Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 128, 2019
XII International Conference on Computational Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer (ICCHMT 2019)
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Article Number | 01013 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Heat and Mass Transfer in Energy Systems | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201912801013 | |
Published online | 08 November 2019 |
Prediction of hydrogen flame propagation in a channel with exit contraction
Center of Flow Simulation (CFS), Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences,
Münsterstr. 156,
D-40476
Düsseldorf,
Germany
* Corresponding author: alicemal@prof-benim.com
The propagation of a flame front in a homogeneous and initially quiescent hydrogen-air mixture in a channel with exit contraction is numerically analyzed by means of Computational Fluid Dynamics. For the given configuration, the compressibility effects are important, the average pressure increases in time due to the exit contraction, and pressure waves occur, which affect the flame propagation. Flowturbulence is modelled by the Realizable k-e model. In modelling combustion, turbulence-chemistry interactions are neglected. Predictions are compared with the measurements for evolution of the flame shape, propagation speed and pressure. It is observed that the flame propagation speed, and, thus, the rate of pressure increase are over-predicted by the present approach. Still, a fair qualitative agreementto measurements is observed.
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