Abstract:
The combustion characteristics such as flame propagation characteristic, Markstein length and laminar burning velocity of methane/RP-3 mixture were obtained in a constant volume chamber at initial temperature of 450K, initial pressures of 0.1-0.3MPa, equivalence ratios of 0.7-1.5 and methane mole fraction of 0-0.8, and the effects of methane mole fraction and initial pressure on combustion stability and laminar burning velocity of methane/RP-3 mixture were analyzed. The results showed that at the equivalence ratio of 1.3, with the increase of methane mole fraction, the combustion of methane/RP-3 kerosene mixture became stable. The effect of initial pressure on combustion stability was greater. With the increase of initial pressure, the combustion stability of the mixture became worse. Markstein length of the mixture decreased with the increase of equivalence ratio. With the increase of methane mole fraction, the decrease tendency of Markstein length became slow, and with the increase of initial pressure, this decrease tendency became slow significantly. The laminar burning velocity of the mixture increased first and then decreased with the increase of equivalence ratio. At methane mole fraction of 0, 0.4 and 0.6, with the increase of methane mole fraction, the laminar burning velocity of the mixture increased gradually. At initial pressure of 0.1, 0.2, 0.3MPa, with the increase of initial pressure, the laminar burning velocity decreased evidently. With the increase of methane mole fraction and initial pressure, the peak value of laminar burning velocity of the mixture had the trend to move towards the fuel-rich zone.