Transition from opposed flame spread to fuel regression and blow off: Effect of flow, atmosphere, and microgravity

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作者
Huang, Xinyan [1 ,2 ]
Link, Shmuel [2 ]
Rodriguez, Andy [2 ]
Thomsen, Maria [2 ]
Olson, Sandra [3 ]
Ferkul, Paul [3 ]
Fernandez-Pello, Carlos [2 ]
机构
[1] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Bldg Serv Engn, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Mech Engn, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[3] NASA, Glenn Res Ctr, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH USA
关键词
PMMA rod; Burning; Regression angle; Blue flame sheet; Reduced pressure; PROPAGATION; BOUNDARY; WIRES; LOC;
D O I
10.1016/j.proci.2018.06.022
中图分类号
O414.1 [热力学];
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摘要
The spread of flames over the surface of solid combustible material in an opposed flow is different from the mass burning (or fuel regression) in a pool fire. However, the progress of a flame front over a solid fuel includes both flame spread and fuel regression, but the difference between these two processes has not been well clarified. In this work, experiments using cylindrical PMMA samples were conducted in normal gravity and in microgravity. We aim to identify the transition from opposed flame spread to fuel regression under varying conditions, including sample size, opposed flow velocity, pressure, oxygen concentration, external radiation, and gravity level. For a thick rod in normal gravity, as the opposed flow increases to 50-100cm/s, the flame can no longer spread over the fuel surface but stay in the recirculation zone downstream of the cylinder end surface, like a pool fire flame. The flame spread first transitions to fuel regression at a critical leading-edge regression angle of alpha approximate to 45 degrees, and then, flame blow-off occurs. Under large opposed flow velocity, a stable flat blue flame is formed floating above the rod end surface, because of vortex shedding. In microgravity at a low opposed flow (<10 cm/s), pure fuel regression was not observed. This work aims to clarify the differences between the flame spread and fuel regression in the progress of a flame and provide a better understanding of the blow-off phenomenon on solid fuels. (C) 2018 The Combustion Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:4117 / 4126
页数:10
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