An experimental study of partially premixed flame sound

Kapil K. Singh, Cheng Zhang, Jay P. Gore, Luc Mongeau, Steven H. Frankel

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Abstract

The sound generation by partially premixed flames was studied. Starting from a non-premixed flame, air was gradually added to achieve partial premixing while maintaining the fuel flow rate constant. Methane, ethylene, and ethane partially premixed flames were studied with hydrogen added for flame stabilization. The sound pressure generated by methane partially premixed flames scaled with M5 compared to M3 for turbulent non-premixed methane flames. The sound pressure generated by partially premixed flames of ethane and ethylene scales as M∼4.5. With progressive partial premixing, spectra level increased at all frequencies with a greater increase in the high-frequency region compared to the low-frequency region. The partially premixed flames of methane, ethylene, and ethane generated a similar SPL as a function of equivalence ratio when the fuel volume flow rate was matched. However, when fuel mass flow rate was matched, the ethane and ethylene flames produced a similar SPL, which was lower than that produced by the methane flame. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 30th International Symposium on Combustion (Chicago, IL 7/25-30/2004).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1707-1716
Number of pages10
JournalProceedings of the Combustion Institute
Volume30 II
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
Event30th International Symposium on Combustion - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: 25 Jul 200430 Jul 2004

Keywords

  • Acoustics
  • Combustion noise
  • Flame sound
  • Partially premixed
  • Turbulent flames

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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