24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-6.8.1

DOMINANT PARAMETER TO EXTINCTION LIMIT OF PREMIXED COUNTERFLOW FLAME UNDER VARIOUS PRESSURES

K. Takita, H. Yamazaki, T. Uchida, G. Masuya
Tohoku University, Japan

Keywords: Counterflow flame, Methane, Karlovitz number, Extinction, Lewis number

The dependence of extinction limit of counterflow premixed flames on pressure was experimentally and numerically investigated. Stretch rates at extinction of various mixtures with different Lewis numbers were measured.

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