Numerical Analysis of the Stability of Iron Dust Bunsen Flames

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Autores principales: Hazenberg, Thijs, Braig, Daniel, Mich, Johannes, Scholtissek, Arne, Hasse, Christian
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Publicado: 2025
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author Hazenberg, Thijs
Braig, Daniel
Mich, Johannes
Scholtissek, Arne
Hasse, Christian
author_facet Hazenberg, Thijs
Braig, Daniel
Mich, Johannes
Scholtissek, Arne
Hasse, Christian
contents This article presents numerical simulations of the response of an iron dust Bunsen flame to particle seeding changes. A validated numerical model is used to study the impact of particle seeding fluctuations on flame stability. Simulations are conducted for the Bunsen setup in the right-side up and up-side down configuration. No significant differences in flame response are identified in flame stability between the right-side up and up-side down configurations. We find that the Bunsen flame is surprisingly robust to abrupt changes in particle loading. The sudden change in particle loading does not excite any intrinsic instabilities in the flame. Based on our results, the iron dust flames are robust to imposed fluctuations. We hypothesize that this is due to the lack of a feedback mechanism between the burned temperature and the heat release rate. This mechanism is present in conventional, chemistry-driven, gaseous flames. However, such a mechanism is absent in iron dust flames because the combustion of individual iron particles is limited by oxygen diffusion, which is insensitive to temperature.
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spellingShingle Numerical Analysis of the Stability of Iron Dust Bunsen Flames
Hazenberg, Thijs
Braig, Daniel
Mich, Johannes
Scholtissek, Arne
Hasse, Christian
Fluid Dynamics
This article presents numerical simulations of the response of an iron dust Bunsen flame to particle seeding changes. A validated numerical model is used to study the impact of particle seeding fluctuations on flame stability. Simulations are conducted for the Bunsen setup in the right-side up and up-side down configuration. No significant differences in flame response are identified in flame stability between the right-side up and up-side down configurations. We find that the Bunsen flame is surprisingly robust to abrupt changes in particle loading. The sudden change in particle loading does not excite any intrinsic instabilities in the flame. Based on our results, the iron dust flames are robust to imposed fluctuations. We hypothesize that this is due to the lack of a feedback mechanism between the burned temperature and the heat release rate. This mechanism is present in conventional, chemistry-driven, gaseous flames. However, such a mechanism is absent in iron dust flames because the combustion of individual iron particles is limited by oxygen diffusion, which is insensitive to temperature.
title Numerical Analysis of the Stability of Iron Dust Bunsen Flames
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.21658