Quantitative model-based imaging of mid-infrared radiation from a turbulent nonpremixed jet flame and plume》.pdf

Combustion and Flame 162 (2015) 1275–1283 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Combustion and Flame journal homepage: www. /loc ate/combustflame Quantitative model-based imaging of mid-infrared radiation from a turbulent nonpremixed jet flame and plume Brent A. Rankin a,b,⇑, Matthias Ihme c, Jay P. Gore a a School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA b National Research Council, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA c Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Current understanding of turbulent reacting flows can be improved by novel quantitative comparisons Received 24 June 2014 using highly scalable visualization methods based on volume rendering of time-dependent mid-infrared Received in revised form 26 October 2014 intensities in the form of images with multiple view angles. In this work, the effects of radiation and Accepted 28 October 2014 buoyancy in a turbulent nonpremixed flame and plume are studied by quantitatively comparing mea- Available online 3 December 2014 sured and computed images of the mid-infrared radiation intensity. To this end, a turbulent nonpremixed jet flame (Reynolds number 15,200 and CH /H /N fuel composition) is considered, representing a bench-