Hussain, T;
Talibi, M;
Balachandran, R;
(2019)
Investigating the effect of local addition of hydrogen to acoustically excited ethylene and methane flames.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
, 44
(21)
pp. 11168-11184.
10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.02.182.
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Abstract
While lean combustion in gas turbines is known to reduce NOx, it makes combustors more prone to thermo-acoustic instabilities, which can lead to deterioration in engine performance. The work presented in this study investigates the effectiveness of secondary injection of hydrogen to imperfectly premixed methane and ethylene flames in reducing heat release oscillations. Both acoustically forced and unforced flames were studied, and simultaneous OH and H atom PLIF (planar laser induced fluorescence) was conducted. The tests were carried out on a laboratory scale bluff-body combustor with a central V-shaped bluff body. Two-microphone method was used to estimate velocity perturbations from pressure measurements, flame boundary images were captured using high speed Mie scattering, while global heat release fluctuations were determined from OH* chemiluminescence. The results showed that hydrogen addition considerably reduced heat release oscillations for both methane and ethylene flames at all the forcing frequencies tested, with the exception of methane flames forced at 315 Hz, where oscillations increased with hydrogen addition. The addition of hydrogen reduced the extent of flame roll-up for both methane and ethylene flames, however, this reduction was larger for methane flames. NOx exhaust emissions were observed to increase with hydrogen addition for both methane and ethylene flames, with absolute NOx concentrations higher for ethylene flames, due to higher flame temperatures.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Investigating the effect of local addition of hydrogen to acoustically excited ethylene and methane flames |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.02.182 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.02.182 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | hydrogen addition, H atom PLIF, OH PLIF, combustion oscillations, flame dynamics, flame describing function |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10071761 |
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