Module 5: Premixed Flame
  Lecture 23: Structure of 1D Premixed Flame
 


Laminar Flame Theory

Assumptions:

  • 1D, steady, inviscid flow.
  • Flame is quite thin.
  • Ignition temperature is very close to flame temperature.
  • No heat loss including radiation; Adiabatic flame.
  • Pressure difference across the flame is negligibly small.
  • Binary diffusion, Fourier and Fick's law are valid.
  • Unity Lewis number.
  • Constant transport properties

Mass conservation:

… (1)

Species conservation:

Energy equation:

Fuel:

… (2)

… (5)

Oxidizer:

… (3)

Global reaction mechanism:

 

Product:

… (4)
… (6)