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284 CHAPTER 12. DIFFUSION FLAME<br />

air fuel air air fuel air<br />

(a) overventilated<br />

(b) un<strong>de</strong>rventilated<br />

Figure 12.3: Confined laminar diffusion flames.<br />

tube, and Fig. 12.3 (b) to an un<strong>de</strong>rventilated flame, which ends at the wall of the<br />

exterior tube. The fuel-air ratio can be changed by varying the diameters ratio of both<br />

tubes. Both types of flames were experimentally observed by Burke and Schumann.<br />

The flame length is proportional to the amount of fuel burnt per second and does not<br />

<strong>de</strong>pend on the diameter of the burner.<br />

Burke and Schumann’s analysis on confined flames has been exten<strong>de</strong>d by J.<br />

Barr, [4] and [5], to the case where air and fuel velocities are different. He has experimentally<br />

analyzed the appearance of the flames that form when the streams of air<br />

and fuel change within limits far more exten<strong>de</strong>d than those covered by any previous<br />

investigation. As a result he conclu<strong>de</strong>s that the length of a laminar diffusion flame is<br />

proportional to the fuel consumption not only for the case of short flames, as stated<br />

by Lewis and von Elbe [6], but also for flames of a length as much as a hundred times<br />

the diameter of the burner. The results of his work are summarized in Fig. 12.4, taken<br />

from Ref. [5], which shows the different types of flames observed when the flow rates<br />

of air and fuel are changed. In the same figure, regions 1 and 2 correspond to flames<br />

with excess of air and fuel respectively, of the type studied by Burke and Schumann.<br />

In between these regions a zone of carbon formation exists. Region 3 corresponds to<br />

meniscus flames for which diffusion in the axial direction is important. A meniscus<br />

flame blows-out when the fuel flow rate is reduced. Region 4 corresponds to the socalled<br />

convective or Lambent flames. Within this region, where the fuel and air ratios<br />

are small, buoyancy forces are important and oscillating flames are obtained. Region<br />

5, where fuel flow rate is very large, corresponds to tilted flames preceding blow-off.<br />

Region 6, where the fuel and air streams are very strong, corresponds to lifted flames

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