Ranga Dinesh, KKJ;
Shalaby, H;
Luo, KH;
van Oijen, JA;
Thévenin, D;
(2016)
High hydrogen content syngas fuel burning in lean premixed spherical flames at elevated pressures: Effects of preferential diffusion.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
, 41
(40)
pp. 18231-18249.
10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.07.086.
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Abstract
This study addresses the effects of preferential diffusion on flame structure and propagation of high hydrogen content (HHC) turbulent lean premixed hydrogen-carbon monoxide syngas flames at elevated pressures. The direct numerical simulations with detailed chemistry were performed in three-dimensional domain for expanding spherical flame configuration in a constant pressure combustion chamber. To identify the role of preferential diffusion on flame structure and propagation under low and high turbulence levels at elevated pressure, simulations were performed at an initial turbulent Reynolds number of 15 and 150 at a pressure value of 4 bar. The results demonstrate that the thermo-diffusive instability greatly influences the lean premixed syngas cellular flame structure due to strong preferential diffusion effects under low turbulence level at elevated pressure. In contrast, the results reveal that the thermo-diffusive effects are destabilising and preferential diffusion is overwhelmed by turbulent mixing under high turbulence level at elevated pressure. This finding suggests that the development of cellular flame structure is dominated by turbulence with little or no contribution from the thermo-diffusive instability for the lean premixed syngas flame which operates under conditions of high turbulence and elevated pressures. However, results demonstrate that the flame acceleration and species diffusive flux are still influenced by the preferential diffusion for the lean premixed syngas flame which operates under conditions of high turbulence and elevated pressures.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | High hydrogen content syngas fuel burning in lean premixed spherical flames at elevated pressures: Effects of preferential diffusion |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.07.086 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.07.086 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Crown Copyright © 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Direct numerical simulation; High hydrogen content syngas fuel; Elevated pressures; Preferential diffusion; Intrinsic flame instabilities |
| 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/1519777 |
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