Propagation and Coalescence of Blast-Induced Cracks in PMMA Material Containing an Empty Circular Hole Under Delayed Ignition Blasting Load by Using the Dynamic Caustic Method

In this paper,dynamic caustic method is applied to analyze the blast-induced crack propagation and distribution of the dynamic stress field around an empty circular hole in polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA)material under delayed ignition blasting loads.The following experimental results are obtained.(1)In directional-fracture-controlled blasting,the dynamic stress intensity factors(DSIFs)and the propagation paths of the blast-induced cracks are obviously influenced by the delayed ignition.(2) The circular hole situated between the two boreholes poses a strong guiding effect on the coelesence of the cracks,causing them to propagate towards each other when cracks are reaching the circular hole area.(3)Blast-induced cracks are not initiated preferentially because of the superimposed effect from the explosive stress waves on the cracking area.(4) By using the scanning electron microscopy(SEM)method,it is verified that the roughness of crack surfaces changes along the crack propagation paths.

Effects of CO_2 Dilution on Methane Ignition in Moderate or Intense Low-oxygen Dilution(MILD) Combustion:A Numerical Study

Homogeneous mixtures of CH4/air under moderate or intense low-oxygen dilution（MILD） combustion conditions were numerically studied to clarify the fundamental effects of exhaust gas recirculation（EGR）,espe-cially CO2 in EGR gases,on ignition characteristics.Specifically,effects of CO2 addition on autoignition delay time were emphasized at temperature between 1200 K and 1600 K for a wide range of the lean-to-rich equivalence ratio（0.2~2）.The results showed that the ignition delay time increased with equivalence ratio or CO2 dilution ratio.Fur-thermore,ignition delay time was seen to be exponentially related with the reciprocal of initial temperature.Special concern was given to the chemical effects of CO2 on the ignition delay time.The enhancement of ignition delay time with CO2 addition can be mainly ascribed to the decrease of H,O and OH radicals.The predictions of tem-perature profiles and mole fractions of CO and CO2 were strongly related to the chemical effects of CO2.A single ignition time correlation was obtained in form of Arrhenius-type for the entire range of conditions as a function of temperature,CH4 mole fraction and O2 mole fraction.This correlation could successfully capture the complex be-haviors of ignition of CH4/air/CO2 mixture.The results can be applied to MILD combustion as ＂reference time＂,for example,to predict ignition delay time in turbulent reacting flow.

MECHANISM ON DISTRIBUTION OF PILOT FUEL SPRAY AND COMPRESSING IGNITION IN PREMIXED NATURAL GAS ENGINE IGNITED BY PILOT DIESEL

Numerical simulations of pilot fuel spray and compressing ignition forpre-mixed natural gas ignited by pilot diesel are described. By means of these modeling, the dualfuel and diesel fuel ignition mechanism of some phenomena investigated on an optional engine bytechnology of high-speed CCD is analyzed. It is demonstrated that the longer delay of ignition indual fuel engine is not mainly caused by change of the mixture thermodynamics parameters. Theanalysis results illustrate that the ignition of pre-mixed nataral gas ignited by pilot dieseltaking place in dual fuel engine is a process of homogenous charge compression ignition.

Ignition of nanothermites by a laser diode pulse

Experimental investigation has been carried out for laser ignition and combustion of nanothermites based on aluminum and oxides of copper,bismuth and molybdenum.Ultrasonic mixing of nanosized powders was used to produce compositions.For thermite ignition,initiating laser pulse with a maximum intensity of 770 W/cm2 was generated by a laser diode with a wavelength of 808 nm.The ignition delay times,the minimum initiation energy density,and the average burning rate at various thermite densities and mass fractions of components were determined by recording the emission of radiation of the reaction products using a multichannel pyrometer jointly with a high-speed video camera.The effect of adding carbon black on the threshold parameters of a laser pulse was also studied.Based on the obtained results,certain assumptions were put forward with regard to the mechanism of nanothermites’ignition by laser radiation and their burning.In particular,the assumptions were made on the two-stage process of the reaction initiation and jet burning mechanism of porous nanothermites.

Shock tube study of n-decane ignition at low pressures

Ignition delay times for n-decane/O2/Ar mixtures were measured behind reflected shock waves using endwall pressure and CH＊ emission measurements in a heated shock tube. The initial postshock conditions cover pressures of 0.09-0.26 MPa, temperatures of 1 227-1 536 K, and oxygen mole fractions of 3.9%-20.7% with an equivalence ratio of 1.0. The correlation formula of ignition delay dependence on pressure, temperature, and oxygen mole fraction was obtained. The current data are in good agreement with available low-pressure experimental data, and they are then compared with the prediction of a kinetic mechanism. The current measurements extend the kinetic modeling targets for the n-decane combustion at low pressures.

The vitiation effects of water vapor and carbon dioxide on the autoignition characteristics of kerosene

In ground tests of hypersonic scramjet, the highenthalpy airstream produced by burning hydrocarbon fuels often contains contaminants of water vapor and carbon dioxide. The contaminants may change the ignition characteristics of fuels between ground tests and real flights. In order to properly assess the influence of the contaminants on ignition characteristics of hydrocarbon fuels, the effect of water vapor and carbon dioxide on the ignition delay times of China RP-3 kerosene was studied behind reflected shock waves in a preheated shock tube. Experiments were conducted over a wider temperature range of 800-1 500 K, at a pressure of 0.3 MPa, equivalence ratios of 0.5 and 1, and oxygen concentration of 20%. Ignition delay times were determined from the onset of the excited radical OH emission together with the pressure profile. Ignition delay times were measured for four cases： （1） clean gas, （2） gas vitiated with 10% and 20% water vapor in mole, （3） gas vitiated with 10% carbon dioxide in mole, and （4） gas vitiated with 10% water vapor and 10% carbon dioxide, 20% water vapor and 10% carbon dioxide in mole. The results show that carbon dioxide produces an inhibiting effect at temperatures below 1 300 K when Ф = 0.5, whereas water vapor appears to accelerate the ignition process below a critical temperature of about 1 000 K when Ф = 0.5. When both water vapor and carbon dioxide exist together, a minor inhibiting effect is observed at Ф = 0.5, while no effect is found at Ф = 1.0. The results are also discussed preliminary by considering both the combustion reaction mechanism and the thermophysics properties of the fuel mixtures. The current measurements demonstrate vitiation effects of water vapor and carbon dioxide on the autoignition characteristics of China RP-3 kerosene at air-like O2 concentration. It is important to account for such effects when data are extrapolated from ground testing to real flight conditions.

Shock Tube Measurement of Ethylene Ignition Delay Time and Molecular Collision Theory Analysis

In this study, 75% and 96% argon diluent conditions were selected to determine the ig- nition delay time of stoichiometric mixture of C2Ha/O2/Ar within a range of pressures （1.3-：3.0 arm） and temperatures （1092-1743 K）. Results showed a logarithmic linear rela- tionship of the ignition delay time with the reciprocal of temperatures. Under both two diluent conditions, ignition delay time decreased with increased temperature. By multiple linear regression analysis, the ignition delay correlation was deduced. According to this correlation, the calculated ignition delay time in 96% diluent was found to be nearly five times that in 75% diluent. To explain this discrepancy, the hard-sphere collision theory was adopted, and the collision numbers of ethylene to oxygen were calculated. The total collision numbers of ethylene to oxygen were 5.99×10^30 s^-1cm^-3 in 75% diluent and 1.53×10^29 s^-1cm^-3 in 96% diluent （about 40 times that in 75% diluent）. According to the discrepancy between ignition delay time and collision numbers, viz. 5 times corresponds to 40 times, the steric factor can

Influence of Ethanol Addition on the Spray Auto-ignition Properties of Gasoline and Its Relationship with Octane Number

In this study,the spray auto-ignition properties of binary primary reference fuels(PRFs)of 2,2,4-trimethylpentane and n-heptane with different research octane numbers(RONs)were measured according to the industry standard NB/SH/T 6035 to determine their ignition delay times at various initial temperatures.Furthermore,the auto-ignition properties were investigated after blending the PRFs with various amounts of ethanol.The results revealed a very good correlation between the derived cetane number and the RON for the PRFs in both the presence and absence of ethanol.In addition,a concept of ignition delay sensitivity was developed for ethanol-containing fuels that exhibited a close relationship with the octane sensitivity,which is defined as the RON minus the motor octane number(MON).Finally,the developed method was applied to conveniently estimate the RON and MON values of several ethanol-containing fuels by simply measuring their auto-ignition properties.

Influences of different diluents on ignition delay of syngas at gas turbine conditions：A numerical study

Ignition delay of syngas is an important factor that affects stable operation of combustor and adding diluents to syngas can reduce NO_x emission.This paper used H_2O,CO_2 and N_2 as diluents and calculated ignition delay of syngas in temperature range of 900-1400 K and at pressures of 10 and 30 atm respectively.In high temperature range,comparing with N_2 dilution,adding H_2O and CO_2 can significantly inhibit autoignition of syngas because they have higher collision efficiencies in reaction H + O_2(+ M) = HO_2(+ M).As for low temperature conditions,adding H_2O can increase reactivity of syngas,especially under high pressure,because of its high collision efficiency in reaction H_2O_2(+ M) = 2OH(+ M).Comparing with different dilution rates shows that for syngas and operating conditions in this paper,adding N_2 mainly influences temperature rising process of syngas combustion,thus inhibiting reactivity of syngas.In addition,this paper calculated ignition delay of syngas at different equivalence ratios(φ= 0.5,1.0).Higher equivalence ratio(φ≤1) means that less air(especially N_2) needs to be heated,thus promoting ignition of syngas,

Kinetic effects of nanosecond discharge on ignition delay time

The effects of nanosecond discharge on ignition characteristics of a stoichiometric methane–air mixture without inert diluent gas were studied by numerical simulation at 0.1 MPa and an initial temperature of 1300 K. A modified non-equilibrium plasma kinetic model was developed to simulate the temporal evolution of particles produced during nanosecond discharge and its afterglow. As important roles in ignition, path fluxes of O and H radicals were analyzed in detail. Different strength of E/N and different discharge duration were applied to the discharge process in this study. And the results presented that a deposited energy of 1–30 m J·cm^(-3) could dramatically reduce the ignition delay time. Furthermore, temperature and radicals analysis was conducted to investigate the effect of non-equilibrium plasma on production of intermediate radicals. Finally, sensitivity analysis was employed to have further understanding on ignition chemistries of the mixture under nanosecond discharge.

Development of efficient and accurate skeletal mechanisms for hydrocarbon fuels and kerosene surrogate

In this paper,the methodology of the directed relation graph with error propagation and sensitivity analysis（DRGEPSA）,proposed by Niemeyer et al.（Combust Flame 157：1760-1770.2010）.and its differences to the original directed relation graph method are described.Using DRGEPSA,the detailed mechanism of ethylene containing 71 species and 395 reaction steps is reduced to several skeletal mechanisms with different error thresholds.The 25-species and 131-step mechanism and the 24-species and115-step mechanism are found to be accurate for the predictions of ignition delay time and laminar flame speed.Although further reduction leads to a smaller skeletal mechanism with 19 species and 68 steps,it is no longer able to represent the correct reaction processes.With the DRGEPSA method,a detailed mechanism for n-dodecane considering low-temperature chemistry and containing 2115 species and8157 steps is reduced to a much smaller mechanism with249 species and 910 steps while retaining good accuracy.If considering only high-temperature（higher than 1000 K）applications,the detailed mechanism can be simplified to even smaller mechanisms with 65 species and 340 steps or48 species and 220 steps.Furthermore,a detailed mechanism for a kerosene surrogate having 207 species and 1592 steps is reduced with various error thresholds and the results show that the 72-species and 429-step mechanism and the66-species and 392-step mechanism are capable of predicting correct combustion properties compared to those of the detailed mechanism.It is well recognized that kinetic mechanisms can be effectively used in computations only after they are reduced to an acceptable size level for computation capacity and at the same time retaining accuracy.Thus,the skeletal mechanisms generated from the present work are expected to be useful for the application of kinetic mechanisms of hydrocarbons to numerical simulations of turbulent or supersonic combustion.

Effect of the high-power electromagnetic pulses on the reactivity of the coal-water slurry in hot environment

An effect of the high-power electromagnetic pulses onto the droplet of coal-water slurry inside the furnace was investigated.In contrary to the previously investigated laser-induced fuel atomization that occurs at the room temperature,the pre-heated(to 400 K)slurry becomes dry enough to prevent the explosion-like steam formation.Thus,fuel does not atomize and the ignition does not accelerate.Furthermore,the absorption of several laser pulses leads to evident sintering of irradiated surface with following increase of the ignition delay time for up to 24%.Variation of the pulse energy in range 48-118 mJ(corresponding intensity up to 2.4 J·cm^-2)leads to certain variation of the increase of ignition delay.The strong pulsed overheating of the coal water slurry which does not initiate the fine atomization of the fuel generally makes its ignition longer.

A Chemical Kinetics Perspective on the High-Temperature Oxidation of Methane and Propane through Experiments and Kinetic Analysis

In the conversion of methane and propane under high temperature and pressure,the ignition delay time(IDT)is a key parameter to consider for designing an inherently safe process.In this study,the IDT characteristics of methane and propane(700–1000 K,10–20 bar)were studied experimentally and using kinetic modeling tools at stoichiometric fuel-tooxygen ratios.All the experiments were conducted through insentropic compression.The reliable experimental data were obtained by using the adiabatic core hypothesis,which can be used to generate and validate the detailed chemical kinetics model.The IDTs of methane and propane were recorded by a rapid compression machine(RCM)and compared to the predicted values obtained by the NUIGMech 3.0 mechanism.To test the applicability of NUIGMech 3.0 under different reaction conditions,the influence of temperature in the range of 700–1000 K(and the influence of pressure in the range of 10–20 bar)on the IDT was studied.The results showed that NUIGMech 3.0 could reasonably reproduce the experimentally determined IDT under the wide range of conditions studied.The constant volume chemical kinetics model was used to reveal the effect of temperature on the elementary reaction,and the negative temperature coefficient(NTC)behavior of propane was also observed at 20 bar.The experimental data can serve as a reference for the correction and application of kinetic data,as well as provide a theoretical basis for the safe conversion of low-carbon hydrocarbon chemicals.

Effect of plasma on combustion characteristics of boron

As it is very difficult to release boron energy completely, kinetic mechanism of boron is not clear, which leads to the lack of theoretical guidance for studying how to accelerate boron combustion. A new semi-empirical boron combustion model is built on the King combustion model, which contains a chemical reaction path; two new methods of plasma-assisted boron combustion based on kinetic and thermal effects respectively are built on the ZDPLASKIN zero-dimensional plasma model. A plasma-supporting system is constructed based on the planar flame, discharge characteristics and the spectral characteristics of plasma and boron combustion are analyzed. The results show that discharge power does not change the sorts of excited-particles, but which can change the concentration of excited-particles. Under this experimental condition,plasma kinetic effect will become the strongest at the discharge power of 40 W; when the discharge power is less than 40 W,plasma mainly has kinetic effect, otherwise plasma has thermal effect. Numerical simulation result based on plasma kinetic effect is consistent with the experimental result at the discharge power of 40 W, and boron ignition delay time is shortened by 53.8% at the discharge power of 40 W, which indicates that plasma accelerates boron combustion has reaction kinetic paths, while the ability to accelerate boron combustion based on thermal effect is limited.

Comprehensive modeling of ignition and combustion of multiscale aluminum particles under various pressure conditions

The ignition and combustion of aluminum particles are crucial to achieve optimal energy release in propulsion and power systems within a limited residence time.This study seeks to develop theoretical ignition and combustion models for aluminum particles ranging from 10 nm to 1000μm under wide pressure ranges of normal to beyond 10 MPa.Firstly,a parametric analysis illustrates that the convective heat transfer and heterogeneous surface reaction are strongly influenced by pressure,which directly affects the ignition process.Accordingly,the ignition delay time can be correlated with pressure through the p^(b)relationship,with b increasing from-1 to-0.1 as the system transitions from the free molecular regime to the continuum regime.Then,the circuit comparison analysis method was used to interpret an empirical formula capable of predicting the ignition delay time of aluminum particles over a wide range of pressures in N_(2),O_(2),H_(2)O,and CO_(2)atmospheres.Secondly,an analysis of experimental data indicates that the exponents of pressure dependence in the combustion time of large micron-sized particles and nanoparticles are-0.15 and-0.65,respectively.Further,the dominant combustion mechanism of multiscale aluminum particles was quantitatively demonstrated through the Damköhler number(Da)concept.Results have shown that aluminum combustion is mainly controlled by diffusion as Da>10,by chemical kinetics when Da≤0.1,and codetermined by both diffusion and chemical kinetics when 0.1<Da≤10.Finally,an empirical formula was proposed to predict the combustion time of multiscale aluminum particles under high pressure,which showed good agreement with available experimental data.

Shock tube study of kerosene ignition delay at high pressures

Ignition delay times of China No.3 aviation kerosene were measured behind reflected shock waves using a heated high-pressure shock tube.Experimental conditions covered a wider temperature range of 820-1500 K,at pressures of 5.5,11 and 22 atm,equivalence ratios of 0.5,1.0 and 1.5,and oxygen concentration of 20%.Adsorption of kerosene on the shock tube wall was taken into account.Ignition delay times were determined from the onset of the excited radical OH emission in conjunction with the pressure profiles.The experimental results of ignition delay time were correlated with the equations:11 0.22 1.09 2 3.2 10 [Keros ene ] [O2] exp(69941 RT) and 7 0.88 0.23 4.72 10 P exp(62092 RT).The current measurements provide the ignition delay behavior of China No.3 aviation kerosene at high pressures and air-like O2 concentration.

An experimental and modeling study of n-hexadecane autoignition under low-to-intermediate temperatures

N-hexadecane is a potential candidate of diesel surrogate fuels and is also the largest linear alkane(n-alkanes)with known chemical kinetic models.The objective of this study is to investigate the autoignition characteristics of n-hexadecane in the lowto-intermediate temperature region and to validate the existing kinetic models.In this study,the ignition delay times(IDTs)of nhexadecane were measured using a heated rapid compression machine(RCM)at two pressures of 7 and 10 bar,and over equivalence ratios ranging from 0.5 to 1.3.Two-stage ignition characteristic and the negative temperature coefficient(NTC)behavior of total ignition delay time were experimentally captured.This study paid special attention to the influence of pressure,equivalence ratio,and oxygen content on the IDTs of n-hexadecane.It is observed that both the total IDTs and the first-stage IDTs decrease with the rise of those parameters.It is worth noting that the first-stage IDT is found to show a greater dependence on temperature but a weaker dependence on other parameters compared to the total IDT.The observed IDT dependence in the lowtemperature region(LTR)were quantitatively described by ignition delay time correlations.The newly measured IDTs were then validated against two kinetic models(LLNL and CRECK).Simulation results show that both models underpredict the first-stage IDT but generally capture the temperature dependence.The CRECK model well predicts the total IDTs of n-hexadecane while the LLNL model significantly underpredicts the total IDTs at most investigated conditions.To the best of our knowledge,this study is the first investigation on n-hexadecane autoignition under low-to-intermediate temperatures,which deepens the understanding of large n-alkane oxidation and contributes to the improvement of the existing kinetic models.

Auto-ignition of biomass synthesis gas in shock tube at elevated temperature and pressure

Ignition delay times of multi-component biomass synthesis gas （bio-syngas） diluted in argon were measured in a shock tube at elevated pressure （5, 10and 15 bar, 1 bar = 105 Pa）, wide temperature ranges （1,100-1,700 K） and various equivalence ratios （0.5, 1.0, 2.0）. Additionally, the effects of the variations of main constituents （H2：CO = 0.125-8） on ignition delays were investigated. The experimental results indicated that the ignition delay decreases as the pressure increases above certain temperature （around 1,200 K） and vice versa. The ignition delays were also found to rise as CO concentration increases, which is in good agreement with the literature. In addition, the ignition delays of bio-syngas were found increasing as the equivalence ratio rises. This behavior was primarily discussed in present work. Experimental results were also compared with numerical predictions of multiple chemical kinetic mechanisms and Li＇s mechanism was found having the best accuracy. The logarithmic ignition delays were found nonlinearly decrease with the H2 concentration under various conditions, and the effects of temperature, equivalence ratio and H2 concentration on the ignition delays are all remarkable. However, the effect of pressure is rela- tively smaller under current conditions. Sensitivity analysis and reaction pathway analysis of methane showed that R1 （H ＋O2= O -9 OH） is the most sensitive reaction promot- ing ignition and R13 （H ＋O2 （＋M） = HO2 （＋M））, R53（CH3＋H （＋M）= CH4 （＋M））, R54 （CH4＋H= CH3 ＋ H2） as well as R56 （CH4 ＋ OH = CH3 ＋ H2O） are key reactions prohibiting ignition under current experimental conditions. Among them, R53 （CH3 ＋ H （＋M） = CH4 （＋M））, R54 （CH4 ＋ H = CH3 ＋ H2） have the largest posi- tive sensitivities and the high contribution rate in rich mixture. The rate of production （ROP） of OH of R1 showed that OH ROP of R1 decreases sharply as the mixture turns rich. Therefore, the ignition delays become longer as the equiva- lence ratio increases.

Statistical characteristics of spray autoignition of transient kerosene jet in cross flow

To study statistical characteristics of the random spray autoignition,aviation kerosene was injected transiently into non-vitiated air crossflow in a flow reactor with optical accesses.The operating conditions were relevant to gas turbine combustor:the air crossflow pressure and temperature were in the range of 1.4-1.7 MPa and 830-947 K,respectively,and the jet-tocrossflow momentum flux ratios were 20,50 and 80.Statistical distributions of random ignition delay times with adequate convergence were estimated based on histograms.The dependences of the distributions on reactor pressure,temperature,and jet-to-crossflow momentum flux ratio were studied.The results show that the resulting distributions appear more concentrated with the increase of air temperature or jet-to-crossflow momentum flux ratio.And then the correlations for the mean and standard deviation of the ignition delay time sample data were developed based on the present results.Compared with the correlations of ignition delay time of homogeneous premixed gas-phase kerosene/air mixture reported in the literature,the results show a greater significance pressure dependence and lower temperature sensitivity of the ignition delay time of nonpremixed kerosene spray.

Autoignition of butanol isomers/n-heptane blend fuels on a rapid compression machine in N_2/O_2/Ar mixtures

Ignition delay times of butanol isomers/n-heptane mixture were measured using a rapid compression machine at compressed pressures of 15,20 and 30 bar,in the compressed temperature range of 650–830 K and equivalence ratio of 1.0.Sensitivity analysis and reaction fluxes analysis were performed using a detailed mechanism of blend fuels so as to evaluate the impact of n-heptane addition and temperature variation on the ignition and combustion process.Over the experimental conditions in this study,the blend fuels displays apparent low and high temperature reactions and a negative-temperature-coefficient(NTC)behavior.With increasing butanol isomers mole fraction in the mixtures,the ignition delay times increase.It is worth noting that the suppression to n-heptane ignition from tert-butanol is very limited.The ignition delay time of 40/60 tert-butanol/n-heptane mixture is smaller than other three kinds of blends.With the increasing of tert-butanol mole fraction,the increasing range of its ignition delay time is very large.Moreover,compressed pressure has a limited effect on the ignition of blend mixture at low temperature but certain influence at medium temperature arrange.Tert-butanol/n-heptane mixture is not sensitive to the pressure.The chemical analysis indicates that butanol isomers also present the NTC behavior because of the low temperature reactivity radicals pool produced by n-heptane.Reaction fluxes analysis shows that the n-heptane addition has little impact on the reaction path.Sensitivity analysis shows that for the pure n-butanol,2-butanol and iso-butanol fuel,H-abstraction from the?-carbon plays the dominant role in the reactions having the inhibiting effect on the low-temperature branching,while the H-abstraction from the?-carbon can promote the ignition;for tert-butanol/n-heptane mixtures,reaction R16.H2O2(+M)<=>OH+OH(+M)plays the leading role.For n-butanol/n-heptane,iso-butanol/n-heptane mixtures,the major promoting reactions include some H-abstraction from n-heptane and OH branching reactions,the influence of H-abstraction from?-carbon is weaken;For 2-butanol/n-heptane,tert-butanol/n-heptane mixtures,R16 plays an absolutely dominant role,while the major inhibiting reactions add some elementary reactions of small radicals.