Experimental study on the effect of external thermal pattern on the dynamics of methane-oxygen and methane-oxygen[sbnd]carbon dioxide premixed flames in non-adiabatic meso-scale reactors

Abstract

In the current study, the effect of external thermal pattern on the dynamics and characteristics of methane-oxygen and methane-oxygen-carbon dioxide premixed flames in non-adiabatic meso-scale cylindrical reactors is investigated experimentally. In this regard, two different external thermal patterns were imposed on the outer surface of the reactors. The results showed that imposing method/direction and also temperature level of the external thermal pattern have impressive effect on flame dynamics and chemiluminescence in the non-adiabatic meso-scale reactors. Also, it was shown that increasing the temperature level of the external thermal pattern could significantly extend the flame stability and its presence range in the meso-scale reactors, especially for the vitiated mixtures (methane-oxygen-carbon dioxide). Moreover, the results demonstrated that decreasing the inner diameter of a meso-scale reactor, which was subjected to an external thermal pattern, could increase the flame controllability and its presence range in the non-adiabatic meso-scale reactors.