Catalyzed Combustion In A Flat Plate Boundary Layer I Experimental Measurements And Comparison With Numerical Calculations

Download or read book Catalyzed Combustion in a Flat Plate Boundary Layer. I. Experimental Measurements and Comparison with Numerical Calculations written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic fluid mechanics boundary layer problem, flow over a sharp leading edge flat plate, was used to study the effect of a heated surface on combustion in lean hydrogen-air mixtures. The velocity and density profiles of the boundary layer have been measured with laser Doppler velocimetry and Rayleigh scattering, respectively. Preliminary measurements on a silicon dioxide ''non-catalytic'' surface indicate neither boundary layer nor surface combustion for wall temperatures up to 1250°K. Measurements on a platinum catalytic surface indicate that, at a surface temperature of 1000°K, not only is there significant surface combustion but that homogeneous combustion in the boundary layer is induced by active species generated at the catalytic surface.