Stream Velocity Research Articles

Detached Eddy Simulation of Micro-Vortex Generators Mounted on NACA 4412 Airfoil

Abstract Micro Vortex Generators (MVGs) are simple vane-type devices installed on surfaces i.e. aircraft wing and tail, to control boundary layer flow separation. They are cost-effective and require an efficient numerical method to resolve the embedded longitudinal vortical structure, as the flow behind them is highly unsteady. This numerical study aims at analyzing the effect of MVGs on the NACA 4412 airfoil performance using the detached eddy simulation (DES) at 60,000 Reynolds number based on the free stream velocity of 11 m/s and the wing chord of 0.1 meter. The MVGs are installed in a row in counter-rotating configuration at 10% chord of the airfoil. The DES is utilized to resolve the high energetic scales of the vortex behind the MVGs which Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) is not likely to resolve properly. A comparison of DES simulations with the RANS simulations shows that RANS modeling is not sufficient to capture the airfoil flow characteristics at higher angles of attack. The DES simulations resolve the turbulent scales downstream of the MVGs effectively and produce significant improvement in NACA 4412 wing performance. It has been observed that airfoil lift coefficient at 10 degree angle of attack with the MVGs is 5% higher than the airfoil without MVGs. MVGs along the airfoil chordwise location demonstrate that MVGs at 25% chord are more effective in managing separation over the airfoil compared to those at 10% chord location.

Molecular foundations for shear-induced dynamics of natural organic matter.

The overall objective of the present work was to quantify how shear, coupled with varying salt concentration, affected the particle size distribution and relaxation/aggregation behavior for various organic sources of nonliving natural organic matter (NNOM) in surface water. NNOM has been implicated as a conditioning agent leading to the formation of biofilms such as algae. NNOM is also a responsible in surface waters for facilitated transport of a variety of anthropogenic pollutants. These are NNOM surface-related phenomena, yet the variable surface area and surface composition of NNOM, which can change dependent on shear rate, is not discussed in the literature. NNOM polymer-like dynamics can interact with stream water velocity differences to determine the process and result of aggregation. The fundamental role of post-shear NNOM molecular structure and dynamic aggregation (self-assembly) is examined here alongside fresh (hydrological) versus mined (terrestrial) NNOM. Shear rate can be seen as a change in the velocities of streamlines in hydrology. In this early work, the response to shear rate for three types of NNOM was measured using a stress-controlled rheometer under varying conditions of ionic strength. Samples were studied for rheological response after a variety of pre-shear conditions, and data then coupled with surface composition data from previously reported fluorescence studies. Interestingly, a size class of 5μm aggregates disappeared when Aldrich humic acid samples were treated with 0.3M Ca2+. Evidence is also presented that the environmental samples flocculated at shear rates up to 400s-1, rather than exhibiting particle breakup, with implications for reducing NNOM surface area. Dynamic response of different NNOM sources was not the same, some sources showing evidence of self-assembly. The molecular response to shear may play an important role in understanding the surface area and composition of NNOM responsible for facilitated transport of pollutants and initiation of biofilms.

Improved Particle Spray Algorithm for Modeling Globular Cluster Streams

Abstract Stellar streams that emerge from globular clusters (GCs) are thin stellar structures spread along the orbits of progenitor clusters. Numerical modeling of these streams is essential for understanding their interaction with the host galaxy's mass distribution. Traditional methods are either computationally expensive or oversimplified, motivating us to develop a fast and accurate approach using a particle spray algorithm. By conducting a series of N-body simulations of GCs orbiting a host galaxy, we find that the position and velocity distributions of newly escaped stream particles are consistent across various GC masses and orbital parameters. Based on these distributions, we develop a new algorithm that avoids computing the detailed internal cluster dynamics by directly drawing tracer particles from these distributions. This algorithm correctly reproduces the action space distribution of stream particles and achieves a 10% accuracy in stream morphology and velocities compared to N-body simulations. To facilitate broader use, we have implemented this algorithm in galactic dynamics codes agama, gala, galax, and galpy.

Accurate RNA velocity estimation based on multibatch network reveals complex lineage in batch scRNA-seq data

RNA velocity, as an extension of trajectory inference, is an effective method for understanding cell development using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) experiments. However, existing RNA velocity methods are limited by the batch effect because they cannot directly correct for batch effects in the input data, which comprises spliced and unspliced matrices in a proportional relationship. This limitation can lead to an incorrect velocity stream. This paper introduces VeloVGI, which addresses this issue innovatively in two key ways. Firstly, it employs an optimal transport (OT) and mutual nearest neighbor (MNN) approach to construct neighbors in batch data. This strategy overcomes the limitations of existing methods that are affected by the batch effect. Secondly, VeloVGI improves upon VeloVI’s velocity estimation by incorporating the graph structure into the encoder for more effective feature extraction. The effectiveness of VeloVGI is demonstrated in various scenarios, including the mouse spinal cord and olfactory bulb tissue, as well as on several public datasets. The results show that VeloVGI outperformed other methods in terms of metric performance.

Shear forces heat generation in MHD uniform flow of nanoliquid across a stretchable surface through Darcy medium

AbstractThe production of high‐quality polymers greatly relies on the flow mechanism of liquid with thermal characteristics. Thus, the prediction of specific flow and thermal transport rate is important here. So, a uniform flow of viscous nanofluid over a bilateral, linearly stretching, flat, heated surface with the effect of medium porosity and magnetic field is studied in this theoretical investigation. A two‐phase model for the nanofluid is employed to improve the thermal characteristics of fluid flow with heat generation via shear forces in the system. The proposed physical model is analyzed through the similarity analysis and numerical computations with various physical parameters such as the velocity ratio parameter, magnetic number, and so forth. The built‐in function of the MATLAB bvp5c is used to find the numerical solution of the governing set of equations. All the findings of the simulation for the fluid flow under thermal and mass concentration influence are justified with reliable physical reasoning. Variation in the flow field is observed for both the magnetic and porosity parameters between the surface stretching and free stream velocity as well as for different values of velocity ratio parameters. Moreover, heat transport rate and fluid friction at surface to fluid are also calculated in view of numeric data given in tabulated form.

Stability and Combustion/Emission Characteristics of Stratified Dual-Swirl Oxy-Methane Flames: Effects of Oxygen Fraction

Abstract The stability, combustion, and emission features of stratified oxy-methane (CH4/O2/CO2) flames stabilized over a dual annular counter-rotating swirl (DACRS) burner, developed for gas turbine combustion applications, were investigated experimentally. The experiments were performed at fixed velocity ratio (Vr = Vp/Vs = 3.0) in both the primary and secondary streams at a constant primary stream velocity, Vp of 5 m/s and at fixed primary stream equivalence ratio, φp = 0.9, and over ranges of oxygen fractions (OFp for the primary stream, OFs for the secondary stream) and secondary stream equivalence ratios. Measurements of flame macrostructure, temperature profiles, and exhaust emissions were recorded to characterize the flames and validate future numerical models. The testing findings revealed no flame flashback within the operational ranges of OFp and OFs and up to φs = 1.0. However, the near stoichiometric operation of the primary stream (φp = 0.9) at OFp = 0.38 permitted the main secondary flame to tolerate exceptionally lean conditions (φs = 0.397 at OFs = 0.34 and φs = 0.223 at OFs = 0.39), raising the thresholds for the flame blowout. Increasing OFp from 0.21 to 0.38 significantly reduced φS at blowout from 0.537 to 0.223, corresponding to a decrease in the combustor's global equivalence ratio (φg) at blowout from 0.554 to 0.254 at global oxygen fraction (OFg) from 0.38 to 0.39. Lower OFp values caused earlier flame lift-off, indicating the greater influence of OFp on flame macrostructures.

Spatially averaged, vegetated, oscillatory boundary and shear layers

Oscillatory boundary layers over flat and rippled seabeds are well described in the literature. However, the presence of protruding vegetation stems has received no theoretical or experimental attention. The present work establishes an analytical constant viscosity model akin to the Stokes oscillatory boundary layer solution and a nonlinear varying-viscosity numerical model with a turbulence closure. The two models are used to describe the importance of vegetation and free stream velocity characteristics on spatially averaged oscillatory boundary layers: their friction factors, thickness and phase leads over the free-stream velocity. The models are periodic in time and resolve boundary and shear layers over the vertical, contrary to past efforts applying two-layer models. The models are extended to investigate the importance of finite wavelengths with steady streaming stresses and their associated mean velocity profile. Steady streaming is quantified both for the near-bottom streaming within the canopy and for the streaming in the shear layer above the canopy. Finally, akin to theoretical and experimental works on mean flows over unvegetated and flat seabeds due to oscillatory and nonlinear free-stream velocities, the numerical model investigates varying degree of nonlinearity for velocity- and acceleration-skewed velocity signals, and it is identified that the presence of vegetation stems gives rise to an additional contribution to the horizontal momentum balance which is not present for unvegetated conditions. Finally, it is discussed how the presence of a free surface, contrary to purely oscillatory conditions, alters the horizontal momentum balance within and above the canopy.

Soft Prompt-tuning with Self-Resource Verbalizer for short text streams

Short text streams such as real-time news and search snippets have attained vast amounts of attention and research in recent decades, the characteristics of high generation velocity, feature sparsity, and high ambiguity accentuate both the importance and challenges to language models. However, most of the existing short text stream classification methods can neither automatically select relevant knowledge components for arbitrary samples, nor expand knowledge internally instead of rely on external open knowledge base to address the inherent limitations of short text stream. In this paper, we propose a Soft Prompt-tuning with Self-Resource Verbalizer (SPSV for short) for short text stream classification, the soft prompt with self-resource knowledgeable expansion is conducted for updating label words space to address evolved semantic topics in the data streams. Specifically, the automatic constructed prompt is first generated to instruct the model prediction, which is optimized to address the problem of high velocity and topic drift in short text streams. Then, in each chunk, the projection between category names and label words space, i.e. verbalizer, is updated, which is constructed by internal knowledge expansion from the short text itself. Through comprehensive experiments on four well-known benchmark datasets, we validate the superb performance of our method compared to other short text stream classification and fine-tuning PLMs methods, which achieves up to more than 90% classification accuracy with the counts of data chunk increased.

Enhancing Aerodynamic Performance of Double Rectangular Cylinders through Numerical Analysis at Varying Inclinations

In the present work, numerical simulations are conducted for external flow through a double rectangular cylinder with different inclinations at Reynolds number (Re) 50 to 200 based on free stream velocity. The cylinder aspect ratio is considered to be fixed at 0.25. During the numerical simulations, one cylinder is kept fixed, and the other cylinder is inclined at ‘θ = 20o’ first clockwise and then in an anticlockwise direction alternatively for both cylinders. Because of the inclined cylinder, the vortex dynamics lead to significant changes in flow-induced forces. In this article, the focus is given to how Re and inclination in the cylinder influence the flow structures and associated aerodynamic properties. It is shown that when any of the cylinders are inclined, a significant decrease in the average drag coefficient is noticed as compared to the parallel cylinder case. In a similar manner, the lift coefficient also decreases when any one of the cylinders is inclined at θ = 20o either clockwise or counterclockwise as compared to the parallel cylinder case.

On the wake of two transversely co-rotating inline spheres in a uniform flow

Uniform flow past two transversely (axes perpendicular to the flow direction) co-rotating inline spheres has been numerically investigated with the help of OpenFOAM. Three-dimensional numerical computations are performed for a fixed Reynolds number (Re) of 300, defined based on free stream velocity (U∞) and sphere diameter (D). Both the spheres are rotated about negative Z-axis with equal angular velocities. The angular velocity (ω*=ωD2U∞) of spheres is normalized with free stream velocity (U∞) and sphere diameter (D) and takes values between 0 and 1. The non-dimensional spacing S between spheres has been varied from 0.25 to 3. It is observed that the two rotating inline spheres modify significantly the wake characteristics of either sphere when compared with that of a single rotating sphere. For S = 0.25 and 0.5 and ω* ≤ 0.8, the wakes of both upstream and downstream spheres are found to be steady and characterized by double-thread wake structures. On the other hand, for S = 2, both the wakes are unsteady with hairpin vortices being shed in the downstream direction for which the mechanism of vortex formation depends on the range of values of ω*. Similar distinct mechanisms of vortex shedding as a function of ω* have also been observed for S = 3. For S = 1, it is observed with the help of Hilbert Huang transform that nonlinearity associated with unsteady wakes grows monotonously with the increase in ω* but shows non-monotonous variation for S = 2 and 3. For each value of S and ω*, drag force on both the spheres is found to be less than that for an isolated rotating sphere. The wake Strouhal number of either sphere is also found to be less than that for a single rotating sphere.

Thermal and hydrodynamic effects in variable geometry nanofluid transport with Thermo-Responsive liquid Composites: Dynamics of entropy generation

In this communication, the authors focused on energy loss during the flow of hybrid nanofluid in expanding/contracting channels. The goal is to determine how, in real-world applications, hybrid nanofluids can maximize energy efficiency and reduce entropy production, hence assisting in the development of more effective and sustainable thermal management systems. It is well documented that heat transfer is enhanced due to the presence of nanoparticles in a base fluid and hence decreases energy loss in the system. The second law of thermodynamics defines that heat transfer is not ideal; hence, entropy in a system always rises. Suitable measures can be taken to minimize energy loss. One method is to use a nanofluid, if multiple nanosized particles are used; it is named a hybrid nanofluid. In this communication, a comparative analysis of simple and hybrid nanofluids is provided. A mathematical model outlining the dynamics of the flow is provided. The upper plate acts as a porous plate that is contracting/expanding and through which coolant hybrid nanofluids enter the channel. The lower plate remains stationary and is heated externally. The equations governing the flow are converted into ordinary differential equations by employing the similarity transformation. These ODEs are then solved analytically to get the series solution by using HAM along with the given boundary conditions. The entropy equation is modelled using the Clausius Duhem inequality. Copper and silver nanoparticles are combined with water. The impacts of different dimensionless parameters on stream function, velocity profile, Nusselt number, entropy, and Bejan number are discussed, and their results are shown graphically.

Flow of a biomagnetic fluid embedded by magnetic dipole over a continuously moving sheet

AbstractThis paper is concerned with the investigation of steady, two‐dimensional, and laminar boundary layer flow of a biomagnetic fluid over a continuously moving sheet in the presence of a magnetic dipole. The magnetic field resulting from the dipole is contemplated to be strong enough to saturate the biofluid. The magnetization of the fluid is regarded to be a linear function of temperature. The solution procedure involves the reduction of a nonlinear system of coupled PDEs into ODEs that comprise five parameters. The transformed ODEs along with the boundary conditions are then solved numerically by introducing an efficient numerical technique based on the finite difference algorithm. The velocity, as well as temperature profiles within the boundary layer, are illustrated at specified values of free stream velocity (), wall velocity () and ferrohydrodynamic interaction parameter (). The demonstration of the Nusselt number and friction factor are achieved for various governing parameters. Considering a specified Prandtl number () and normalized velocity difference , higher values of the friction factor are obtained for increasing and than that of . Whereas for the Nusselt number, we attain higher values for decreasing and . Moreover, an increase in the velocity ratio results in a decrease in both heat transfer rate as well as friction factor. Furthermore, as increases, the heat transfer rate decreases yet we get higher values for higher and . In the case of friction factor, it increases with increasing and gives higher values for lower and higher . We have also depicted the streamlines for the 2‐D boundary layer flow of the biomagnetic fluid for different . The graphical results manifest that the flow field is greatly impacted by the ferrohydrodynamic field, which could be of interest in medical as well as bioengineering implementations, like, magnetic drug delivery in blood cells, separating RBCs as well as controlling the flow of blood during surgical procedures.

Influence of magnetohydrodynamics and chemical reactions on oscillatory free convective flow through a vertical channel in a rotating system with variable permeability

This study investigates the impact of variable permeability as well as chemical reactions on the oscillatory free convective flow that passes parallel porous flat plates with fluctuating temperature and concentration in the presence of a magnetic field. A vertical channel is assumed to be rotating at an angular velocity [Formula: see text]. Periodic free stream velocity causes oscillations in one plate, while periodic suction velocity causes oscillations in the other plate. Complex variable notations are used to solve the governing equations. The perturbation technique is used to derive analytical expressions for the temperature, concentration, and velocity fields. In this study, various parameters were investigated in relation to mean velocity, mean temperature, mean concentration, amplitude, and phase difference. The study also examines the impact on secondary velocity, primary velocity, temperature, concentration, and heat transfer rate during transients. The outcomes are presented graphically for the physical parameters of the problem. The findings contribute to optimizing systems and improving efficiency in heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and environmental remediation.

Analysis of heat generation and viscous dissipation with thermal radiation on unsteady hybrid nanofluid flow over a sphere with double-stratification: Case of modified Buongiorno's model

PurposeThis work uses entropy generation analysis to numerically analyze magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) unsteady flow, heat and mass transfer. The study considers changing viscosity, thermal radiation, viscous dissipation, mass suction, heat generation, and stratification processes in a hybrid nanofluid around a spinning sphere. A two-phase nanofluid flow model (Buongiorno model) is used to tackle the current challenge. Both the free stream velocity and the sphere's angular velocity changed over time. Design/methodology/approachThe case study's complicated partial differential equations are transformed into simpler ordinary differential equations utilizing similarity transformation. Implementing the fourth-order Runge-Kutta Fehlberg method with a shooting scheme in MATHEMATICA has allowed us to get numerical solutions for ordinary differential structures. FindingsThe many aspects of these regulated physical characteristics have been elucidated and thoroughly examined via the use of charts and tables. For increasing values of unsteadiness parameter, the velocity profiles in the x-direction grow while they decrease in the z-direction. On the other hand, the temperature profile exhibits a dual pattern, and the concentration profile decreases. As the chemical reaction parameter climbs from 0.25 to 1.0, the Sherwood number for the nanofluid rises by 6721.39% and for the hybrid nanofluid, 3818.9%. When Nr increases from 0.2 to 0.8, nanofluid Nusselt number climbs 22.5% and hybrid nanofluid's Nusselt number rises 21.9%. The Brinkmann number and nanoparticle volume percentage are strongly associated with entropy production. Entropy generation is dual for the temperature difference, magnetic, radiation, and changeable viscosity parameters. The findings are also compared to those from the existing literature and are in excellent agreement with them.

Radiative MHD Casson Non-Newtonian Nanofluid Slip Flow Induced by Stretching Cylinder: A Numerical Approach

Objectives: This article investigates the continuous magnetohydrodynamics slip flow across an extending cylinder, including heat radiation and free stream velocity. The proposed model incorporated the Brownian motion parameter and thermophoresis. Methods: Applying the similarity transformation to a system of partial differential equations yields an ordinary differential equation of first order. Since, there is the nonlinear nature of the modified equations, these ordinary differential equations are addressed by employing mathematical modeling. The shooting process has been embraced to solve changed equations by implementing the following Runge-Kutta Fehlberg method. Findings: Graphical representations are used to show how several fluid factors, such as Casson fluid parameter, free stream velocity, thermophoresis, magnetic parameter, Brownian motion parameter, heat generation parameter, Lewis number, radiation parameter, chemical reaction and curvature parameter affect concentration, temperature and velocity. Results for physical quantity of interest are also computed and reported in tabular form. The study's main findings showed that nanoparticle temperatures rise with greater Brownian motion parameter values, whereas nanoparticle concentration falls with higher heat radiation parameter values. Additionally, it is found that with rise in Lewis number rises as 0.1, 0.4, 0.7, 1.0, 1.3, heat transfer rate falls down by 21.19%. The outcomes are calculated using the MATLAB software. Novelty: This technique's validity is defended by comparing its most recent findings to previously published results and successfully meeting the convergence criteria. The present work emphasizes the analysis of free stream flow in the cylindrical area, specifically in the existence of partial slip and heat radiation, under convective circumstances. This study has significant implications for electronic devices such as processors as well as many businesses and the field of biological and medical sciences. The present investigation aims to support production businesses in achieving the desired level of quality of their products by effectively managing the transport phenomena. Keywords: Stretching cylinder, Heat radiation, Brownian motion, Thermophoresis, Non-Newtonian nanofluid, Shooting technique

Computational study of the coaxial air and fuel jet through a 3-lobe strut injector for efficient fuel mixing in a supersonic combustion chamber

In this article, comprehensive simulations of the compressible air stream inside the combustion chamber are done to disclose the mixing and circulation performance of the 3-lobe injector behind the strut. The computational approach is employed to visualize the jet flow with/without the inner air jet released at supersonic flow. The main focus is the importance of lobe shape nozzle on the fuel diffusion into the main stream behind the strut. The role of the shock waves and their contact with the fuel jet flow is also investigated in the present work. Free stream velocity inside the combustion chamber is Mach = 4 while the hydrogen fuel jet is injected via sonic speed. A comparison of single and 3-lobe nozzles indicates that the lobe configuration of the nozzle increases the circulation behind the nozzle. Besides, the usage of the internal air jet increases the contact of the fuel jet with the shear layer initiated from the edge of the strut.

Multi-variable fuzzy adaptive time-varying sliding mode control (MVFATVSMC) of the reverse osmosis-photovoltaic desalination system

Among the different desalination systems, reverse osmosis is popular due to its specific characteristics. Two challenges in these systems are power supply and compensation for the imposed disturbances and uncertainties which affect the performance of the system. To study these two challenges all main subsystems of the photovoltaic-reverse osmosis (PV-RO) system are considered. A photovoltaic system is considered for power supply and robust controllers are proposed to deal with the uncertainties and disturbances. For these purposes, all parts of the PV-RO desalination process are considered. Maximum power is tracked in different sun radiations and temperatures using a Mamdani-type fuzzy controller optimized by the invasive weed algorithm (IWA). This new MPPT controller gets about 10 % more power, 60 % lesser fluctuations, and 20 % smaller rise time. The speed controller of the induction motor and the pressure controller are fuzzy-PID. An adaptive time-varying sliding mode control (ATVSMC) is proposed to control the RO system because this system is highly nonlinear with many uncertainties and disturbances. The controller has global robustness and regulates the system to the desired points at a specified time. In this controller, knowing the maximum limit of the system uncertainties is not essential, which is a practical advantage for the PV-RO system. The numerical simulations in different scenarios and a comparison to existing work show the superiority of the proposed controllers. This novel controller decreases the overshoot and settling time of the bypass stream velocity by about 3.5 % and 7.6 % in comparison to super-twisting sliding mode control (STSMC), respectively. The settling time of the retentate stream velocity has decreased by about 9 %. Moreover, there are no fluctuations in the control inputs and outputs, and the amplitude of the bypass stream control input has decreased by about 98 %.

Revisiting wave friction factors for rough turbulent flow

The wave friction factor 𝑓𝑤 and the phase lead of the seabed shear stress over the free stream velocity 𝜑 for rough turbulent flow are revisited by utilizing the similarity theory used by Myrhaug (1989). Results are obtained for 𝑓𝑤 and 𝜑 by determining the similarity coefficients using the Dixen et al. (2008) data for large bed roughness. Comparisons are made with other experimental data and wave friction factor formulae. As a result, an approximation for 𝑓𝑤 by disregarding the phase 𝜑 is recommended covering a wide range of amplitude-to-roughness ratios.

Comparative analysis of varied thermal conductivity and viscosity models in a hybrid nanofluid flow - a non-similar solution

ABSTRACT We aim to investigate the flow of an ethylene glycol-based hybrid nanofluid over a horizontal surface with a free stream velocity. To assess the viscosity and thermal conductivity of nanoparticles with various shapes, we employed the Brinkman, Timofeeva, and Yamada Ota unit cell models. The study explores heat transfer in the flow system considering the effects of viscous and ohmic dissipations, linear radiative heat flux, and heat generation under convective boundary conditions. A non-similar system is developed using appropriate non-similarity transformations up to the third-level truncation and numerically solved using the bvp4c algorithm. The novelty of the proposed model lies in obtaining the non-similar solution and incorporating the Brinkman, Timofeeva, and Yamada Ota unit cell models. The results indicated that the Brinkman viscosity model resulted in an increase in the wall heat transfer rate with a rise in particle volume fraction. It is also inferred that platelet-shaped nanoparticles exhibit a significantly higher heat transfer rate compared to spherical-shaped nanoparticles.

Design method and experimental study on a novel self-sustaining internal combustion burner

Peak shaving represents a particular challenge with regard to coal-fired power plants, as methods to achieve stable, high-efficiency, and low-nitrogen-oxide combustion at ultralow loads remain unavailable. In this study, based on analysis of the ignition mechanism, heating mode, and theory of preheating method, we proposed a novel pulverized coal full-time self-sustaining internal combustion burner by combining the processes of plasma ignition, reverse jetting, and multi-stage ignition. A flame stability model for the burner's recirculation zone was established using the temperature change rate of the recirculation zone as a criterion. The ignition position of the stable self-sustained combustion of the pulverized coal gas stream was determined under various working conditions, and the length of the ignition core stage, a component of the burner inside which the pulverized coal gas stream achieves stable self-sustained combustion, was determined based on the calculated maximum ignition position; a self-sustaining internal combustion burner was then designed based on the ascertained length. Subsequently, we established an experimental system for the self-sustaining internal combustion burner and conducted tests in the load range of 25 %–100 %. Notably, the results of the pulverized coal self-sustained ignition position experiment were consistent with the computational results of the model. The self-sustaining internal combustion burner offers a quick start–stop feature, with the pulverized coal able to achieve stable self-sustained combustion after the plasma igniter shuts off. The resultant gas-phase products exiting the burner met the boiler's concentration requirements for enhanced nitrogen reduction, and the burner exhibited good anti-interference properties. The influence of the pulverized coal gas stream velocity and concentration on the self-sustained ignition was expounded. Under the experimental conditions, an optimal concentration range was ascertained for stable ignition of the pulverized coal gas stream, with the ignition position gradually advancing backward with increasing gas stream velocity. Together, our findings highlight the potential of the proposed burner design to support clean and efficient pulverized coal combustion in coal-fired power plants.