화학공학소재연구정보센터
Combustion and Flame, Vol.112, No.3, 293-301, 1998
Flame front configuration of turbulent premixed flames
The present study is performed to explore dependence of the wrinkle scale of propane-air turbulent premixed flames on the characteristics of turbulence in the nonreacting flow, burner size, and mixture ratio. The wrinkle scales are examined and expressed in the frequency distribution of the radii of flame front curvatures. The average wrinkle scale depends not only on the characteristics of turbulence in the nonreacting flow but also on burner diameter and mixture ratio. The average wrinkle scale of a lean propane-air flame is larger than those of the near stoichiometric and rich flames. The smallest wrinkle scale of turbulent premixed flame is in the range of 0.75-1.0 mm, which is much larger than the Kolmogorov scale of turbulence in the nonreacting flow.