Detailed investigation of ignition by hot gas jets

R Sadanandan, D Markus, R Schiessl, Ulrik Maas, Jimmy Olofsson, Hans Seyfried, Mattias Richter, Marcus Aldén

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Abstract

Experimental and numerical investigations of the ignition of hydrogen/air mixtures by jets of hot exhaust gases are reported. An experimental realisation of such an ignition process, where a jet of hot exhaust gas impinges through a narrow nozzle into a quiescent hydrogen/air mixture, possibly initiating ignition and combustion, is studied. High-speed laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) image sequences of the hydroxyl radical (OH) and laser Schlieren methods are used to gain information about the spatial and temporal evolution of the ignition process. Recording temporally resolved pressure traces yields information about ambient conditions for the process. Numerical experiments are performed that allow linking these observables to certain characteristic states of the gas mixture. The outcome of numerical modelling and experiments indicates the important influence of the hot jet temperature and speed of mixing between the hot and cold gases on the ignition process. The results show the quenching of the flame inside the nozzle and the subsequent ignition of the mixture by the hot exhaust jet. These detailed examinations of the ignition process improve the knowledge concerning flame transmission out of electrical equipment of the type of protection flameproof enclosure.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Combustion Institute
Pages719-726
Volume31
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007

Publication series

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Number1
Volume31

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Free keywords

  • Jet ignition
  • OH LIF
  • High-speed laser diagnostics

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