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Structural differences of ethanol and DME jet flames in a hot diluted coflow

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dc.contributor.authorYe, J.
dc.contributor.authorMedwell, P.R.
dc.contributor.authorKleinheinz, K.
dc.contributor.authorEvans, M.J.
dc.contributor.authorDally, B.B.
dc.contributor.authorPitsch, H.G.
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionLink to a related website: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/114089/2/hdl_114089.pdf, Open Access via Unpaywall
dc.description.abstractThis study compares the flame structure of ethanol and dimethyl ether (DME) in a hot and diluted ox- idiser experimentally and computationally. Experiments were conducted on a Jet in Hot Coflow (JHC) burner, with the fuel jet issuing into a 1250-K coflow at three oxygen levels. Planar measurements using OH-LIF, CH 2 O-LIF, and Rayleigh scattering images reveal that the overall spatial distribution and evolution of OH, CH 2 O, and temperature were quite similar for the two fuels. For both the ethanol and the DME flames, a transitional flame structure occurred as the coflow oxygen level increased from 3% to 9%. This indicates that the flames shift away from the MILD combustion regime. Reaction flux analyses of ethanol and DME were performed with the OPPDIF code, and ethane (C 2 H 6 ) was also included in the analyses for comparison. These analyses reveal that the H 2 /O 2 pathways are very important for both ethanol and DME in the 3% O 2 cases. In contrast, the importance of fuel-specific reactions overtakes that of H 2 /O 2 reactions when fuels are burnt in the cold air or in the vitiated oxidant stream with 9% O 2 . Unsteady laminar flamelet analyses were also performed to investigate the ignition processes and help interpret experimental results. Flamelet equations were solved in time and mixture fraction field, which was pro- vided by non-reactive Large-Eddy Simulation (LES).
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityJingjing Ye, Paul R. Medwell, Konstantin Kleinheinz, Michael J. Evans, Bassam B. Dally, Heinz G. Pitsch
dc.identifier.citationCombustion and Flame, 2018; 192:473-494
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.combustflame.2018.02.025
dc.identifier.issn0010-2180
dc.identifier.issn1556-2921
dc.identifier.orcidMedwell, P.R. [0000-0002-2216-3033]
dc.identifier.orcidEvans, M.J. [0000-0003-1004-5168]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/114089
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170101013
dc.rights© 2018 The Combustion Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2018.02.025
dc.subjectMILD combustion; ethanol; dimethyl ether (DME); Jet in Hot Coflow (JHC)
dc.titleStructural differences of ethanol and DME jet flames in a hot diluted coflow
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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