Tubular premixed and diffusion flames: Effect of stretch and curvature

RW Pitz, S Hu, P Wang - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Tubular flames are ideal for the study of stretch and curvature effects on flame structure,
extinction, and instabilities. Tubular flames have uniform stretch and curvature and each …

Numerical study of wavy-wall effects on premixed H2/air flammability limits, propagation modes, and thermal performance of micro combustion chambers

P Abbaspour, A Alipoor - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
A numerical study was conducted on planar micro combustion chambers with width of 2 mm
to explore the impact of wavy-walls on premixed H 2/air flames and thermal performance …

Oxy-fuel combustion of methane in a swirl tubular flame burner under various oxygen contents: operation limits and combustion instability

B Li, B Shi, X Zhao, K Ma, D **e, D Zhao, J Li - Experimental thermal and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Oxy-fuel combustion of methane was conducted in a rapidly mixed tubular flame burner, as
oxygen content (mole fraction) was varied from 0.25 to 1.0. The fuel and oxidizer were …

Development of a powerful miniature power system with a meso-scale vortex combustor

D Shimokuri, Y Taomoto, R Matsumoto - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2017 - Elsevier
With the use of a meso-scale vortex combustor and a couple of thermo-electric devices
(TED), a powerful miniature power system has been developed. A vortex combustor with a …

Effects of internal flue gas recirculation rate on the NOx emission in a methane/air premixed flame

B Shi, J Hu, H Peng, S Ishizuka - Combustion and Flame, 2018 - Elsevier
This study fundamentally investigates the effects of internal flue gas recirculation (IFGR) on
the combustion characteristics of methane/air mixtures, particularly on the NO x formation …

Process intensification in the catalytic conversion of natural gas to fuels and chemicals

RJ Kee, C Karakaya, H Zhu - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper explores alternative technologies for the conversion of natural gas to higher-
value products. Because of methane's chemical stability, all practical processes require …

Carbon dioxide diluted methane/oxygen combustion in a rapidly mixed tubular flame burner

B Shi, J Hu, S Ishizuka - Combustion and Flame, 2015 - Elsevier
An inherently safe technique of rapidly mixed tubular flame combustion, in which fuel and
oxidizer are separately injected from their own slits, has been extended to CO 2 diluted …

Validation of a mixture-averaged thermal diffusion model for premixed lean hydrogen flames

J Schlup, G Blanquart - Combustion Theory and Modelling, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The mixture-averaged thermal diffusion model originally proposed by Chapman and
Cowling is validated using multiple flame configurations. Simulations using detailed …

The oxygen-deficient combustion and its effect on the NOx emission in a localized stratified vortex-tube combustor

S Ren, H Yang, X Wang - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The oxygen-deficient combustion characteristics of methane in a localized stratified vortex-
tube combustor (LSVC) are studied by diluting combustion air with nitrogen. The influences …

Aerodynamic and thermo-acoustic stability analysis in a super-steady reactive flow

S Ren, B Tian, WP Jones, X Wang - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Aerodynamic and thermo-acoustic stability were systematically analyzed to reveal the
underlying cause of the super-steady performance found in a strong rotating reactive flow …