Multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis of combustion flames in four-burner impinging entrained-flow gasifier

TL;DR

This study applies multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis to flame images from a four-burner gasifier, revealing multifractal properties and characteristic parameters that vary with experimental conditions.

Contribution

It introduces the use of multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis to characterize combustion flames in a four-burner gasifier, identifying key multifractal parameters.

Findings

Confirmed multifractal nature of flame images.

Identified characteristic multifractal parameters $\,\alpha_{\min}$ and $\,\alpha_{\max}$.

Parameters vary with experimental conditions.

Abstract

On a laboratory-scale testing platform of impinging entrained-flow gasifier with four opposed burners, the flame images for diesel combustion and gasification process were measured with a single charge coupled device (CCD) camera. The two-dimensional multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis was employed to investigate the multifractal nature of the flame images. Sound power-law scaling in the annealed average of detrended fluctuations was unveiled when the order $q>0$ and the multifractal feature of flame images were confirmed. Further analyses identified two multifractal parameters, the minimum and maximum singularity $\alpha_{\min}$ and $\alpha_{\max}$, serving as characteristic parameters of the multifractal flames. These two characteristic multifractal parameters vary with respect to different experimental conditions.