TY - JOUR
T1 - Heat release rate variations in high hydrogen content premixed syngas flames at elevated pressures: effect of equivalence ratio
AU - Ranga Dinesh, K.K.J.
AU - Shalaby, H.
AU - Luo, K.H.
AU - van Oijen, J.A.
AU - Thévenin, D.
PY - 2017/3/9
Y1 - 2017/3/9
N2 - Three-dimensional direct numerical simulations with detailed chemistry were performed to investigate the effect of equivalence ratio on spatial variations of the heat release rate and flame markers of hydrogen/carbon monoxide syngas expanding spherical premixed flames under turbulent conditions at elevated pressures. The flame structures and the heat release rate were analysed and compared between fuel-lean, stoichiometric and fuel-rich centrally ignited spherical flames. The equivalence ratio changes the balance among thermo-diffusive effects, Darrieus-Landau instability and turbulence, leading to different flame dynamics and the heat release rate distribution, despite exhibiting similar cellular and wrinkling flames. The Darrieus-Landau instability is relatively insensitive to the equivalence ratio while the thermo-diffusive process is strongly affected by the equivalence ratio. As the thermo-diffusive effect increases as the equivalence ratio decreases, the fuel-lean flame is more unstable than the fuel-rich flame with the stoichiometric flame in between, under the joint effects of the thermo-diffusive instability and the Darrieus-Landau instability. The local heat release rate and curvature display a positive correlation for the lean flame, no correlation for the stoichiometric flame, and negative correlation for the rich flame. Furthermore, for the fuel-lean flame, the low and high heat release rate values are found in the negative and positive curvature zones, respectively, while for the fuel-rich flame, the opposite trends are found. It is found that heat release rate markers based on species concentrations vary strongly with changing equivalence ratio. The results suggest that the HCO, HO2 concentrations and product of OH and CH2O concentrations show good correlation with the local heat release rate for H2/CO premixed syngas-air stoichiometric flame under turbulent conditions at elevated pressures.
AB - Three-dimensional direct numerical simulations with detailed chemistry were performed to investigate the effect of equivalence ratio on spatial variations of the heat release rate and flame markers of hydrogen/carbon monoxide syngas expanding spherical premixed flames under turbulent conditions at elevated pressures. The flame structures and the heat release rate were analysed and compared between fuel-lean, stoichiometric and fuel-rich centrally ignited spherical flames. The equivalence ratio changes the balance among thermo-diffusive effects, Darrieus-Landau instability and turbulence, leading to different flame dynamics and the heat release rate distribution, despite exhibiting similar cellular and wrinkling flames. The Darrieus-Landau instability is relatively insensitive to the equivalence ratio while the thermo-diffusive process is strongly affected by the equivalence ratio. As the thermo-diffusive effect increases as the equivalence ratio decreases, the fuel-lean flame is more unstable than the fuel-rich flame with the stoichiometric flame in between, under the joint effects of the thermo-diffusive instability and the Darrieus-Landau instability. The local heat release rate and curvature display a positive correlation for the lean flame, no correlation for the stoichiometric flame, and negative correlation for the rich flame. Furthermore, for the fuel-lean flame, the low and high heat release rate values are found in the negative and positive curvature zones, respectively, while for the fuel-rich flame, the opposite trends are found. It is found that heat release rate markers based on species concentrations vary strongly with changing equivalence ratio. The results suggest that the HCO, HO2 concentrations and product of OH and CH2O concentrations show good correlation with the local heat release rate for H2/CO premixed syngas-air stoichiometric flame under turbulent conditions at elevated pressures.
KW - Direct numerical simulation
KW - Elevated pressure
KW - Equivalence ratio
KW - Flame markers
KW - Heat release rate imaging
KW - Syngas combustion
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.11.205
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.11.205
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85008452905
SN - 0360-3199
VL - 42
SP - 7029
EP - 7044
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
IS - 10
ER -
