Numerical investigations on flashback dynamics of premixed methane-hydrogen-air laminar flames

Injecting hydrogen into the natural gas network to reduce CO₂ emissions in the EU residential sector is considered a critical element of the zero CO₂ emissions target for 2050. Burning natural gas and hydrogen mixtures has potential risks, the main one being the flame flashback phenomenon that could occur in home appliances using premixed laminar burners. In the present study, two-dimensional transient computations of laminar CH₄ + air and CH₄ + H₂ + air flames are performed with the open-source CFD code OpenFOAM. A finite rate chemistry based solver is used to compute reaction rates and the laminar reacting flow. Starting from a flame stabilized at the rim of a cylindrical tube burner, the inlet bulk velocity of the premixture is gradually reduced to observe flashback. The results of the present work concern the effects of wall temperature and hydrogen addition on the flashback propensity of laminar premixed methane-hydrogen-air flames. Complete sequences of flame dynamics with gradual increases of premixture velocity are investigated. At the flame flashback velocities, strong oscillations at the flame leading edge emerge, causing broken flame symmetry and finally flame flashback. The numerical results reveal that flashback tendency increase with increasing wall temperature and hydrogen addition rate.     

Numerical modeling of combustion processes and pollutant formations in direct-injection diesel engines

The Representative Interactive Flamelet (RIF) concept has been applied to numerically simulate the combustion processes and pollutant formation in the direct injection diesel engine. Due to the ability for interactively describing the transient behaviors of local flame structures with CFD solver, the RIF concept has the capabilities to predict the auto-ignition and subsequent flame propagation in the diesel engine combustion chamber as well as to effectively account for the detailed mechanisms of soot formation, NO_X formation including thermal NO path, prompt and nitrous NO_X formation, and reburning process. Special emphasis is given to the turbulent combustion model which properly accounts for vaporization effects on the mixture fraction fluctuations and the pdf model. The results of numerical modeling using the RIF concept are compared with experimental data and with numerical results of the commonly applied procedure which the low-temperature and high-temperature oxidation processes are represented by the Shell ignition model and the eddy dissipation model, respectively. Numerical results indicate that the RIF approach including the vaporization effect on turbulent spray combustion process successfully predicts the ignition delay time and location as well as the pollutant formation.     

Drag coefficient of flow around a sphere: Matching asymptotically the wide trend

An empirical relationship of drag coefficient of flow around a sphere is developed for the entire range of Particle Reynolds numbers reported in the literature from Stokes regime to the condition when turbulent boundary layer prevails. The relationship is obtained using an approach to match asymptotically the wide trend of drag coefficient. The matching approach, which relies on dividing the wide trend into smaller segments that can be combined into an overall relationship, employs regression techniques and thus warrants the best-fit accuracy results. The relationship is calibrated with experimental data available in the literature covering the entire range for Reynolds numbers up to ~ 10⁶. For Reynolds values greater than 10⁶, the relationship renders a drag coefficient of 0.2. The performance of the relationship is tested and compared with other suitable models found in the literature. This relationship is also transformed into an explicit expression for settling velocity calculations.     

Shallow Turbulent Flows by Video Imaging Method

Shallow turbulent flows were produced in a tank of small thickness to study the friction effects on large-scale turbulent motion of small depth. The tank was constructed of two parallel walls. The space between the parallel walls (4.4, 1.57, and 0.59 cm) was small compared with the height (107 cm) and the width (212 cm) of the tank, and was varied during the experiments for different friction effects. Turbulent flows were produced by the injection of water in the form of starting jets into the tank filled with water. The large-scale turbulent flow in the small space between the walls of the tank is confined to essentially two-dimensional motion, and the motion is retarded by the force of friction. Dye was injected with the source fluid as the tracer for the highly unsteady and quasitwo-dimensional turbulent motion. From the initiation of the turbulent motion at the source to the final interaction of the jets with the tank bottom, the entire sequence of events was recorded by a pair of video cameras. The depth-averaged concentration of the dye was analyzed using the recorded video images.     

Non-contact flood discharge measurements using an X-band pulse radar (I) theory

This article describes a non-contact method for measuring surface velocity and discharge in a natural channel. The X-band pulse (9.36 GHz) radar, developed by the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington, was used to scan instantaneously the lateral distribution of surface velocity across a river section, according to Bragg scattering from short waves produced by turbulent boils on the surface of the river. Based on the assumption that the vertical velocity distribution follows a universal power or logarithmic law, the discharges were estimated.     

燃料变化对气体燃烧器燃烧性能影响的数值模拟研究

该文以John Zink公司一种瓦斯燃烧器为几何原型,对燃烧器和稳焰旋流器附近三维复杂形状未作任何简化,生成了包括燃烧器和炉膛的结构化网格,换用甲烷、乙烷、丙烷和丁烷四种不同的气体燃料,用标准的k-ε湍流模型、k-ε-g湍流扩散燃烧模型和蒙特卡洛辐射换热模型对燃烧器内的流动及燃烧状况进行了全尺寸数值模拟,预报了燃烧器内流场和温度场,考察燃料变化对炉内温度场的影响规律及燃气射流特性参数(Re·D1)对火焰长度的影响,对进一步优化设计燃烧器、提高加热炉热效率有很好的指导意义。     

A new characteristic of liquid-liquid systems—inversion holdup of intensely agitated dispersions

As the holdup of dispersed phase in an agitated liquid-liquid dispersion is increased at fixed agitation, a point is reached (called inversion holdup) when the dispersion inverts—the dispersed phase becomes continuous and vice versa. In this work, we present experimental data which suggest that the inversion holdup for sufficiently intense turbulence is independent of all the operational parameters associated with a stirred tank, e.g., stirrer speed, vessel volume, impeller size, and impeller type; it depends only on the properties of the liquid-liquid system. The inversion holdup was verified to remain unchanged even for inversion in turbulent flow field in the annular space between two coaxial cylinders. A hypothesis involving drops in near contact with each other at high holdups is used to explain the experimental data. The new finding may also provide a qualitative basis for selecting a liquid-liquid system with desired extent of mixing in the dispersed phase for carrying out transport and reactions in multiphase systems.     

Interaction of Two Diffusion Flames Spreading Along a Metal Substrate Wetted with Different Fuels

The paper reports an experimental and theoretical study of the interaction of two diffusion flames propagating over the surface of two different liquid fuels applied to both sides of a thin metal substrate. It is shown that in this system, there may be formation of a unified complex — a doublesided flame which has the properties of a steadystate flame with a peculiar structures. Some velocity and structural dependences for doublesided flames are determined. A mathematical model for a doublesided flame is proposed that adequately describes experimental relations. A physical model for a doublesided flame with a pulsating flame of the heavier fuel is formulated.     

喷焊工艺对钛基体镍基涂层显微组织和性能的影响

采用常规喷焊工艺和改进喷焊工艺,在Ti-6Al-4V合金表面上制备了镍基耐磨涂层,分析了涂层的形貌和合金元素的扩散,测试了涂层的显微硬度,定性地研究了基体和涂层的结合性能.结果表明:改进工艺所制备的涂层组织和性能均优于常规工艺的,涂层组织的均匀性大大提高,晶粒得到细化;基体和涂层为明显的冶金结合;涂层显微硬度的变化沿层深方向呈连续性和渐变性,其表层显微硬度高达HV933.2.采用合理的喷焊工艺能够在钛合金表面制备出性能优良的耐磨涂层.     

黑河综合遥感联合试验涡动相关通量数据处理及产品分析黑河综合遥感联合试验涡动相关通量数据处理及产品分析

涡动相关通量数据的处理及质量控制是保证各涡动观测台站数据质量的重要步骤。“黑河综合遥感联合试验”(Watershed Allied Telemetry Experimental Research,WATER)从2007年底到现在连续观测积累了大量涡动相关通量观测资料。使用经过改进的EdiRe软件对盈科站、阿柔站和关滩站3个站点的原始涡动数据进行预处理和质量控制。通过异常值及野值点剔除、倾斜修正、超声虚温修正、时间滞后校正、频率响应修正和空气密度效应修正（WPL修正）等基本处理生成Level\|1数据产品;再通过大气状态平稳性检验、总体湍流特征检验以及湍流通量统计特征分析等初步质量控制,生成Level\|2数据产品。以盈科绿洲站2009年7月份涡动相关数据为例,着重介绍涡动相关数据处理过程中各校正方法的重要性及不同校正方法对湍流通量计算的贡献。结果表明：超声虚温修正后感热通量比修正前减少约7.7%;时间滞后校正后潜热通量和CO²通量分别增加了3.9%、2.7%;频率响应修正后感热通量、潜热通量及CO2通量分别增加了2.7%、10.5%、11.6%;WPL修正后潜热通量增加了1.7%,CO²通量减少了9.8%。最后将Campbell实时处理结果与Level\|1产品及Level\|2产品进行对比分析,并对黑河流域各涡动站做了总体数据精度评价,阿柔站数据质量最好,盈科站次之,关滩站较差。
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