Physical and Chemical Process in Flames

Abstract

The objectives of the present program are to develop detailed and simplified chemical kinetics models for hydrocarbon combustion, and to understand and quantify the dynamics of flames. During the reporting period progress were made in the following projects: (1) Skeletal reduction using sensitivity analysis aided by directed relation graph; (2) derivation of analytical solution of quasi-steady state species using directed graph; (3) derivation of a reduced mechanism for lean premixed methane/air flames; (4) extinction and stability analyses of diffusion flames with radiation heat loss; and (5) study of the response of premixed flames to velocity fluctuations with flame stretch effects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADP023625

Entities

People

  • Chung K. Law

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Alkenes
  • Burning Rate
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Couplings
  • Diffusion
  • Equations
  • Equations Of State
  • Flames
  • Heat Loss
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Lag
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design