Quantitative measurements of one-dimensional OH absolute concentration profiles in a methane/air flat flame by bi-directional laser-induced fluorescence

The one-dimensional （1D） spatial distributions of OH absolute concentration in methane/air laminar premixed flat flame under different equivalence ratios at atmospheric pressure are investigated by using bi-directional laser-induced flu- orescence （LIF） detection scheme combined with the direct absorption spectroscopy. The effective peak absorption cross section and the average temperature at a height of 2 mm above the burner are obtained by exciting absorption on the Q1（8） rotational line in the A2∑＋ （Dt = 0） ←- X2∏ （v = 0） at 309.240 nm. The measured values are 1.86×10-15 cm2 and 1719 K, respectively. Spatial filtering and frequency filtering methods of reducing noise are used to deal with the experi- mental data, and the smoothing effects are also compared using the two methods. The spatial distribution regularities of OH concentration are obtained with the equivalence ratios ranging from 0.8 to 1.3. The spatial resolution of the measured result is 84μm. Finally, a comparison is made between the experimental result of this paper and other relevant study results.

CH_(4)/NO_(x) Reduced Mechanisms Used for Modeling Premixed Combustion

This study has identify useful reduced mechanisms that can be used in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of the flow field, combustion and emissions of gas turbine engine combustors. Reduced mechanisms lessen computational cost and possess the ability to accurately predict the overall flame structure, including gas temperature and species as CH4, CO and NOx. The S-STEP algorithm which based on computational singular perturbation method (CSP) is performed for reduced the detailed mechanism GRI-3.0. This algorithm required as input: the detailed mechanism, a numerical solution of the problem and the desired number of steps in the reduced mechanism. In this work, we present a 10-Step reduced mechanism obtained through S-STEP algorithm. The rate of each reaction in the reduced mechanism depends on all species, steady-state and non-steady state. The former are calculated from the solution of a system of steady-state algebraic relations with the point relaxation algorithm. Based on premixed code calculations, The numeric results which were obtained for 1 atm ≤ Pressure ≤ 30 atm and 1.4 ≤ ф ≤ 0.6 on the basis of the ten steps global mechanism, were compared with those computed on the basis of the detailed mechanism GRI-3.0. The 10-step reduced mechanism predicts with accuracy the similar results obtained by the full GRI-3.0 mechanism for both NOx and CH4 chemistry.

Investigation of the Laminar Premixed n-Propylamine Flame

The laminar premixed n-propylamine(NPA)flame with equivalence ratio of 1.70 has been investigated at 4666.28 Pa using tunable synchrotron photoionization and molecular-beam mass spectrometry techniques.Chemical structures and mole fractions of 40 species were determined.Ethenol,allylamine,butadiyne,vinylacetylene,1,3-butadiene,1-butene,2-butene,n-butyl radical,1,3-cyclopentadiene,cyclopentene,2-pentene,benzene,toluene,ethylbenzene,2-propen-1-imine,cyclopropanimine,pyrrole,2-butenenitrile and n-butylamine were newly identified in the amine flames.Mole fraction profiles of some species including reactants,intermediates and products in the NPA flame were given.HCN and N_(2)were observed as the primary N-containing products in the NPA flame,which was different from the result that NO was the major N-containing products in previous studies of nitrogen flames.The bond energies of NPA were calculated through quantum chemistry calculations on the basis of density functional theory at the CBS-QB3 level.It showed that the CH_(3)CH_(2)-CH_(2)NH_(2)bond was the weakest and NPA mainly decomposed to CH_(2)NH_(2)and C_(2)H_(5)radicals.The H-abstractions at C_(α)by OH/O(NPA+OH=CH_(3)CH_(2)CHNH_(2)+H_(2)O and NPA+O=CH_(3)CH_(2)CHNH_(2)+OH)had significant promoting effects on NPA consumption.The N conversion chain of NPA under flame conditions was proposed and detailed analysis with respect to intermediates especially the nitrogen-containing species were provided.The results will enrich the understanding of NPA flame and are essential to further establish the kinetic mechanism.

Effect of Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer on the Temperature Measurement by the Thermocouple in Premixed Laminar Flames

In the past 30 years,the effect of thermal radiation and convection heat transfer,which are predominant at high temperature and can affect the measurement accuracy of thermocouple,were not fully considered in the field of laminar flame researches.In this work,the effect of thermal radiation heat transfer was newly calculated by determining the spectral irradiation heat flux from the whole space to thermocouple and the radiation heat loss from thermocouple junction to surroundings.Analysis reveals that the thermocouple itself maintains at high temperature,resulting serious thermal radiation heat loss,which can be compensated via receiving energy from convection-transferred heat as well as thermal radiation emitted by flame and burner surface.Such method was applied to correct the temperatures measured by thermocouple in rich nitromethane flame as reference.The results indicate that the radiation heat loss plays a dominant role,while the radiations emitted by flame and burner surface account for minor contribution with the percentage of 20.78%at the height above burner(HAB)of 0.4 mm,3.63%at HAB of 2.0 mm and even smaller at higher HAB.Temperature correction states that the maximum temperature error is 117.60 K,where the effect of thermal radiation emitted by flame and burner surface is less than 1.75 K.Consequently,it is provably reasonable and feasible to concentrate on the radiation heat loss and ignore the effect of thermal radiation emitted by flame and burner in real combustion processes.