The evolution of nascent soot formation in methane-ethylene, ethane-ethylene and propane-ethylene laminar premixed flames

Can Shao, He Lin*, Baiyang Lin, Mani Sarathy, Zhen Huang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The evolution of primary soot particles (particle size distribution, number density and volume fraction) in a laminar premixed flame was investigated in this paper. It was found that all the blended flames have bimodal particle size distribution. The blending of propane greatly enhanced the nucleation of soot in the flame, and the strong continuous nucleation was also observed in the downstream of the flame. The mobility volume fraction and the number density of propane-ethylene flame are the biggest comparing to the other two flames. Calculations show that more PAHs are formed in propane-ethylene flame, resulting in the promotion of soot particles formation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
StatePublished - 2017
Event11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2017 - Sydney, Australia
Duration: Dec 10 2017Dec 14 2017

Conference

Conference11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2017
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney
Period12/10/1712/14/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Fuel Technology
  • General Chemical Engineering

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