Analytical and experimental study of premixed methane–air flame propagation in narrow channels |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China;2. School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, PR China;1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan;2. Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University, 1-1-1 Higashimita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki 214-8571, Japan;1. Joint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Science, 125412, Izhorskaya str., 13, build. 2, Moscow, Russia;2. Bauman Moscow State Technical University, 105005, 2nd Baumanskaya str., 5, Moscow, Russia;1. College of Safety Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China;2. School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu, China |
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| Abstract: | This study investigates analytically and experimentally the influence of preheat temperature on flame propagation and extinction of premixed methane–air flame in single quartz tubes with inner tube diameters of 3.9, 3, 2 and 1 mm respectively. The effects of preheat temperature, tube diameter, equivalence ratio and mixture flow rate on the flame speed and extinction conditions are determined. The analytical results show that high preheat temperature of the mixture can effectively suppress flame quenching, and the occurrence of stable solution in the slow flame branch extends the flammability limit leading to possible flame propagation in mini channels. Experimental results confirm that the flame speed increases and the flammability limit shifts toward the fuel lean direction either through increasing the preheat temperature or decreasing the mixture flow rate, or both. Decrease of propagating flame speed is observed before the stoichiometric equivalence ratio at high preheat temperatures. The analytical model provides insights into how propagating flame in mini channels can be sustained; however, the model is only good at predicting flame speed near the fuel lean branch. Influence of Cu2+ ions exchanged zeolite 13X catalyst on flame speed is also addressed. It is noted that the zeolite based catalyst can lower the preheat temperature requirement in order to sustain the flame propagation in narrow channels. |
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