Prediction of the liftoff, blowout and blowoff stability limits of pure hydrogen and hydrogen/hydrocarbon mixture jet flames

The paper presents experimental studies of the liftoff and blowout stability parameters of pure hydrogen, hydrogen/propane and hydrogen/methane jet flames using a 2 mm burner. Carbon dioxide and Argon gas were also used in the study for the comparison with hydrocarbon fuel. Comparisons of the stability of H2/C3H8, H2/CH4 and H2/CO2 flames showed that H2/C3H8 produced the highest liftoff height and H2/CH4 required highest liftoff, blowoff and blowout velocities. The non-dimensional analysis of liftoff height was used to correlate liftoff data of H2, H2/C3H8, H2/CO2, C3H8 and H2/Ar jet flames tested in the 2 mm burner. The suitability of extending the empirical correlations based on hydrocarbon flames to both hydrogen and hydrogen/hydrocarbon flames was examined.