To investigate the affecting mechanism of positive DC electric field on the combustion
the premixed lean fuel gas with an initial pressure of 303.975 kPa and excess air coefficient of 1.2
1.4
1.6 was selected as the research object
and positive/negative DC voltage of 5 kV and high frequency AC voltage of 5 kV
15 kHz were applied on the mesh electrodes within the combustion bomb. The flame's propagating characteristics under three electric fields were analyzed. The results showed that the change rules of the flame deformation
the flame propagation speed and the increase rate of the average propagation speed with the excess air coefficient under positive DC electric field are similar to those under negative DC electric field but different from those under high-frequency AC electric field. When the excess air coefficient increased from 1.2 to 1.6
the increase rate of average propagation speed under DC electric field increased from less than 15% to about 40%
while this value is always around 11% under AC electric field. It can be confirmed that both negative and positive DC electric fields affect the flame mainly through the ionic wind effect
but the formation mechanism and promotion effect of ionic wind between two electric fields are significantly different
which is of great significance for the choice of electric field type to assist combustion under different conditions.
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