The current study was motivated by reasoning why heat-loss-induced self-excitation, identified well in laminar lifted free-jet flames, has not been so far observed in lifted coflow jet flames. Concerning a well-defined heat-loss-induced self-excitatio...
The current study was motivated by reasoning why heat-loss-induced self-excitation, identified well in laminar lifted free-jet flames, has not been so far observed in lifted coflow jet flames. Concerning a well-defined heat-loss-induced self-excitation at zero coflow velocity, experiments were conducted by varying coflow velocity until heat-loss-induced self-excitation disappears. It was found that there exists a limit coflow velocity over which heat-loss-induced self-excitation does not occur, i.e, the coflow velocity 40 ㎝/s for the nozzle diameter 0.3 ㎜ in the current study. Based on this, flame stability maps were presented in the coflow velocity ranges of 10 ~ 40 ㎝/s. The functional dependency of Strouhal number upon related parameters is described for the heat-loss-induced self-excitation and discussed in detail.
An newly identified oscillating by flame extinction (mode Ⅱ) is shown to be realted to the heat-loss-induced self-excitation from premixed wings to trailing diffusion flame in the current laminar lifted coflow jet flames; meanwhile the traditional flame blow-out (mode Ⅰ) as well as the heat-loss-induced blow-out (mode Ⅱ) have been so far found in laminar lifted free jet flames. It is seen that the flame blow-out of the mode Ⅱ is delayed compared to that in laminar lifted jet flame. The oscillating by flame extinction (mode Ⅱ) is discussed in detail for the relevance with the coflow velocity.