Investigation of the effects of quarl and initial conditions on swirling non-premixed methane flames: Flow field, temperature, and species distributions

AM Elbaz, WL Roberts - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
Detailed measurements are presented of the turbulent flow field, gas species concentrations
and temperature field in a non-premixed methane swirl flame. Attention is given to the effect …

Effects of fuel-air mixing on flame structures and NOx emissions in swirling methane jet flames

TS Cheng, YC Chao, DC Wu, T Yuan, CC Lu… - Symposium …, 1998 - Elsevier
An experimental investigation is performed to study the effects of initial fuel-air mixing on
NOx and CO emissions in swirling methane jet flames. The major parameters used to modify …

Effect of swirl on combustion characteristics in premixed flames

AK Gupta, MJ Lewis, S Qi - 1998 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A double concentric premixed swirl burner is used to examine the structure of two different
methane-air premixed flames. Direct flame photography together with local temperature data …

Effect of swirl on temperature distribution in premixed flames

S Qi, A Gupta, M Lewis, S Qi, A Gupta… - 35th Aerospace Sciences …, 1997 - arc.aiaa.org
A double concentric premixed swirl burner is used to examine the structure of several
different methane-air premixed flames. The burner can be operated in premixed or partially …

Effect of burner geometry on swirl stabilized methane/air flames: A joint LES/OH-PLIF/PIV study

X Liu, AM Elbaz, C Gong, XS Bai, HT Zheng… - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
Large eddy simulation (LES) using a transported PDF model and OH-PLIF/PIV experiments
were carried out to investigate the quarl effects on the structures of swirl stabilized …

An experimental/numerical investigation of the role of the quarl in enhancing the blowout limits of swirl-stabilized turbulent non-premixed flames

AM Elbaz, S Yu, X Liu, XS Bai, I Khesho, WL Roberts - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
The blowout limits of methane/air non-premixed swirl-stabilized flames were measured with
and without quarl. The addition of a quarl significantly enhances the flame blowout limits …

Combustion characteristics of methane–oxygen enhanced air turbulent non-premixed swirling flames

N Merlo, T Boushaki, C Chauveau, S De Persis… - … thermal and fluid …, 2014 - Elsevier
Application of oxygen-enhanced combustion to existing fossil fuel energy systems to
facilitate CO 2 capture presents several challenges. This work investigates the combustion …

Effect of mixture flow stratification on premixed flame structure and emissions under counter-rotating swirl burner configuration

CT Chong, SS Lam, S Hochgreb - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
An investigation of the flame structure and emission performance of stratified swirl
methane/air flames was performed by using a double-annulus counter-rotating premixed …

Flamelet structure in turbulent premixed swirling oxy-combustion of methane

NW Chakroun, SJ Shanbhogue, Y Dagan… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - Elsevier
Two key flame macrostructures in swirling flows have been observed in experiments of oxy-
combustion (as well as air-combustion); as the equivalence ratio is raised, the flame moves …

Experimental study of compact swirl flames with lean premixed CH4/H2/air mixtures at stable and near blow-off conditions

W Zhang, J Wang, R Mao, W Lin, B Lin, Y Wu… - … Thermal and Fluid …, 2021 - Elsevier
An experimental study on the compact lean premixed flames stabilized on a bluff-body and
swirl burner is performed. The flames are featured with a strengthened Inner Recirculation …