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ASYMMETRIC PHENOMENON OF FLICKERING FLAME UNDER DIFFERENT CO-FLOW VELOCITIES
Wenhua Liua,b, Mo Yangc,a,*, Yuwen Zhangb
, Guiliang Liua
, Liang Linga
, Xuchen Yinga,*
a School of Power and Energy Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
c
Shanghai Jianqiao University, Shanghai, 201306, China
* Corresponding authors. Email: moyang0626@gmail.com (Mo Yang), yingxuchen@hotmail.com (Xuchen Ying)
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2023, 20, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.20.15
Abstract
In this study, numerical investigations are performed on a partially premixed flame of methane and air in two- and three-dimensional models. Nonlinear
method is adopted to illustrate the asymmetric phenomenon that affects the flame stability under various co-flow velocities. According to the results,
the mathematical relationship between the flame flickering frequency Stanton number and the dimensionless velocity Froude number has been
summarized as St=0.7Fr
-0.46. The bifurcation phenomena under different Reynold numbers are found to have significant influence on the system
stability. Two critical bifurcation points, which is when Re=300 and Re=1200, are determined as the onset of breaking the flame symmetry and the
onset of chaotic state, respectively. The research on flame flicker characteristics provides valuable reference for engineering applications in stable
combustion and other related fields.
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Liu, W., Yang, M., Zhang, Y. (2023). ASYMMETRIC PHENOMENON OF FLICKERING FLAME UNDER DIFFERENT CO-FLOW VELOCITIES.
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 20(1), 1–7.