Abstract
Ignition and flame propagation for pyrolysing fuel in a cylindrical enclosure has been examined in this study. The pyrolysing fuel of cylindrical shape was located both eccentrically and concentrically inside an outer cylinder that was sustained at high temperature. Due to gravity, buoyancy motion was inevitably incurred in the enclosure, and this was found to affect the flame initiation and propagation behaviour. Radiative heat transfer also played an important role in the thermo-fluid mechanical behaviour because of the high temperature involved in the problem. Numerical studies have been performed for various parameters such as the Grashof number, overheat ratio, gas absorption coefficient and vertical fuel eccentricity. The flame behaviour and initiation were observed to be totally different depending on the Grashof number. Due to absorbed radiant energy, the radiative gas played a significant role in flame evolution. The location of flame onset was also affected by both the vertical eccentricity of the inner pyrolysing fuel and the thermal conditions applied. The heating process and the flow field development were found to govern flame initiation and propagation.
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