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On the cellular instability of flames near porous-plug burners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2006

A. C. Mcintosh
A. C. Mcintosh
Affiliation:
College of Aeronautics, Cranfield Institute of Technology, Cranfield. Bedford, U.K. Present address: Department of Mathematics and Computation, Luton College of Higher Education, Park Square, Luton, Bedfordshire, U.K.
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Abstract

Two-dimensional burner-flame stability is discussed with arbitrary gas expansion. Density variations are allowed for by fully coupling the continuity and momentum equations. The flame is assumed to be close to a porous-plug-type flameholder so that the conventional hydrodynamic zone upstream of the flame cannot be included. Instead, the flow is assumed to obey a Darcy-type law within the holder, relating pressure gradient and velocity. It is shown that the influence of the holder and the acceleration due to gravity are important factors governing the onset of cellularity in porous-plug burner flames. Further, the balance of the transverse and longitudinal Darcy constants used to describe the upstream hydrodynamic zone within the holder have a vital effect on stability predictions. Experimental observations are confirmed by the theory presented.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 161 , December 1985 , pp. 43 - 75
Copyright
© 1985 Cambridge University Press

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