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Simultaneous 10 kHz TPIV, OH PLIF, and CH2O PLIF measurements of turbulent flame structure and dynamics

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Simultaneous 10 kHz repetition-rate tomographic particle image velocimetry, hydroxyl planar laser-induced fluorescence (OH PLIF), and formaldehyde (CH\(_2\)O) PLIF were used to study the structure and dynamics of turbulent premixed flames. The flames investigated span from the classically defined corrugated flamelet regime to conditions at which broadened and/or broken flamelets are expected. Methods are presented for determining 3D flame topologies from the Mie scattering tomography and for tracking features through space and time using theoretical Lagrangian particles. Substantial broadening of the CH\(_2\)O region is observed with increasing turbulence intensity. However, OH production remains rapid, and the region of OH and CH\(_2\)O overlap remains thin. Local flame speeds exceeding three times the laminar flame speed are observed in regions of flame–flame interaction. Furthermore, a method of tracking fluid residence time within the CH\(_2\)O layer is presented and shows that residence time decreases at higher turbulence intensity despite the broader distribution of the CH\(_2\)O, indicating an increase in local reaction rate.

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Acknowledgments

This work was sponsored by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Grant No. FA9550-13-1-0070, Project Monitor Dr. Chiping Li, and NSERC under Grant No. RGPIN 413232. Travel for Stephen Hammack was supported using AFOSR Grant FA9550-14-1-0343.

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  1. University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Toronto, Canada

    Jeffrey R. Osborne, Sarah A. Ramji & Adam M. Steinberg

  2. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, USA

    Campbell D. Carter & Scott Peltier

  3. Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

    Stephen Hammack & Tonghun Lee

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Appendices

Appendix: Burner geometry

Two perforated plates were used to generate isotropic turbulence in the Hi-Pilot burner, as was shown in Fig. 1b. The geometry of the turbulence generating plates are shown in Fig. 21, and the pilot exit plate in Fig. 22.

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Geometry of a turbulence plate A and b B. Dimensions in mm and percent open area is, respectively, 51 and 15 %

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Plane view of the pilot exit plate, dimensions in mm

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Hi-Pilot jet boundary conditions

Hot wire measurements were taken at the jet exit plane in order to characterize the boundary conditions. Contours of exit plane velocity and mean velocity fluctuations \(u'_t = \overline{| u - \bar{u} |}\) are shown in Fig. 23. As can be seen, there was a slight asymmetry in the velocity fluctuations profile, which was believed to be caused by manufacturing imperfections. Raw exit plane velocity data can be made available upon request.

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Velocity statistics at jet exit plane for Cases 1–3 (left to right) from CTA. a Mean velocity (m/s). b Velocity fluctuations (m/s)

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Osborne, J.R., Ramji, S.A., Carter, C.D. et al. Simultaneous 10 kHz TPIV, OH PLIF, and CH2O PLIF measurements of turbulent flame structure and dynamics. Exp Fluids 57, 65 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-016-2151-7

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