Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NUMERICAL METHODS FOR HEAT & FLUID FLOW
Volume 30, Issue 8, Pages 3903-3917Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/HFF-06-2019-0482
Keywords
Ignition; Ignition time; Mass flux; Oxygen concentration; Reduced pressure
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Purpose This study aims to investigate the controlling mechanisms of ambient oxygen and pressure on piloted ignition of solid combustibles under external radiant heating. Design/methodology/approach The numerical simulation method was used to model the influence of ambient oxygen concentration on the piloted ignition of a thermally irradiated solid sample in reduced pressure atmospheres. The solid phase decomposition and gas phase kinetics were solved simultaneously. Findings It was determined that the elevated oxygen atmospheres resulted in a higher flame temperature and a thicker temperature profile over the solid surface. Also, increasing oxygen and reducing pressure had a similar effect in the decrease of the ignition delay time. The shorter ignition time in reduced pressure was mainly because of the decreasing of convective heat losses from the heated solid. As oxygen was reduced, however, ignition occurred later and with a greater mass loss rate because more volatiles of solid fuel at transient ignition were required to sustain a complete reaction under an oxygen-poor condition. Originality/value This paper shows the effect mechanism of ambient oxygen and pressure on piloted ignition of solid combustibles.
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