Flame acceleration in unconfined hydrogen/air deflagrations using infrared photography |
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Authors: | Woo Kyung Kim Toshio Mogi Ritsu Dobashi |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan;2. Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Flame behavior and blast waves generated during unconfined hydrogen deflagrations were experimentally studied using infrared photography. Infrared photography enables expanding spherical flame behaviors to be measured and flame acceleration exponents to be evaluated. In the present experiments, hydrogen/air mixtures of various concentrations were filled in a plastic tent of thin vinyl sheet of 1 m3 and ignited by an electric spark. The onset of accelerative dynamics on the flame propagation was analyzed by the time histories of the flame radius and the stretched flame speed. The results demonstrated that the self-acceleration of the flame, which was caused by diffusional-thermal and hydrodynamic instabilities of the blast wave, was influenced by hydrogen deflagrations in unconfined areas. In particular, it was demonstrated that the overpressure rapidly increased with time. The burning velocity acceleration was greatly enhanced with spontaneous-turbulization. |
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Keywords: | Flame acceleration Self-acceleration Flame front instability Blast wave Gas explosion Hydrogen |
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