Experimental investigation on the propagation of flow and flame in a confined combustion chamber equipped with a single-hole perforated plate

Abstract

The effects of the hole size and perforated plate position on the propagation of flame and flow and pressure oscillation were explored in a constant volume combustion chamber (CVCB) with a single-hole perforated plate. Stoichiometric hydrogen-air mixture was used in the experiments, and the propagation of the flame and jet flow were recorded by high-speed schlieren photography. The results demonstrated that the flame velocity firstly increases and then decreases with the increasing hole size. With the hole size of 13 mm, the flame velocity, peak pressure, and pressure oscillation reached the maximum under the current experimental conditions. Moreover, the influence of the position of the perforated plate was investigated. It was found that the jet flow before the flame front is prominently distinct when the perforated plate is in positions A and B, resulting in an apparent difference in the flame shape behind the perforated plate, which means that the movement of the jet flow plays a leading role in the development of the flame. In Position B, the flame front overlapped with the jet flow and has the same shape. Besides, an interesting phenomenon was captured: with perforated plate in Position B, a secondary flame front was generated with higher flame tip velocity before the primary flame front under the effect of the flame-vortex interaction.