Taylor dispersion in premixed combustion: questions from turbulent combustion answered for laminar flames
Taylor dispersion in premixed combustion: questions from turbulent combustion answered for laminar flames
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预混燃烧中的泰勒色散:层流火焰的湍流燃烧问题的答案
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2018
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F. Al
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J. Daou;P. Pearce;F. Al
We present a study on Taylor dispersion in premixed combustion and use it to clarify fundamental issues related to flame propagation in a flow field. In particular, simple analytical formulae are derived for variable-density laminar flames with arbitrary Lewis number Le providing clear answers to important questions arising in turbulent combustion, when these questions are posed for the case of one-scale laminar parallel flows. Exploiting, in the context of a laminar Poiseuille flow model, a “thick flame” distinguished asymptotic limit for which the flow amplitude is large with the Reynolds number Re fixed, three main contributions are made. First, a link is established between Taylor dispersion and Damköhler’s second hypothesis by describing analytically the enhancement of the effective propagation speed UT due to small flow scales. More precisely, it is shown that Damköhler’s hypothesis is only partially correct for onescale parallel laminar flows. Specifically, while the increase in UT due to the flow is shown to be directly associated with the increase in the effective diffusivity as suggested by Damköhler, our results imply that UT ∼ Re (for Re ≫ 1) rather than UT ∼ √ Re, as implied by Damköhler’s hypothesis. Second, it is demonstrated analytically and confirmed numerically that, when UT is plotted versus the flow amplitude for fixed values of Re, the curve levels off to a constant value depending on Re. We may refer to this effect as the “laminar bending effect” as it mimics a similar “bending effect” known in turbulent combustion. Third, novel and somewhat surprising implications associated with the dependence of UT and of the effective Lewis number Leeff on the flow are reported. For example, Leeff is found to vary from Le to Le−1 as Re varies from small to large values. Also, UT is found to be a monotonically increasing function of Re if Le < √ 2, and a non-monotonic function if Le > √ 2. ∗ joel.daou@manchester.ac.uk