TY - JOUR
T1 - The temperature dependence of soot formation in laminar coflow aromatic flames
AU - Chu, Carson Noel
AU - Zaher, Mohammed H.
AU - Thomson, Murray J.
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2022-04-26
Acknowledgements: We acknowledge the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Ref: PGSD2 - 534476 - 2019. Computations were performed on the Niagara supercomputer at the SciNet HPC Consortium. SciNet is funded by: the Canada Foundation for Innovation; the Government of Ontario; Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence; and the University of Toronto.
PY - 2022/3/5
Y1 - 2022/3/5
N2 - The temperature sensitivity of n-propylbenzene and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene on soot formation in coflow diffusion flames was assessed. Cases with air temperatures at 300K (LT), 473K (MT), and 673K (HT) were established. Soot volume fractions and primary particle diameters were measured by Laser-induced incandescence. Soot temperatures were measured by rapid thermocouple insertion with correction by backward extrapolation. Soot yield also increased with temperature. Compared to alkanes and alkenes, alkylbenzenes exhibited much lower temperature sensitivity. The model suggested that elevating the reactant temperature did not significantly affect the production of soot precursor PAH in alkylbenzene flames, but altered the buoyancy-induced acceleration, which subsequently determined the time available for soot growth. Soot formation was promoted by extending the available time. To isolate the impact of fuel temperature, a case with heated fuel and unheated air (FHT) was also assessed. It is found that raising the fuel temperature affected soot formation more along the centerline than on the wing. This is suggested to be related to the earlier soot inception for FHT along the centerline.
AB - The temperature sensitivity of n-propylbenzene and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene on soot formation in coflow diffusion flames was assessed. Cases with air temperatures at 300K (LT), 473K (MT), and 673K (HT) were established. Soot volume fractions and primary particle diameters were measured by Laser-induced incandescence. Soot temperatures were measured by rapid thermocouple insertion with correction by backward extrapolation. Soot yield also increased with temperature. Compared to alkanes and alkenes, alkylbenzenes exhibited much lower temperature sensitivity. The model suggested that elevating the reactant temperature did not significantly affect the production of soot precursor PAH in alkylbenzene flames, but altered the buoyancy-induced acceleration, which subsequently determined the time available for soot growth. Soot formation was promoted by extending the available time. To isolate the impact of fuel temperature, a case with heated fuel and unheated air (FHT) was also assessed. It is found that raising the fuel temperature affected soot formation more along the centerline than on the wing. This is suggested to be related to the earlier soot inception for FHT along the centerline.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/676466
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0010218022000931
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125624045&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.combustflame.2022.112074
DO - 10.1016/j.combustflame.2022.112074
M3 - Article
SN - 1556-2921
VL - 241
SP - 112074
JO - Combustion and Flame
JF - Combustion and Flame
ER -