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    Rights statement: This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Fuel. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Fuel, 188, 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2016.10.073

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Investigation of the effect of DC electric field on a small ethanol diffusion flame

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>15/01/2017
<mark>Journal</mark>Fuel
Volume188
Number of pages7
Pages (from-to)621–627
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date19/10/16
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

A small ethanol diffusion flame exhibited interesting characteristics under a DC electric field. A numerical study has been performed to elucidate the experimental observations. The flow velocity, chemical reaction rate, species mass fraction distribution, flame deformation and temperature of the flame in the applied DC electric field were considered. The results show that the applied electric field changes the flame characteristics mainly due to the body forces acting on charged particles in the electric field. The charged particles are accelerated in the applied electric field, resulting in the flow velocity increase. The effects on the species distribution are also discussed. It was found that the applied electric field promotes the fuel/oxidizer mixing, thereby enhancing the combustion process and leading to higher flame temperature. Flame becomes shorter with applied electric field and its deformation is related to the electric field strength. The study showed that it is feasible to use an applied DC electric field to control combustion and flame in small-scale.

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This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Fuel. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Fuel, 188, 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2016.10.073