Effect of Turbulence on Flame Propagation in Comstarch Dust-Air Mixtures  

作　　者：Shuangfeng WANG Yikang PU Fu JIA Artur GUTKOWSKI 

机构地区：[1]National Microgravity Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China [2]Department of Heat Technology and Refrigeration, Technical University of Lodz, Stefanowskiego 1/15, 90-924 Lodz, Poland

出　　处：《Journal of Thermal Science》2006年第2期186-192,共7页热科学学报（英文版）

摘　　要：Following the quantitative determination of dust cloud parameters, this study investigated the flame propagation through cornstarch dust clouds in a vertical duct of 780 mm height and 160×160 mm square cross section, and gave particular attention to the effect of turbulence on flame characteristics. The turbulence induced by dust dispersion process was measured using a particle image velocimetry （PIV） system. Upward propagating dust flames were visualized with direct fight and shadow photography. The results show that a critical value of the turbulence intensity can be specified below which laminar flame propagation would be established. This transition condition is about 10 cm/s. The measured propagation speed of laminar flames appears to be in the range of 0.45-0.56 m/s, consistent with the measurements reported in the literature. For the present experimental conditions, the flame speed is little sensitive to the variations in dust concentration. Some information on the flame structure was revealed from the shadow records, showing the typical heterogeneous feature of dust combustion process.

关 键 词：dust flame flame propagation dust dispersion process TURBULENCE CORNSTARCH 

分 类 号：V231.26[航空宇航科学与技术—航空宇航推进理论与工程]