The Influence of Pressure on Flame-Flow Characteristics of a Reacting Jet in Crossflow

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Michelle Otero ◽  
Tommy Genova ◽  
Bernhard Stiehl ◽  
Anthony Morales ◽  
Scott Martin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ignition Delay Time ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Elevated Pressure ◽  
Jet In Crossflow ◽  
Air Jet ◽  
Jet Trajectory ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Lift Off ◽  
Flame Behavior

Abstract This work experimentally investigates the effects of elevated combustor pressures on the characteristics of a lean premixed reacting methane/air jet injected into a lean vitiated crossflow using a 12.7mm axial jet. Experiments were conducted in an axially staged combustor, which implements a reacting jet in crossflow (RJIC) configuration and operates over a pressure range of 1 to 5 atmospheres. Simultaneous CH* chemiluminescence and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) are used to study the flow field and flame behavior. The results show that the reacting jet trajectory exhibits greater penetration with elevated pressure, which is a novel finding compared to available data in the literature. However, the flame lift-off point and ignition delay time both decreased with elevated pressure, which was attributed to decreased vorticity along the flame boundary which corresponds to increased Damköhler numbers (Da). Emissions measurements confirm the NOx increase with pressure as reported in the literature for single stage gas turbine combustors. Concurrently, emission measurements for the staged configuration show the strong NOx benefit of the RJIC system: the data proves a reduction of global outlet emission levels at elevated pressure with the axially staged configuration. The axial emission reduction was attributed to the decreasing lift-off at elevated pressure levels. Hence, the research emphasizes that the flame and emission characteristics are coupled; they are not only dependent on the geometric parameters and momentum flux ratios but are also a function of pressure.

Partial Premixing Effects On the Reacting Jet of a High-Pressure Axially Staged Combustor

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommy Genova ◽  
Michelle Otero ◽  
Jonathan Reyes ◽  
Scott Martin ◽  
Kareem Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Recirculation Region ◽  
The Core ◽  
Jet In Crossflow ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Flow Field Characteristics ◽  
Partial Premixing ◽  
Coaxial Injector ◽  
Flame Behavior

Abstract The effects of partial premixing on a reacting jet-in-crossflow is investigated in a five atmosphere axially staged combustor at stationary gas turbine relevant conditions. The facility consists of a dump style headend burner that provides a crossflow with a quasi-uniform velocity and temperature profile to the axial stage to isolate the effects of the jet-in-crossflow. The headend burner is run with methane and air at a lean equivalence ratio to match industry emissions standards. For the current work, the total air to the headend and axial stage is kept constant, and fuel is split between the headend and axial stage to represent different gas turbine loading conditions. For the cases analyzed, the fuel split to the axial stage went up to 25%. The axial stage consists of an optically accessible test section with a coaxial injector that provides variability to how long the methane and air can mix before entering the facility. Three different premixed levels are studied: fully premixed, non-premixed, and partially premixed. The flow-field characteristics of the reacting jet-in-crossflow are analyzed using particle image velocimetry (PIV), and flame behavior is quantified by employing CH* chemiluminescence. NO measurements are made at the exit of the facility using a Horiba emissions analyzer. Two different flames are observed: flames that burn in the leeward recirculation region and flames that burn at the core of the jet.

Partial Premixing Effects on the Reacting Jet of a High Pressure Axially Staged Combustor

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommy Genova ◽  
Michelle Otero ◽  
Jonathan Reyes ◽  
Kareem Ahmed ◽  
Scott Martin
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Recirculation Region ◽  
The Core ◽  
Jet In Crossflow ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Flow Field Characteristics ◽  
Partial Premixing ◽  
Coaxial Injector ◽  
Flame Behavior

Abstract The effects of partial premixing on a reacting jet-in-crossflow is investigated in a five atmosphere axially staged combustor at stationary gas turbine relevant conditions. The facility consists of a dump style headend burner that provides a crossflow with a quasi-uniform velocity and temperature profile to the axial stage to isolate the effects of the jet-in-crossflow. The headend burner is run with methane and air at a lean equivalence ratio to match industry emissions standards. For the current work,, the total air to the headend and axial stage is kept constant, and fuel is split between the headend and axial stage to represent different gas turbine loading conditions. For the cases analyzed, the fuel split to the axial stage went up to 25%. The axial stage consists of an optically accessible test section with a coaxial injector that provides variability to how long the methane and air can mix before entering the facility. Three different premixed levels are studied: fully premixed, non-premixed, and partially premixed. The flow-field characteristics of the reacting jet-in-crossflow are analyzed using particle image velocimetry (PIV), and flame behavior is quantified by employing CH* chemiluminescence. NO measurements are made at the exit of the facility using a Horiba emissions analyzer. Two different flames are observed: flames that burn in the leeward recirculation region and flames that burn at the core of the jet.

Flow Characteristics of Pressure-Driven Water in Serpentine Micro-Channels

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renqiang Xiong ◽  
J. N. Chung
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Flow Structures ◽  
Micro Channel ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Micro Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Micro Channels ◽  
Shape And Size

Flow structures and pressure drops were investigated in rectangular serpentine micro-channels with miter bends which had hydraulic diameters of 0.209mm, 0.395mm and 0.549mm respectively. To evaluate the bend effect, the additional pressure drop due to the miter bend must be obtained. Three groups of micro-channels were fabricated to remove the inlet and outlet losses. A validated micro-particle image velocimetry (μPIV) system was used to achieve the flow structure in a serpentine micro-channel with hydraulic diameter of 0.173mm. The experimental results show the vortices around the outer and inner walls of the bend do not form when Re<100. Those vortices appear and continue to develop with the Re number when Re> 100-300, and the shape and size of the vortices almost remain constant when Re>1000. The bend loss coefficient Kb was observed to be related with the Re number when Re<100, with the Re number and channel size when Re>100. It almost keeps constant and changes in the range of ± 10% When Re is larger than some value in 1300-1500. And a size effect on Kb was also observed.

A particle image velocimetry study on the pulsatile flow characteristics in straight tubes with an asymmetric bulge

2000 ◽  
Vol 214 (5) ◽  
pp. 655-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
S C M Yu ◽  
J B Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Steady Flow ◽  
Pulsatile Flow ◽  
Flow Condition ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Image Velocimetry

Flow characteristics in straight tubes with an asymmetric bulge have been investigated using particle image velocimetry (PIV) over a range of Reynolds numbers from 600 to 1200 and at a Womersley number of 22. A mixture of glycerine and water (approximately 40:60 by volume) was used as the working fluid. The study was carried out because of their relevance in some aspects of physiological flows, such as arterial flow through a sidewall aneurysm. Results for both steady and pulsatile flow conditions were obtained. It was found that at a steady flow condition, a weak recirculating vortex formed inside the bulge. The recirculation became stronger at higher Reynolds numbers but weaker at larger bulge sizes. The centre of the vortex was located close to the distal neck. At pulsatile flow conditions, the vortex appeared and disappeared at different phases of the cycle, and the sequence was only punctuated by strong forward flow behaviour (near the peak flow condition). In particular, strong flow interactions between the parent tube and the bulge were observed during the deceleration phase. Stents and springs were used to dampen the flow movement inside the bulge. It was found that the recirculation vortex could be eliminated completely in steady flow conditions using both devices. However, under pulsatile flow conditions, flow velocities inside the bulge could not be suppressed completely by both devices, but could be reduced by more than 80 per cent.

Application of Long-Distance Forward-Scattering Particle Image Velocimetry in Micro-Scale Turbulent Jet Flow Tests

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lichuan Gui ◽  
Bernard J. Jansen ◽  
John M. Seiner
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Forward Scattering ◽  
Particle Image Velocimetry System ◽  
Central Plane ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Micro Scale ◽  
Air Jet ◽  
Image Velocimetry

A new particle image velocimetry system is applied to measure turbulent air jet flows from a micro-scale nozzle. The applied MPIV system includes a long-distance microscope that enables not only a long working distance, but also a forward-scattering optical setup. By using a high repeating rate Nd:YAG laser and an advanced digital camera, particle image recordings can be captured at 60 fps, i.e. 30 PIV recording pairs per second, with an interframing time of 180 ns, so that a high-speed flow measurement is enabled in micro scale. Measurements were conducted in the central plane of an air jet from a nozzle of 500 μm in diameter at flow velocity up to 110 m/s. Mean velocity and Reynolds stress distributions were determined with statistical analyses of thousands of instantaneous velocity maps.

Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements of the Mean Flow Characteristics in a Bubble Plume

2007 ◽  
Vol 133 (6) ◽  
pp. 665-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Guan Seol ◽  
Tirtharaj Bhaumik ◽  
Christian Bergmann ◽  
Scott A. Socolofsky
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Bubble Plume ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
The Mean

Simulation and Experimental Investigations of Fiber Diameter of Spunbonding Nonwovens by Means of the Air Jet Flow Field Model

2010 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
B. Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Field Model ◽  
Fiber Diameter ◽  
Jet Flow ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Air Jet ◽  
Image Velocimetry

The air jet flow field models of spunbonding process are founded. It is simulated by means of the finite difference method. The numerical simulation computation results of distributions of the air velocity match quite well with the experimental data. The air drawing model of polymer is solved with the help of the distributions of the air velocity measured by a particle image velocimetry. The predicted filament fiber diameter agrees with the experimental data well.

Effect of inlet port on the flow in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine

2006 ◽  
Vol 220 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Yasar ◽  
B Sahin ◽  
H Akilli ◽  
K Aydin
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Velocity Distribution ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Intake Port ◽  
Intake Valve ◽  
Piv Technique ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Image Density

In this study, the characteristics of flow emerging from the inlet of the intake port in the cylinder were investigated experimentally. A particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique was used to measure the velocity distribution in order to observe and analyse the flow behaviour. High-image-density PIV provided acquisition of patterns of instantaneous and averaged vorticity and velocity, revealing the detail of the flow characteristics in the cylinder cavity. With this measuring technique, it is possible to study the effect of intake valve geometry on the flow behaviours. The results showed that the flow structure changed substantially along the cylinder stroke due to the geometry of the intake valve port.

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