Instability of CH4/O2/CO2 Premixed Flames (Front Shape and Fluctuation of Cellular Flames)

概要

論文の詳細を見る
To investigate the front shape and fluctuation of cellular flames on a flat burner, we treated CH4/Air mixtures and two types of CH4/O2/CO2 mixtures. We obtained the front shape of cellular flames, i.e. the cell width and cell depth, by the planar laser-induced fluorescence of CH radicals (CH-PLIF) and measured the light emission to clarify the characteristics of fluctuation of premixed flames. As the flow rate of methane decreased, the cell width and cell depth became larger, and the size of attractors increased. Compared with CH4/Air mixtures, cellular fronts were observed at large flow rates of methane in CH4/O2/CO2 mixtures, and the trajectory of attractors was complicated. These were because of high intensity of diffusive-thermal instability resulting from the replacement of N2 with CO2.