Lengths of Lifted Laminar Flames Under Vertical Magnetic Field Gradient
Résumé
The effect of a vertical magnetic field gradient on stoichiometric lengths of methane-air diffusion lifted flames was numerically investigated. The study was developed for understanding the evolution of these lengths when coaxial jet air velocity was varied keeping constant fuel velocity. As the air jet velocity is increased, gradient in mixture fraction and liftoff height increase and flame length decreases. Calculated reacting flow results of liftoff and flame length are presented for two cases, with and without magnetic field. For the same initial flow conditions, the application of the negative magnetic field gradient results in an increase of the stoichiometric flame lengths and a reduction of liftoff heights. For the lifted flame under magnetic field gradient, the Froude number was modified to take into account the magnetic buoyancy effect and it is shown that the correlation proposed by Altenkirch et al. (1976) can still be applied to represent lengths of lifted flames.