Karlovitz Numbers and Premixed Turbulent Combustion Regimes for Complex-Chemistry Flames

Andrei N. Lipatnikov and Vladimir A. Sabelnikov ()
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Andrei N. Lipatnikov: Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
Vladimir A. Sabelnikov: Multi-Physics Department for Energy, ONERA, The French Aerospace Lab. Chemin de la Hunière BP 80100, CEDEX, 91123 Palaiseau, France

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 16, 1-18

Abstract: The structure of premixed turbulent flames and governing physical mechanisms of the influence of turbulence on premixed burning are often discussed by invoking combustion regime diagrams. In the majority of such diagrams, boundaries of three combustion regimes associated with (i) flame preheat zones broadened locally by turbulent eddies, (ii) reaction zones broadened locally by turbulent eddies, and (iii) local extinction are based on a Karlovitz number K a , with differently defined K a being used to demarcate different combustion regimes. The present paper aims to overview different definitions of K a , comparing them, and suggesting the most appropriate choice of K a for each combustion regime boundary. Moreover, since certain Karlovitz numbers involve a laminar flame thickness, the influence of complex combustion chemistry on the thickness and, hence, on various K a and relations between them is explored based on results of complex-chemistry simulations of unperturbed (stationary, planar, and one-dimensional) laminar premixed flames, obtained for various fuels, equivalence ratios, pressures, and unburned gas temperatures.

Keywords: turbulent flame; combustion regime diagram; Karlovitz number; complex chemistry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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