar flame, jet flame and turbulent flame. In the present work, different flame propagation modes were obtained in different conditions. Depending on the initial pressure, three different flame propagation modes were observed. At an initial pressure of 1 bar, the flame propagation after perforated plate was mainly controlled by the interactions of the flame and combustion-generated flow ahead of the flame front. As initial pressures went up to 3 bar and 5 bar, shock waves were clearly observed ahead of the flame, which played a significant role on the flame propagation. The flame decelerated sharply and even propagated backwards, induced by the flame-shock wave interactions. Depending on the intensity of the shock wave, the backward-propagation velocity was higher at 5 bar with a stronger shock wave. In addition, the pressure oscillation at different initial pressures was discussed.     

用紊流卷吸燃烧模型计算研究点火时刻紊流参数对燃烧循环的影响

利用准维紊流卷吸燃烧模型计算研究了点火时刻气缸内紊流参数的变化对汽油机燃烧循环变动的影响。结果表明，点火时刻紊流强度u′及紊流长度积分标尺L的变动对汽油机燃烧循环变动均有很大影响，增大u′或L均有利于加快燃烧速度及火焰传播速度，缩短火焰发展期；u′或L的变动加大，燃烧循环变动也随之加大，其中，u′对燃烧循环变动的影响尤其大。     

Model of accelerating coal dust flames

A model describing turbulent coal dust flame propagation and accelaration is based on the transient, macroscopic equations of change. The turbulent flame velocity was obtained from a simple correlative technique combining turbulence and chemical effects. Predictions indicate that a deflegrating coal dust flame can accelerate to high velocity and pressure, with increasing turbulence a major cause of the acceleration. A parametric study was conducted to identify key parameters in the model. The need for turbulent flame velocity data for particle-laden systems was identified and the effects of duct diameter, coal particle diameter, and various model parameters were described. The model is useful for describing relative effects of various parameters.     

定容燃烧弹中火核生成及初期发展的数值模拟

本发展了一种新的预混湍流火核生成及初期发展的模型，该模型基于准维模型的基本思想，摒弃了湍流燃烧速度模型，以数值生成的湍流场对火焰前锋面的客观影响推动燃烧计算过程。模型考虑了很多对火核生成及初期发展有影响的因素，如已燃区的传热，非绝热效应，曲率和伸展效应等等；通过利用模拟得到的３维湍流速度场，首镒实现了对火核几何形状的３维模拟；模型的模拟结果和试验结果有很好的吻合性，这说明模型是合理的。     

在定容燃烧弹中湍流特征参数对预混燃烧的影响

:给出在定容燃烧弹中火花点燃 CH4-空气充量进行湍流预混合燃烧的试验结果并进行了分析 ,得到一些有价值的结论 :如在火核起始发展期中存在一个最小火焰传播速度 ,此时的火核半径与湍流积分长度标尺大致相等 ,增加湍流强度 (u <1 .8m/s) ,瞬时燃烧率增加 ,燃烧持续期缩短 ,相对缓燃期增加 ,相对主燃期缩短 ,这是组织湍流可以提高火花点火发动机热效率的主要原因。此外本文还给出不同间隙的失火率并指出减少火核向电极传热是减少失火率的主要措施     

Geometric influence of perforated plate on premixed hydrogen-air flame propagation

Geometrical influence of the perforated plate on flame propagation in hydrogen-air mixtures with various equivalence ratios and initial pressures was experimentally investigated in a channel with the length of 1 m and the cross-section of 7 cm × 7 cm. The perforated plate has the same cross section and three thicknesses of 40 mm, 80 mm and 120 mm. High-speed schlieren photography was employed to capture the flame shape evolution and derive the flame tip velocity. High-speed piezoelectric pressure transducers were flush-mounted upstream and downstream of the perforated plate to measure the pressure transient. It was found that, with the perforated plate in the path of flame, flame undergoes either “go”, or “quench” propagation mode. The limit between these two was dependent on the geometrical size of the perforated plate and the initial conditions of mixtures. Both velocity and pressure were effectively attenuated with the increase in the perforated plate length. Moreover, for “go” propagation mode, the flame process through the perforated plate was characterized by three obvious stages: laminar flame stage, jet flame stage and turbulent flame stage. Whereas, only laminar flame stage was observed in the “quench” mode.     

障碍物管道中湍流火焰发展的数值模拟

应用湍流马赫数修正的非稳态可压缩性K－ε-f-gr四方程湍流模型，模拟了半开口狭长管道中重复布置的障碍物引起的湍流火焰加速现象。结果表明，障碍物产生的扰动对加强燃烧和湍流输运的影响很大。随着火焰向前传播，火焰穿过障碍物时发生变形，反应区越来越长，且火焰速度逐渐上升。同时，火焰速度和管内压力的计算结果与实验测量值吻合良好，修正后的湍流模型能较真实地模拟障碍物管内预混火焰的发展过程。     

Derivation of burning velocities of premixed hydrogen/air flames at engine-relevant conditions using a single-cylinder compression machine with optical access

With respect to hydrogen internal combustion engines beside turbulence also flame front instabilities of high-pressure combustion provoke an acceleration of the flame. To account for this effect within engine simulations, it is suggested to include the impact of flame front instabilities directly into a “quasi-laminar” burning velocity that is an input for turbulent combustion models. Premixed hydrogen/air flames are investigated in a single-cylinder compression machine using OH-chemiluminescence and in-cylinder pressure analysis. Values of burning velocities are calculated from flame front velocities considering thermal expansion effects. A flame speed correlation is derived which covers temperatures and pressures of the unburned mixture, relevant for internal combustion engines, ranging from 350 K to 700 K and 5 bar to 45 bar. Values of air/fuel equivalence ratio cover lean and rich regimes between 0.4 ≤ λ ≤ 2.8. For an evaluation of stretch and instability effects a comparison to fundamental laminar burning velocities of a one-dimensional flame computed with a detailed chemical kinetic-mechanism is given. At high-pressure conditions flame speed measurements demonstrate that flame front instabilities have an accelerating effect on the value of laminar burning velocities, which cannot be reproduced by computations with a chemical model. A linear stability analysis is applied in order to estimate the magnitude of instabilities. The proposed “quasi-laminar” burning velocity does not account for interaction between turbulence and instability effects. Consequently, at increasing turbulence levels partially counter-balancing of instabilities by turbulence is not followed which may allegorize a possible limitation of the suggested approach.     

Numerical study of hydrogen–oxygen flame acceleration and deflagration to detonation transition in combustion light gas gun

A large eddy model with detailed chemical reaction mechanism is developed to investigate the interior ballistic process of the combustion light gas gun (CLGG). Flame acceleration and deflagration to detonation transition process with high initial pressure and low initial temperature hydrogen–oxygen mixture in CLGG is numerically studied. Simulation results indicate that the hydrogen–oxygen flame propagation experiences an exponential acceleration stage, a nearly uniform propagation stage and a fast reacceleration stage. Detonation can be triggered through two different mechanisms, which are the amplification between the overlapped shock wave at flame surface, and the elevated flame velocity and shock strength caused by local explosions. Reflected shock waves play an important role in the suppression of the flame propagation when the flame front is close to the chamber throat, leading to a deceleration of the deflagration flame.     

Effect of initial turbulence on vented explosion overpressures from lean hydrogen–air deflagrations

To examine the effect of initial turbulence on vented explosions, experiments were performed for lean hydrogen–air mixtures, with hydrogen concentrations ranging from 12 to 15% vol., at elevated initial turbulence. As expected, it was found that an increase in initial turbulence increased the overall flame propagation speed and this increased flame propagation speed translated into higher peak overpressures during the external explosion. The peak pressures generated by flame–acoustic interactions, however, did not vary significantly with initial turbulence. When flame speeds measurements were examined, it was found that the burning velocity increased with flame radius as a power function of radius with a relatively constant exponent over the range of weak initial turbulence studied and did not vary systematically with initial turbulence. Instead, the elevated initial turbulence increased the initial flame propagation velocities of the various mixtures. The initial turbulence thus appears to act primarily by generating higher initial flame wrinkling while having a minimal effect on the growth rate of the wrinkles. For practical purposes of modeling flame propagation and pressure generation in vented explosions, the increase in burning velocity due to turbulence is suggested to be approximated by a single constant factor that increases the effective burning velocity of the mixture. When this approach is applied to a previously developed vent sizing correlation, the correlation performs well for almost all of the peaks. It was found, however, that in certain situations, this approach significantly under predicts the flame–acoustic peak. This suggests that further research may be necessary to better understand the influence of initial turbulence on the development of flame–acoustic peaks in vented explosions.     

管内爆燃转爆轰的热力学原理

本文首先说明了燃烧的两种传播机制，一种是燃烧自身的蔓延，国一种是由运动速度比火焰传播速度快的点火源引导而形成的传播，进而指出了可能存在的两种不稳定燃烧状态和两种极端物理过程的爆轰波，一种不稳定燃烧状态由爆燃加速到超过临界速度而致，另一种不稳定燃烧状态则由激波诱导燃烧引起，并采用简化理论计算了燃烧产物的压力和熵增随燃烧度的变化规律。由此出发，本文试图从热力学角度说明管内火中速及爆燃转爆轰的原理。爆燃