Noise Measurements of Turbulent Natural‐Gas Diffusion Flames of 120 000‐ to 750 000‐Btu/h Output

1968 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 890-891 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbott A. Putnam
2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 419-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.H. Liakos ◽  
M.A. Founti ◽  
N.C. Markatos

1985 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1075-1081 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Toqan ◽  
W.F. Farmayan ◽  
J.M. Beér ◽  
J.B. Howard ◽  
J.D. Teare

Author(s):  
Hamidreza G. Darabkhani ◽  
John E. Oakey ◽  
Yang Zhang

In this paper we report on experimental investigation of co-flow air velocity effects on the flickering behavior and stabilization mechanism of laminar natural gas diffusion flames (with more than 96% methane in the fuel composition). In this study, chemiluminescence and high speed photography along with digital image processing techniques have been used to study the change in global flame shape, the instability initiation point, the frequency and magnitude of the flame oscillation. It is found that the co-flow air is able to shift the location of the initiation point of the outer toroidal vortices created by Kevin Helmholtz types of instability. It then reaches a stage when outer toroidal vortices interact only with hot plume of gases further downstream of the visible flame. Once the toroidal structure is out of the flame zone the flickering of the flame will disappear naturally. This is in contrast with the effect of pressure which enhances formation and interaction of outer toroidal vortices with the flame due to essential changes at flow densities. It is observed that a higher co-flow rate is needed in order to suppress the flame flickering at a higher fuel flow rate. Therefore the ratio of the air velocity to the fuel velocity is a stability controlling parameter. It has been found that a non-lifted laminar diffusion flame can be stabilized with a co-flow air velocity even less than half of the fuel jet exit velocity. The oscillation frequency was observed to increase with the co-flow rate. The frequency amplitudes, however, were observed to continuously decrease as the co-flow air was increasing. The oscillation magnitude and the oscillation wavelength were observed to decrease towards zero as the co-flow air was increasing. Whereas the average oscillating flame height behavior was observed to be bimodal. It was initially enhanced by the co-flow air then starts to decrease towards the stabilized level. This height was observed to remain almost constant after stabilization, despite further increase at air flow rate.


Fuel ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 300 ◽  
pp. 120999
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hossein Doranehgard ◽  
Son Tran ◽  
Hassan Dehghanpour

1970 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Giammar ◽  
A. A. Putnam

Pertinent literature is reviewed and experimental data on the combustion roar of turbulent, natural-gas, diffusion flames are presented. These data were obtained on two experimental burner rigs, one that consisted of two impinging fuel jets, and one that consisted of eight almost impinging fuel jets. Variables considered include the effect of firing rate up to several hundred thousand btu/hr, spud size, spud spacing and orientation, on both overall noise level and noise spectrum. The data are compared to similar observations from industrial combustors. Some speculations as to the specific source of the combustion roar are made.


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