Complex oscillations in the combustion of acetaldehyde

Aperiodic dynamics are observed experimentally in the cool flame combustion region of acetaldehyde (ACH) in a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR). A gradual transition is seen, with variation of exit orifice size, from limit cycle oscillation to aperiodic variations in light emission, and then ba...

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Published in:The Journal of chemical physics 1988-10, Vol.89 (8), p.4737-4742
Main Authors: HARDING, R. H, SEVCIKOVA, H, ROSS, J
Format: Article
Language:English
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Chemistry
Combustion. Flame
Exact sciences and technology
General and physical chemistry
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Summary:Aperiodic dynamics are observed experimentally in the cool flame combustion region of acetaldehyde (ACH) in a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR). A gradual transition is seen, with variation of exit orifice size, from limit cycle oscillation to aperiodic variations in light emission, and then back to near periodic oscillations. We analyze this transition by calculating power spectra, autocorrelation functions, phase portraits, period distributions, and Poincaré sections. The variation in peak amplitude and peak-to-peak period of the temporal variations of light emission increases during the transition. There are many initial indications of a transition to chaos. However, after an in-depth analysis, given in the following article, we ascribe the transition to the presence of a Hopf bifurcation and noise: the path traced out in the constraint space by the change in exit orifice size is nearly tangent to a Hopf bifurcation set but does not cross this set.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.455667