Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10264440 | Combustion and Flame | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The premixed gas flame spreading through an array of large-scale vortices is studied numerically. It is found that the flame speed is a nonmonotonic function of the stirring intensity. At sufficiently low Lewis numbers (Le<1) the system becomes bistable with a hysteretic transition between possible propagation modes. In the presence of volumetric heat losses the stirring invariably promotes extinction (reduces the flammability limits), provided Le>1. At Le<1 this holds only for sufficiently strong stirring, whereas moderate stirring actually expands the flammability limits. At Le>1 the deficient reactant is fully consumed up to the very quenching point. At Le<1, prior to the total extinction, part of the deficient reactant escapes the reaction zone and remains unconsumed.
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Authors
L. Kagan, G. Sivashinsky,