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Non-premixed swirl-type tubular flames burning liquid fuels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2018

Vinicius M. Sauer Open the ORCID record for Vinicius M. Sauer [Opens in a new window] ,
Fernando F. Fachini  and
Derek Dunn-Rankin
Vinicius M. Sauer*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 92697 CA, USA
Fernando F. Fachini
Affiliation:
Grupo de Mecânica de Fluidos Reativos, Laboratório de Combustão e Propulsão, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Cachoeira Paulista, SP 12630-000, Brazil
Derek Dunn-Rankin
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 92697 CA, USA
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†Email address for correspondence: vmsauer@uci.edu
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Abstract

Tubular flames represent a canonical combustion configuration that can simplify reacting flow analysis and also be employed in practical power generation systems. In this paper, a theoretical model for non-premixed tubular flames, with delivery of liquid fuel through porous walls into a swirling flow field, is presented. Perturbation theory is used to analyse this new tubular flame configuration, which is the non-premixed equivalent to a premixed swirl-type tubular burner – following the original classification of premixed tubular systems into swirl and counterflow types. The incompressible viscous flow field is modelled with an axisymmetric similarity solution. Axial decay of the initial swirl velocity and surface mass transfer from the porous walls are considered through the superposition of laminar swirling flow on a Berman flow with uniform mass injection in a straight pipe. The flame structure is obtained assuming infinitely fast conversion of reactants into products and unity Lewis numbers, allowing the application of the Shvab–Zel’dovich coupling function approach.

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Reacting Flows: Combustion Reacting Flows: Laminar reacting flows Vortex Flows: Vortex interactions
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 846 , 10 July 2018 , pp. 210 - 239
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