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Basic Study on Diffusion Branch of Tribrachial Flame with the Variation of Flammability Limits and Heat Loss Under Small Fuel Concentration Gradient

미소 농도구배 조건에서 열손실 및 가연한계가 삼지화염의 확산화염에 미치는 영향에 대한 기초 연구

  • Cho, Sang-Moon (School of Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang Univ.) ;
  • Lee, Min-Jung (School of Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Nam-Il (School of Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang Univ.)
  • Received : 2009.12.21
  • Accepted : 2010.03.02
  • Published : 2010.05.01
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Abstract

The tribrachial flame has attracted interest as a basic structure of the flame edge. This flame structure helps understand stabilization of laminar flames and re-ignition of turbulent flames. A number of analytical and experimental studies have been carried out on the tribrachial flame. However, the effect of the variation of the flammability limits on the structure of the tribrachial flame has not been studied in detail. In this study, the effect of non-symmetric flammability limits on the flame structure was investigated by adopting a simple numerical scheme based on several laminar flame theories. A fixed velocity field was considered and boundary matching algorithm was used on the premixed branch. The variation of the diffusion branches under the non-symmetric flammability limits and heat loss was investigated. The formation and extinction of the diffusion branch behind the premixed branch were successfully described. This basic study can help understand the fundamental structure of the flame and can form the basis of subsequent detailed studies.

삼지화염 구조는 화염 선단의 구조로서 다루어져 왔으며, 많은 연구자들에 의해 해석적인 방법과 실험적인 방법으로 연구가 되어왔다. 그러나 연료의 종류에 따른 가연한계의 차이가 삼지화염의 구조에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구는 깊이 있게 다루어지지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 화염 구조에 대한 비대칭 가연한계의 영향을 예혼합화염과 확산화염에 관한 몇 가지 층류화염 이론에 근거한 간단한 수치 기법을 통해 연구하였다. 고정된 유동장이 사용되었으며, 예혼합 화염 가지에서의 경계조건이 연계되었다. 예혼합 화염 후류의 확산화염의 형성과 소멸을 성공적으로 모사할 수 있었다. 비대칭 가연한계 조건과 열손실에 따른 확산화염의 변화가 연구되었다. 본 연구는 화염의 기초 구조에 대한 이해를 도울 수 있으며, 이후의 연구를 위한 기초로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

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