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Experimental observation of pulsating instability under acoustic field in downward-propagating flames at large Lewis number
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| Title: | Experimental observation of pulsating instability under acoustic field in downward-propagating flames at large Lewis number |
| Authors: | Yoon, Sung Hwan Browse this author | | Hu, Longhua Browse this author | | Fujita, Osamu Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | Acoustic instability | | Combustion instability | | Diffusive-thermal instability | | Lewis number | | Pulsating instability |
| Issue Date: | Feb-2018 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Journal Title: | Combustion and Flame |
| Volume: | 188 |
| Start Page: | 1 |
| End Page: | 4 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.combustflame.2017.09.026 |
| Abstract: | According to previous theory, pulsating propagation in a premixed flame only appears when the reduced Lewis number, β(Le-1), is larger than a critical value (Sivashinsky criterion: 4(1 +) ≈ 11), where β represents the Zel'dovich number (for general premixed flames, β ≈ 10), which requires Lewis number Le > 2.1. However, few experimental observation have been reported because the critical reduced Lewis number for the onset of pulsating instability is beyond what can be reached in experiments. Furthermore, the coupling with the unavoidable hydrodynamic instability limits the observation of pure pulsating instabilities in flames. Here, we describe a novel method to observe the pulsating instability. We utilize a thermoacoustic field caused by interaction between heat release and acoustic pressure fluctuations of the downward-propagating premixed flames in a tube to enhance conductive heat loss at the tube wall and radiative heat loss at the open end of the tube due to extended flame residence time by diminished flame surface area, i.e., flat flame. The thermoacoustic field allowed pure observation of the pulsating motion since the primary acoustic force suppressed the intrinsic hydrodynamic instability resulting from thermal expansion. By employing this method, we have provided new experimental observations of the pulsating instability for premixed flames. The Lewis number (i.e., Le ≈ 1.86) was less than the critical value suggested previously. |
| Rights: | © 2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/76640 |
| Appears in Collections: | 工学院・工学研究院 (Graduate School of Engineering / Faculty of Engineering) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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