Laminar premixed hydrogen/air flame dynamics with/without sidewall interactions

• Published in: International journal of hydrogen energy 2024-01, Vol.49, p.1020-1031
• Main Authors: Zhu, Jian, Pan, Jianfeng, Li, Zhongjia, Li, Feiyang, Quaye, Evans K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Flame stretch; Flame-wall interaction; Hydrogen flames; Laminar premixed flames; OpenFOAM; Preferential diffusion
• ISSN: 0360-3199; 1879-3487
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.08.158

This paper investigates laminar premixed hydrogen/air flame-wall interactions (FWI) subject to flame stretch (curvature and strain rate). Direct numerical simulations of finite-rate chemical reactions and in-depth molecular diffusion are used to numerically study two-dimensional (2D) V-shaped flames, with one side functioning as an isothermal cold wall that interacts with the flame and the other as a symmetrical center for free-propagating flame. An isometric grid with a grid resolution of 10 μm is used to resolve the FWI zone. It is discovered that the wall at the flame tip experiences increased negative stretching and enhanced local preferential diffusion which reduces the intensity of local combustion. This effect is especially noticeable at low equivalent ratios. Additionally, there is a close relationship between quenching behavior and flame dynamics. The present results show that the Markstein numbers for both the sidewall quenching flame and the freely propagating flame (MaSWQ and MaFF) are negative in lean hydrogen flames and positive in rich hydrogen flames. Cold wall has less impact on Ma. Furthermore, an intersection in the equivalence ratio is observed in the lean-fuel hydrogen/air flame, located at Φ = 0.8–1.0, with a change in the sign of Ma. •Resolved simulation of steady flame-wall interaction of hydrogen flames over a wide range of equivalent ratios.•Analysis of the V-shaped flame with/without wall from a thermodynamics perspective.•The wall increased negative flame stretching and enhanced local preferential diffusion.•Comparison of Markstein numbers between sidewall quenching flames and free propagating flames.•A crossover of equivalence ratio was observed in fuel poor hydrogen/air flames.