Suppression effect prediction of mixed combustion with ammonia under sub-atmospheric pressure on flicker of methane laminar diffusion flame

Xiao Yang, Shijiu Ma, Jianmin Gao, Qian Du, Yu Zhang and Hemin Dong

Energy, 2024, vol. 298, issue C

Abstract: In high-altitude areas, suppressing the flicker of methane laminar diffusion flame and reducing carbon emissions simultaneously is a challenge. This paper proposes a combustion strategy involving sub-atmospheric pressure and ammonia mixing. Through high-speed imaging and schlieren techniques, the study explores the flame flicker patterns under mixing ratios of 0–60% ammonia at 0.5–1.0 atm, as well as the structural and dynamic characteristics of shear layers and vortices. The stable combustion mechanism of sub-atmospheric pressure and ammonia mixing is also analyzed. It was found that reducing the pressure reduced the flame Richardson number, eased the formation of vortices and weakened the interaction with the flame. The heat release rate of the flame decreases after mixing ammonia, which leads to a decrease in the density gradient of the shear layer and also slows down the formation of vortices. The characteristic values of flicker were quantified. Decreasing the pressure, the flicker frequency decreases. Increasing the ammonia mixing ratio, the flicker frequency increases and the oscillation amplitude shows a highly nonlinear decreasing trend. It is verified that the flicker frequency still satisfies the function form of the Strouhal-Froude number under sub-atmospheric pressure and ammonia mixed combustion.

Keywords: Sub-atmospheric pressure; Ammonia mixed combustion; Flame flicker suppression; Vortex; Flicker characteristic value (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.131300

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