Mixing enhancement in a lobed injector

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 667-678

  Smith, L L ^a   Majamaki, A J ^a   Lam, I T ^a   Delabroy, O ^a   Karagozian, A R ^a   Marble, F E ^a   Smith, O I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001473553     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869224     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. H.-H. Chen and J. F. Driscoll, "Nitric oxide levels of turbulent jet diffusion flames - effects of coaxial air and other mixing parameters," Twenty-third Symposium (International) on Combustion (The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1990), pp. 281-288.
2. C. T. Bowman, "Control of combustion-generated nitrogen oxide emissions: Technology driven by regulation," Twenty-fourth Symposium (International) on Combustion (The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1992), pp. 859-878.
3. J. F. Driscoll, R. H. Chen, and Y. Yoon, "Nitric oxide levels of turbulent jet diffusion flames - Effects of residence time and Damkohler number," Combust. Flame 88, 37 (1992).
4. S. R. Turns, F. H. Bandaru, and E. R. Maund, "Oxides of nitrogen emissions from turbulent jet flames - 2. Fuel dilution and partial premixing effects," Combust. Flame 93, 255 (1993).
5. x formation in premixed high-pressure lean methane flames," 2nd ASME Fossil Fuel Combustion Symposium, ASME/PD 30, 69 (1990).
6. x emissions," J. Propulsion Power 9, 708 (1993).
7. x emission and major species concentrations in partially premixed laminar methane/air co-flow jet flames," Combust. Flame 105, 414 (1996).
8. A. Liñan and A. Crespo "An asymptotic analysis of unsteady diffusion flames for large activation energies," Combust. Sci. Tech. 14 95 (1976).
9. N. Peters, "Local quenching due to flame stretch and non-premixed turbulent combustion," Combust. Sci. Tech. 30, 1 (1983).
10. D. Thévenin and S. Candel, "Effect of variable strain on the dynamics of diffusion flame ignition," Combust. Sci. Tech. 91, 73 (1993).
11. A. Roshko, "The mixing transition in free shear flows," in The Global Geometry of Turbulence, edited by J. Jimenez (Plenum, New York, 1991).
12. T. G. Tillman, R. W. Paterson, and W. M. Presz, "Flow structure in a periodic axial vortex array," AIAA Paper No. 87-0610 (1987).
13. J. K. Elliott, T. A. Manning, Y. J. Qiu, E. M. Greitzer, C. S. Tan, and T. G. Tillman, "Computational and experimental studies of flow in multilobed forced mixers," AIAA Paper No. 92-3568 (1992).
14. A. K. S. Fung, "Modelling of mixer-ejector nozzle flows," M.S. thesis, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, February, 1995.
15. W. M. Presz, B. L. Morin, and R. G. Gousy, "Forced mixer lobes in ejector designs," J. Propulsion Power 4, 350 (1988).
16. W. A. Eckerle, H. Sheibani, and J. Aawd, "Experimental measurements of vortex development downstream of a lobed forced mixer," J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power 114, 63 (1992).
17. D. C. McCormick and J. C. Bennett, "Vortical and turbulent structure of a lobed mixer free shear layer," AIAA J. 32, 1852 (1994).
18. S. A. Skebe, R. W. Paterson, and T. J. Barber, "Experimental investigation of three-dimensional forced mixer lobe flow fields," AIAA Paper No. 88-3785-CP (1998).
19. S. C. M. Yu, J. H. Yeo, and J. K. L. Teh, "Velocity measurements downstream of a lobed-forced mixer with different trailing-edge configurations," J. Propulsion Power 11, 87 (1995).
20. S. C. M. Yu, X. G. Xu, and T. H. Yip, "Effects of initial boundary layers to the lobed mixer trailing streamwise vorticity," J. Propulsion Power 12, 440 (1996).
21. M. N. O'Sullivan, J. K. Krasnodebski, I. A. Waitz, E. M. Greitzer, and C. S. Tan, "Computational study of viscous effects on lobed mixer flow features and performance," J. Propulsion Power 12, 449 (1996).
22. J. C. Lasheras and H. Choi, "Three-dimensional instability of a plane free shear layer: An experimental study of the formation and evolution of streamwise vortices," J. Fluid Mech. 189, 53 (1988).
23. E. Meiburg and J. C. Lasheras, "Experimental and numerical investigation of the three-dimensional transition in plane wakes," J. Fluid Mech. 190, 1 (1988).
24. V. M. Belovich, M. Samimy, and M. F. Reeder, "Dual stream axisymmetric mixing in the presence of axial vorticity," J. Propulsion Power 12, 178 (1996).
25. K. B. M. Q. Zaman, M. F. Reeder, and M. Samimy, "Control of an axisymmetric jet using vortex generators," Phys. Fluids 6, 778 (1994).
26. J. B. McVey, "Observation of the effect of streamwise vorticity on the spreading of flames in high speed flow," Combust. Sci. Tech. 60, 447 (1988).
27. J. B. McVey and J. B. Kennedy, "Flame propagation enhancement through streamwise vorticity stirring," AIAA Paper No. 89-0619 (1989).
28. I. A. Waitz and D. S. Underwood, "Effect of heat release on streamwise vorticity enhanced mixing," AIAA Paper No. 95-2471 (1995).
29. T. J. Gerk and A. R. Karagozian, "Ignition delay associated with strained fuel layers," Twenty-sixth Symposium (International) on Combustion (The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1996), pp. 1095-1102.
30. E. S. Bish and W. J. A. Dahm, "Strained dissipation and reaction layer analyses of nonequilibrium chemistry in turbulent reacting flows," Combust. Flame 100, 457 (1994).
31. R. D. Mehta, "Effect of velocity ratio on Plane mixing layer development: Influence of the splitter plate wake," Exp. Fluids 10, 194 (1991).
32. A. Lozano, B. Yip, and R. K. Hanson, "Acetone: A tracer for concentration measurements on gaseous flows by planar laser-induced fluorescence," Exp. Fluids 13, 369 (1992).
33. N. Darabiha and S. Candel, "The influence of the temperature on extinction and ignition limits of strained hydrogen-air diffusion flames," Combust. Sci. Tech. 86, 67 (1992).
34. I. Lam, "Computation of scalar dissipation rate and strain rate in lobed injector flowfields," M.S. thesis, University of California, Los Angeles, 1996.
35. F. E. Marble, "Mixing, diffusion, and chemical reaction of liquids in a vortex field," Chemical Reactivity in Liquids, edited by M. Moreau and P. Turq (Plenum Press, New York, 1987), pp. 581-596.
36. B. M. Cetegen and N. Mohamad, "Experiments on liquid mixing and reaction in a vortex," J. Fluid Mech. 249, 391 (1993).
37. P. V. Danckwertz, "The definition and measurement of some characteristics of mixtures," Appl. Sci. Res. A 3, 279 (1952).
38. P. E. Dimotakis and P. L. Miller, "Some consequences of the boundedness of scalar fluctuations," Phys. Fluids A 2, 1919 (1990).
39. A. J. Majamaki, "A mixing enhancement study in a lobed fuel injector," M.S. thesis, University of California, Los Angeles, 1996.
40. T. J. Gerk, "Mixing ignition, and burning processes in strained fuel layers," M.S. thesis, University of California, Los Angeles, 1996.