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Effect of Air Pressure and Gutter Angle on Flame Stability and DeZubay Number for Methane-Air Combustion

  • S. Boopathi EMAIL logo and P. Maran
Published/Copyright: May 11, 2016
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Abstract

The combustion at high speed reactants requires a flame holding characteristics to sustain the flame in the afterburner. The flame holding characteristics of the combustor is carried out by the bluff-body stabilizers. The range of conditions of parameters influencing the flame stabilization is to be identified and the effects on the flame sustainability have to be investigated. DeZubay used the concept of DeZubay number and flame stability envelope to determine the stabilization and blowout range. In the present work, the effect of air pressure and the angle of apex of the V-gutter on flame stabilization and blowout mechanism have been experimentally investigated for six different apex angles and four different air pressure conditions. The value of DeZubay number at each condition has been calculated and verified with DeZubay stability chart for flame stabilization. The results show that stable flame is obtained for the entire pressure range when the apex angle of the V gutter is in 60° and 90°.

PACS: 47.70.Pq

Nomenclature

DeZ

DeZubay number

Da

Damkohler number

KH

Kelvin-Helmholtz

BVK

Bénard-von Kármán

Φ

Equivalence ratio

(f/a)bo

Mass of fuel air ratio at blowout

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Received: 2016-3-23
Accepted: 2016-4-21
Published Online: 2016-5-11
Published in Print: 2017-4-1

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