Flame Extinction Behaviors in the Centrifugal Force Environment

Abstract

By making use of the rotary cylinder combustion device which rotates with the combustible mixture in it, the real effects of the centrifugal force environment in the solid vortex on the flame behaviors are examined. The observed results show the enhanc-ed combustion by the swirl is not always expected, because of the rapid motion of a flame kernel to the swirl center, and the laminarization of turbulent flame. The propaga-tion speed of the flame initiated near the swirl center is considerably reduced, and in some cases, depending on the flame structure, vanishes to extinguish the flame.