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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2005.29.6.662

Study on Combustion Performance and Burning Velocity in a Micro Combustor  

Na Hanbee (항공우주연구원 추진제어그룹)
Lee Dae Hoon (한국기계연구원 환경.에너지기계연구본부)
Kwon Sejin (한국과학기술원 항공우주공학과)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.29, no.6, 2005 , pp. 662-670 More about this Journal
Abstract
The effect of heat loss on combustion performance and burning velocity of micro combustors in various conditions were exploited experimentally. Three different gases were used, and various geometric matrixes were considered to figure out the phenomena of combustion in a micro combustor. The micro combustors used in this study were constant volume combustors and had cylindrical shape. Geometric parameter of combustor was defined as combustor height and diameter. The effect of height was exploited parametrically as 1mm, 2mm and 3 mm and the effect of diameter was parameterized to be 7.5 mm and 15 mm. Three different combustibles which were Stoichiometric mixtures of methane and air, hydrogen and air, and mixture of hydrogen and air with fuel stoichiometry of two were used. By pressure measurement and visualization of flame propagation, characteristic of flame propagation was obtained. Flame propagations which were synchronized with pressure change within combustor were analyzed. From the analysis of images obtained during the flame propagations, burning velocity at each location of flame was obtained. About $7\%$ decrease in burning velocity of $CH_4/Air$ stoichiometric mixture compared with previous a empirical result was observed, and we can conclude that it is acceptable to use empirical equations for laminar premixed flame burning velocity to micro combustions. Results presented in this paper will give fine tool for analysis and prediction of combustion process within micro combustors.
Keywords
Micro Combustor; Heat Loss; Quenching; Burning Velocity; Visualization;
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