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Theoretical and numerical investigation of radiative extinction of diffusion flames / by Anjan Ray.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Ray, Anjan, author. i.
- Series:
- NASA technical memorandum ; 111643.
- NASA-TM ; 111643
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diffusion.
- Flame.
- Soot.
- diffusion.
- soot.
- Genre:
- Electronic dissertations.
- Online resources
- dissertations.
- Academic theses
- Academic theses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 204 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1996]
- Summary:
- The influence of soot radiation on diffusion flames was investigated using both analytical and numerical techniques. Soot generated in diffusion flames dominate the flame radiation over gaseous combustion products and can significantly lower the temperature of the flame. In low gravity situations there can be significant accumulation of soot and combustion products in the vicinity of the primary reaction zone owing to the absence of any convective buoyant flow. Such situations may result in substantial suppression of chemical activities in a flame and the possibility of a radiative extinction may also be anticipated. The purpose of this work was to not only investigate the possibility of radiative extinction of a diffusion flame but also to qualitatively and quantitatively analyze the influence of soot radiation on a diffusion flame.
- In this study, first a hypothetical radiative loss profile of the form of a $sech\sp2$ was assumed to influence a pure diffusion flame. It was observed that the reaction zone can, under certain circumstances, move through the radiative loss zone and locate itself on the fuel side of the loss zone, contrary to our initial postulate. On increasing the intensity and/or width of the loss zone it was possible to extinguish the flame and extinction plots were generated. In the presence of a convective flow, however, the movement of the temperature and reaction rate peaks indicated that the flame behavior is more complicated compared to a pure diffusion flame.
- A comprehensive model of soot formation, oxidation and radiation was used in a more involved analysis. The soot model of Syed, Stewart and Moss (11) was used for soot nucleation and growth and the model of Nagle and Strickland-Constable (23) was used for soot oxidation. The soot radiation was considered in the optically thin limit. An analysis of the flame structure revealed that the radiative loss term is countered both by the reaction term and the diffusion term. The essential balance for the soot volume fraction was found to be between the processes of soot convection and soot growth. Such a balance yielded to analytical treatment and the soot volume fraction could be expressed in the form of an integral. The integral was evaluated using two approximate methods and the results agreed very well with the numerical solutions for all cases examined.
- Notes:
- Ph. D. Michigan State University 1996
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204).
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (NASA, viewed June 16, 2017).
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2024.
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Ray, Anjan. Theoretical and numerical investigation of radiative extinction of diffusion flames
- ISBN:
- 9780591135442
- 0591135442
- OCLC:
- 990194339
- Publisher Number:
- 9706554 UMI
- MSU_31293015550589 local
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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