Title

The Effect of Electric Fields on Burning Velocity

Author(s)

H. C. Jaggers, The Gas Council
R. J. Bowser, Imperial College London
Sarwan S. Sandhu, University of DaytonFollow
Felix J. Weinberg, Imperial College London

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1972

Publication Source

Combustion and Flame

Abstract

Part I:

The work reported in our recent letter has been extended to radio frequency fields using, for simplicity, the thermocouple method alone. The apparatus used was that described in Ref. 1. The nigh voltage supply was replaced by a radio frequency, generator giving a field strength of 1 kV rms cm^-1 at 6 MHz.

The burning velocities obtained again showed no appreciable variation. For stoichiometric ethylene/air and ethane/air flames they were 68.5 and 42.0 cm s^-1 respectively with an rms variation of 1%. Values obtained with dc (including zero) fields were 67.9 and 41.6 cm s^-1 with rms variations of 3.4 and 5.3%, compared with the estimated experimental errors of 2.8 and 4.5% respectively [1].

Part II:

As regards dc fields, the suggestion that the small changes in heat transfer prior to blowoff were due to flow modifications around the periphery, induced by forces acting on the ions, was tested optically. Because of the high sensitivity required, double exposure laser interferometry was used. The presence of such a small effect is shown in Fig. 1.

Inclusive pages

135-136

ISBN/ISSN

0010-2180

Comments

Permission documentation is on file.

Copyright

Copyright © 1972, Combustion Institute

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

19

Peer Reviewed

yes

Issue

1

eCommons Citation

Jaggers, H. C.; Bowser, R. J.; Sandhu, Sarwan S.; and Weinberg, Felix J., "The Effect of Electric Fields on Burning Velocity" (1972). Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications. 201.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cme_fac_pub/201