Experiments on turbulent flame propagation in dust-air mixtures

F. Rzal (1) , B. Veyssiere (1) , Yvon Mouilleau (2) , Christophe Proust (2)

1 LCD - Laboratoire de combustion et de détonique
2 INERIS - Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques

Experiments on turbulent flame propagation in starch particle air mixtures have been performed in two vertical tubes. For a given particle concentration, the characteristics of the dust flame depend on the structure of the flowfield pre-existing g in the unburnt mixture in front of the flame.

Keywords: EXPLOSION; COMBUSTION; MELANGES GAZEUX; MELANGES GAZ; PARTICULES; TURBULENCE; TOURBILLON

Domains: Engineering Sciences [physics]

F. Rzal, B. Veyssiere, Yvon Mouilleau, Christophe Proust. Experiments on turbulent flame propagation in dust-air mixtures. 13. International Colloquium on dynamics of explosions and Reactive Systems, Jul 1991, Nagoya, Japan. pp.211-231. ⟨ineris-00969593⟩