ME 475/675 Introduction to Combustion Lecture 34
Announcements Integrated BS/MS Degree Term Project Add 2% to HW
Midterm 2 Scaled = 10xSqrt(Raw) Scaled average = 82
Flame Quenching, Mixture Flammability, Ignition
Cold Wall Quenching Quenching distance d Smallest dimension d that allows flame to pass Experimentally determined by shutting off flow of a premixed stabilized flame d tube = (1.2 to 1.5) d tube d d
Simplified Quenching Analysis for a slot b=2 b>2
Quenching will take place when b=2 b>2
Data, Table 8.4 page 291
Example 8.4, page 290 Turn in next time for EC
Flammability Limits
Example 8.5, p 294 (turn in next time for EC) A full propane cylinder from a camp stove leaks its contents of 1.02 lbm (0.464 kg) into a 12’x14’x8’ (4.66 m x 4.27 m x 2.44) room at 20C and 1 atm. After a long time, the fuel gas and room are well mixed. Is the mixture in the room flammable?
Ignition
Energy to bring critical volume to T b