Effect Of Pressure On Structure And Extinction Of Near Limit Hydrogen Counterflow Diffusion Flames

Abstract

Results of measurements of critical conditions for extinction and of temperature profiles in counterflow diffusion flames are reported. The fuel was a hydrogennitrogen mixture with 14 mole percent hydrogen, and the oxidizer was air pressures ranged from 0.1 MPa to 1.5 MPa; measurements were made in a facility especially constructed for carrying out counterflow combustion experiments at high pressures. With increasing pressure, the strain rate at extinction first increases and then decreases, in qualitative agreement with predictions, but there are observable quantitative differences. Temperature profiles, obtained employing an R-type thermocouple at a fixed strain rate of100/s, agree well with predictions, within experimental uncertainty. The results may help to improve knowledge of underlying chemical-kinetic and transport parameters at elevated pressures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 19, 2012
Accession Number
AD1022275

Entities

People

  • F. A. Williams
  • K. Seshadri
  • U Niemann

Organizations

  • University of California, San Diego

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Channel Flow
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Heat Loss
  • High Pressure
  • Ignition
  • Measurement
  • Strain Rate
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Transport Properties

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.