Flame of H
2 is almost colorless and hardly visible by eyes. A method was investigated to visualize the H
2-flame by addition of a small amount of hydrocarbon gas, such as CH
4, C
3H
8, C
3H
6, and C
2H
2.
The flame luminosity generally decreased both with increase of λ1 (premixed air/ fuel ratio) and H
2 fraction in fuel gas, except for highly carbon-sooty flame.
In diffusion flame of H
2, some hydrocarbons (C
3H
8, C
3H
6 and C
2H
2) were very effective to increase the luminosity by a factor of 10
2 with addition of 10 eq-% (equivalent fraction of hydrocarbon in fuel) and by a factor of 10
3 with 20 eq-%, respectively. CH
4 was less effective that the luminosity increased only by a factor of 10 with addition of 50 eq-%.
In premixed flame of H
2, the effect of hydrocarbon addition was not significant. However, C
3H
8, C
3H
6, and C
2H
2 could increase the luminosity by a factor of 3, -10 with addition of 20 ep-% of them. The addition of above 20 eq-% of hydrocarbon had no further effect on increasing the luminosity.
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