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  • Polymer science
  • Computational fluid dynamics

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  • Predicting polymer combustion is complex due to solid fuel properties.
  • Accurate burning characteristics require resolving heat and mass transfer between gas and solid phases.
  • Flame spread over solid fuels is a critical phenomenon in combustion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To apply a mixture fraction approach for predicting the combustion behavior of polymeric materials.
  • To model flame spread over polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) as a representative polymer.
  • To investigate the accuracy of current models in capturing heat and mass transfer dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a mixture fraction approach combined with tabulated chemistry.
  • Modeled counterflow diffusion flames with close proximity to the fuel surface to account for heat loss.
  • Employed a skeletal chemical mechanism (29 species, 33 reactions) for gas-phase combustion.
  • Analyzed numerical results from previous studies on PMMA flame spread.

Main Results:

  • The mixture fraction approach satisfactorily resolved the flame tip shape.
  • A monotonic distribution of mixture fraction was observed in the flame region.
  • The model overpredicted heat flux to the solid fuel, leading to higher flame spread rates than experimental data.
  • Oversimplification of heat transfer in the flame tip area was identified as a key source of inaccuracy.

Conclusions:

  • The mixture fraction approach offers potential for describing polymer combustion.
  • Accurate prediction requires incorporating multidimensional heat transfer into tabulated chemistry models.
  • Further research is needed to refine heat transfer calculations for improved accuracy.