Modeling of a Lagrangian Flamelet with Radiation Interaction

Abstract

The burning history of a spherical diffusion flame element (Lagrangian flamelet) is modeled under three distinctive burning conditions: a quasi-steady burning process, a quasi-periodic burning mode, and a purely transient burning condition. In the quasi-periodic burning mode, the time scale of the oscillations is shown to affect the chemistry by providing an observed extinction reignition process associated with the unsteady fuel flux into the flame sheet. For the purely transient burning process radiation extinction occurs for certain soot loadings, initial fuel element sizes, and environmental temperatures.

Key Words:

• Flamelet
• radiation
• extinction