Ignition, Liftoff, and Extinction of Gaseous Diffusion Flames Articles uri icon

publication date

  • January 2015

start page

  • 293

end page

  • 314

volume

  • 47

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0066-4189

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1545-4479

abstract

  • This review uses as a vehicular example the jet-flame configuration to examine some phenomena that emerge in nonpremixed gaseous combustion as a result of the interaction between the temperature-sensitive chemical reaction, typical of combustion, and the convective and diffusive transport. These include diffusion-controlled flames, edge flames and their role in flame attachment, triple flames and their role as ignition fronts, and strain-induced extinction, including flame-vortex interactions. The aim is to give an overall view of the fluid dynamics of nonpremixed combustion and to review the most relevant contributions.

keywords

  • large activation-energies; turbulent combustion; mixing layers; edge-flames; triple flames; flame/vortex interactions; vortex interactions; hydrocarbon fuels; trailing edge; flat plate