管道截面对氢气/空气预混爆炸影响的实验研究

为研究管道截面对氢气/空气预混火焰形状与传播速度的影响,选用三个长度都为1m而截面尺寸不同的方形管道进行实验。实验结果表明,在截面为80mm×80mm的管道中,四种氢气浓度下预混火焰都发展形成了郁金香火焰。火焰传播速度呈现上升,下降,再上升的波动。在截面为100mm×100mm和150mm×150mm的管道中,只有在氢气浓度20%下形成郁金香火焰,并且传播速度也出现上述的波动。而在氢气浓度25%,30%,40%下,预混火焰都呈指尖形传至管口,未出现郁金香火焰,传播速度都是不断上升。三个管道对比中,截面为100mm×100mm的管道内火焰平均传播速度最快,且压力波第一峰值最大。     

封闭管道油气爆炸超压及火焰传播特性

对油气在封闭管道内的爆炸特性进行研究，发现爆炸超压发展过程可以分为3个阶段:第1次超压上升阶段、第2次超压上升阶段和超压下降阶段。初始油气浓度对爆炸初始阶段的发展有很大影响，油气浓度为1.73%时发展最激烈；当初始油气浓度较高时，在最大超压峰值附近，会产生压力振荡现象；初始油气浓度对Tulip火焰的形成及发展有较大影响，各种浓度油气的爆炸，都有形成Tulip火焰的趋势；当油气浓度适中时，Tulip火焰会一直传播到管道末端，当油气浓度较高或较低时，火焰锋面会经由鲨鱼嘴形状火焰转变为刀尖形火焰，当初始油气浓度为1.73%时，最容易发展形成Tuilp火焰。     

Numerical investigation of effects on premixed hydrogen/air flame propagation in pipes with different contraction or expansion angles

Numerical simulations of premixed hydrogen-air flame propagation in a pipe with different contraction or expansion angles are carried out in this study. The effects on the flame propagation characteristics are investigated, including flame shape, the speed of flame front and overpressure. Results show that the flame propagation at different contraction angles experiences 6 flame stages: spherical flame stage, finger-shaped flame stage, stage of flame front touching the sidewalls, classic tulip flame stage, dissipation stage of tulip flame and its re-formation stage. The formation of tulip flame and the following stages are promoted by the contraction structure. Meanwhile, the development of the flow and pressure fields near the contraction are analyzed and it is found that the paraclinical effects induced by the contraction angle enhance the tulip re-formation. In the sudden expansion pipes, a triple flame stage appears in the pipes. The flame front remains relatively static for a period of time. However, the flame would continue to propagate when the expansion angle becomes larger and the flame propagation distance in the ducts increased obviously with the larger expansion angle. Baroclinic effect can inhibit the intensity of the vortex in the flow field, and hence weaken the forward transport of fuel. This inhibit effects decrease with the expansion angle becomes larger. The results of this study have implications concerning designs for pipe geometry of hydrogen and may help get better hydrogen transportation.