Flame propagation in both the optically thin and the optically thick regime of radiative transport was studied experimentally using particle-laden gas mixtures. Data on flame shapes, propagation rates, peak pressure, maximum rate of pressure rise, and thermal decay in the burned gases are consistent with the hypothesis that, at low particle loadings, the particles act to increase the radiative loss from the gases, whereas at higher loadings, reabsorption of emitted radiation becomes significant. The reabsorption acts to decrease the net radiative loss and augment conductive heat transport. It is speculated that, in sufficiently large systems, in which the absorption length is much smaller than the system size, flammability limits might not exist at microgravity conditions because emitted radiation would not constitute a loss mechanism.


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    Title :

    Premixed Flame Propagation in an Optically Thick Gas


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 31 , 11


    Publication date :

    1993-11-01



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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