Extinction of Inhibited, Stretched and Diluted Counterflowing Flames.
Extinction of Inhibited, Stretched and Diluted
Counterflowing Flames.
(398 K)
Yang, M. H.; Puri, I. K.; Hamins, A.
Combustion Institute/Central and Eastern States Section.
Combustion Fundamentals and Applications. Joint
Technical Meeting. March 15-17, 1993, New Orleans, LA,
56-60 pp, 1993.
Keywords:
flame research; methodology; kinetics; flame
extinguishment
Abstract:
It has been shown that a criteria for flame extinction
can be described by the Damkohler Number which is the
ratio of a characteristic flow or diffusion time to a
characteristic chemical reaction time. As the Damkohler
Number is reduced the fuel burning rate gradually
decreases until a critical value is attained when the
flame will abruptly extinguish. The objective of this
study is to investigate differences in the detailed
chemical mechanisms which control the kinetics of
non-premixed flames as they approach extinction by
stretch, inhibition, and dilution.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899