Transient Extinction of Counter flow Diffusion Flame

Abstract

A transient analysis was performed for extinction of the counter flow diffusion flame utilizing the assumptions of inviscid, incompressible, and laminar stagnation-point boundary layer flows. The unsteadiness was induced via linear time variation of the stagnation point velocity gradient. The physical meaning of the middle solution of the quasi-steady theory was clarified. The effects of acceleration and deceleration of the flow were examined and it was found that strong acceleration tends to support the flame up to a small Damkohler number, which implies that the flame strength becomes large for flames under acceleration.