In spark ignition engines, initial flame kernel is wrinkled by a progressively increasing bandwidth of turbulence length scales until eventually the size of the flame kernel is sufficient for it to experience the entire turbulence spectrum. In the present study, an effective r.m.s. turbulence velocity as a function of time, estimated by integrating the non-dimensional power spectrum density function for isotropic turbulence, is utilized in the analysis of the statistical distribution of flame front curvatures and turbulent burning velocities of flames propagating in methane-air premixtures. The distribution of flame front curvatures shows these to become more dispersed as the effective turbulence velocity increases, and results in increased burning of premixtures. A decrease in the Markstein number also results in a further increase in curvature dispersion and enhanced burning, in line with the flame stability analysis.
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International Joint Power Generation Conference collocated with TurboExpo 2003
June 16–19, 2003
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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0-7918-3692-4
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Developing Turbulence on the Propagation of Flames in Methane-Air Premixture
M. Z. Haq
M. Z. Haq
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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M. Z. Haq
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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IJPGC2003-40143, pp. 787-793; 7 pages
Published Online:
December 17, 2008
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Haq, MZ. "Developing Turbulence on the Propagation of Flames in Methane-Air Premixture." Proceedings of the International Joint Power Generation Conference collocated with TurboExpo 2003. 2003 International Joint Power Generation Conference. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. June 16–19, 2003. pp. 787-793. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IJPGC2003-40143
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