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Original Articles

A Study of Flame-Vortex Interactions in the Presence of Residual Gases

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Pages 1395-1420 | Published online: 12 Jun 2008
 

Abstract

In this work the effects of residual combustion products from a prior injection on flame extinction characteristics in a Diesel fuel pulse are investigated through a fundamental study. A numerical code with sixth-order accurate spatial discretization and multiple-step chemical kinetics is used to simulate flame-vortex interactions under Diesel conditions in the presence of residual combustion product mixtures. The results indicate that there is a balance between the heating effect of the high-temperature combustion products that enhance flame stability and the dilution effect of the reduced oxygen concentration, which promotes extinction. These counteracting aspects of the entrained combustion products can lead to an ideal dwell time between multiple injection events for optimum benefits in flame stability.

The authors gratefully acknowledge computational resources provided under National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) grant number CTS050028N.

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Vinicio Magi

Permanent address for Vinicio Magi is Department of Environmental Engineering and Physics, University of Basilicata, Potenza 85100, Italy.

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