scholarly journals Shock Wave Propagation and Flame Kernel Morphology in Laser-Induced Plasma Ignition of CH4/O2/N2 Mixture

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 7976
Author(s):  
Junjie Zhang ◽  
Erjiang Hu ◽  
Qunfei Gao ◽  
Geyuan Yin ◽  
Zuohua Huang

The application of laser ignition in the aerospace field has promising prospects. Based on the constant volume combustion chamber, the laser ignition of CH4/O2/N2 mixture with different initial pressure, different laser energy, different equivalence ratio and different oxygen content has been carried out. The development characteristics of the flame kernel and shock wave under different conditions are analyzed. In addition, the Taylor model and Jones model are also used to simulate the development process of the shock wave, and a new modified model is proposed based on the Jones model. The experimental results show that under pure oxygen conditions, the chemical reaction rate of the mixture is too fast, which makes it difficult for the flame kernel to form the ring and third-lobe structure. However, the ring structure is easier to form with the pressure and laser energy degraded; the flame kernel morphology is easier to maintain at a rich equivalence ratio, which is caused by the influence of the movement of hot air flow and a clearer boundary between the ring and the third-lobe. The decrease of the initial pressure or the increase of the laser energy leads to the increase in shock wave velocity, while the change of the equivalence ratio and oxygen content has less influence on the shock wave.

2019 ◽  
Vol 233-234 ◽  
pp. 86-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiuchao Bao ◽  
Amrit Sahu ◽  
Yizhaou Jiang ◽  
Tawfik Badawy ◽  
Hongming Xu

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.Kh. Bolotnova ◽  
E.F. Gainullina

The spherical explosion propagation process in aqueous foam with the initial water volume content α10=0.0083 corresponding to the experimental conditions is analyzed numerically. The solution method is based on the one-dimensional two-temperature spherically symmetric model for two-phase gas-liquid mixture. The numerical simulation is built by the shock capturing method and movable Lagrangian grids. The amplitude and the width of the initial pressure pulse are found from the amount of experimental explosive energy. The numerical modeling results are compared to the real experiment. It’s shown, that the foam compression in the shock wave leads to the significant decrease in velocity and in amplitude of the shock wave.


Author(s):  
Guihua Lai ◽  
Siyuan Geng ◽  
Hanwen Zheng ◽  
Zhifeng Yao ◽  
Qiang Zhong ◽  
...  

Abstract The objective of this paper is to observe and investigate the early evolution of the shock wave, induced by a nanosecond pulsed laser in still water. A numerical method is performed to calculate the propagation of the shock wave within 1µs, after optical breakdown, based on the Gilmore model and the Kirkwood-Bethe hypothesis. The input parameters of the numerical method include the laser pulse duration, the size of the plasma and the maximally extended cavitation bubble, which are measured utilizing a high time-resolved shadowgraph system. The calculation results are verified by shock wave observation experiments at the cavitation bubble expansion stage. The relative errors of the radiuses and the velocity of the shock wave front, reach the maximum value of 45% at 5 ns after breakdown and decrease to less than 20% within 20 ns. The high attenuation characteristics of the shock wave after the optical breakdown, are predicted by the numerical method. The quick time and space evolution of the shock wave are carefully analyzed. The normalized shock wave width is found to be independent of the laser energy and duration, and the energy partitions ratio is around 2.0 using the nanosecond pulsed laser.


Author(s):  
A.I. Bryzgalov

We used the model of a five-component air mixture flow behind the front of a one-dimensional shock wave to compute the flow parameters for shock front temperatures of up to 7000 K, taking into account the variable composition, translational and vibrational temperatures and pressure in the relaxation zone. Vibrational level population in oxygen and nitrogen obeys the Boltzmann distribution with one common vibrational temperature. We consider the effect that temperature nonequilibrium has on the chemical reaction rate by introducing a nonequilibrium factor to the reaction rate constant, said factor depending on the vibrational and translational temperatures. We compared our calculation results for dissociation behind the shock front to the published data concerning temperature nonequilibrium in a pure oxygen flow behind a shock wave front for two different intensities of the latter. The comparison shows a good agreement between the vibrational temperature, experimental data and calculations based on the experimental values of vibrational temperature and molality. We computed the parameters of thermodynamically nonequilibrium dissociation in the air behind the shock wave front, comparing them to those of equilibrium dissociation and calculation results previously published by others. The study demonstrates that the molality values computed converge gradually with those found in published data as the distance from the shock front increases. We list the reasons for the discrepancy between our calculation results and previously published data


2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 03
Author(s):  
L. Pizzuti ◽  
C. A. Martins ◽  
L. R. Santos

This paper presents a very detailed description of a new cylindrical constant volume combustion chamber designed for laminar burning velocity determination of gaseous mixtures at ambient temperature and initial pressure up to 6 bar. The experimental setup, the experimental procedure and the determination of the range of flame radius for laminar burning determination are all described in details. The laminar burning velocity of twelve synthetic biogas mixtures has been studied. Initial pressure varying between 1 and 5 bar, equivalence ratios, f, between 0.7 and 1.1 and percentage dilution, with a mixture of CO2 and N2, between 35 and 55% have been considered. Five experiments were run for each mixture providing a maximum percentage standard deviation of 8.11%. However, for two third of the mixtures this value is lower than 3.55%. A comparison with simulation using PREMIX for both GRI-Mech 3.0 and San Diego mechanisms has provided closer agreement for mixtures with equivalence ratio closer to stoichiometry whereas for f = 0.7 the deviation is larger than 15% for all pressures. Mixtures with lower equivalence ratio, higher dilution percentage and higher initial pressure presents the lower values of laminar burning velocity.


2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 096103 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Osuka ◽  
E. Erdem ◽  
N. Hasegawa ◽  
R. Majima ◽  
T. Tamba ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Deshawn M. Coombs ◽  
Nathan D. Peters ◽  
Ben Akih-Kumgeh

Forced ignition, the initiation of combustion processes by rapid and localized introduction of energy, is central to the successful operation of many combustion systems. It is therefore of interest to investigate this process, starting from the introduction of energy to the emergence of self-sustained flame or the quenching of an otherwise initialized flame kernel. Since the process is highly non-equilibrium and involves various complex kinetic phenomena, it is important to understand the key aspects that control failed or successful ignition. Detailed studies of the early phases of the ignition process can lead to knowledge of more general characteristics of the problem so that reduced models of the ignition process can be developed. These reduced versions can be used in less costly computational studies to assess various ignition events. This paper reports an experimental and numerical investigations of the early phase of laser ignition. The gas mixtures, air, methane/N2 and methane/air are considered to bring out the effect of heat release on the early flow field. The mixtures are studied at three different energy levels and the Jones blast wave theory is used to deduce the energy responsible for the development of the attendant shock waves. This energy is also used to specify initial conditions for the simulations of air and methane/air processes. Additionally, interferometry is used to resolve the density field within the plasma kernel. For the methane/air simulation two chemical models are used, a global reaction model supplemented by an ignition model and a two-step mechanism. The sensitivity of the simulations to the initial geometry of the laser spark is also investigated. The blast wave and interferometry results show that in the reacting methane/air mixture the resulting shock wave is strengthened by early heat release. It is also shown that the shock wave trajectory is not strongly affected by the initial spark geometry, but it has an impact on the velocity field and on the distribution of thermodynamic properties.


REAKTOR ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuswan Muharam ◽  
Chandra Hadiwijaya ◽  
Jacquin Suryadi

One of the characteristics of gasoline fuel is anti-knock property represented by its octanenumber. The determination of octane numbers in Indonesia is by using cooperative fuel researchengines. The usage of cooperative fuel research engines in Indonesia has constraints, i.e. the limitednumber of the units and the old age. This study aims to obtain the octane numbers of commercialfuels by using kinetic models. The kinetics models of the oxidation and combustion of primaryreference fuel and multi component hydrocarbons are used to calculate the ignition delay times ofprimary reference fuel and commercial fuels, respectively. The ignition delay times of primaryreference fuel and commercial fuels are calculated at the same initial pressure and temperature, aswell as the same equivalence ratio. The octane number of a commercial fuel is known if its ignitiondelay time agrees with that of PFR possessing a certain volume percentage of isooctane. The modelgenerates the octane numbers of commercial fuels BB-A being 92.5, BB-B being 94.5, BB-C being89, BB-D being 90.5 and BB-E being 91.5 with the good agreement with those claimed by the fuelproducers. Salah satu karakteristik bahan bakar bensin adalah sifat anti ketukan yang dinyatakan dengan angkaoktana. Penentuan angka oktana di Indonesia menggunakan mesin CFR (cooperative fuel research).Pemakaian mesin CFR di Indonesia memiliki kendala, yaitu jumlah unit terbatas dan usia tua.Penelitian ini bertujuan mendapatkan angka oktana bahan bakar komersial dengan menggunakanmodel kinetika. Model kinetika oksidasi dan pembakaran bahan bakar rujukan utama dan modelhidrokarbon multikomponen yang telah divalidasi masing-masing digunakan untuk menghitungwaktu tunda ignisi bahan bakar rujukan utama dan bahan bakar komersial. Waktu tunda ignisibahan bakar rujukan utama dan bahan bakar komersial dihitung pada tekanan dan temperatur awal,serta rasio ekuivalensi yang sama. Angka oktana suatu bahan bakar komersial diketahui apabilawaktu tunda ignisinya cocok dengan waktu tunda ignisi bahan bakar rujukan utama yang memilikipersen volume isooktana tertentu. Model menghasilkan angka oktana bahan bakar komersial BB-Asebesar 92,5, BB-B 94,5, BB-C 89, BB-D 90,5 dan BB-E 91,5 yang memiliki ketepatan yang tinggiterhadap klaim produser bahan bakar komersial.


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