Effects of transverse jet parameters on flame propagation and detonation transition in hydrogen–oxygen-argon mixture

Two-dimensional numerical simulation is performed with the open-source program AMROC to study the effects of transverse jets (act as fluidic obstacles within a detonation tube) on the flame acceleration and deflagration to detonation transition (DDT). The slot transverse jets have been studied and compared with conventional solid obstacles in tubes. The jet initial parameters, such as mixture composition, stagnation temperature, pressure and mass flow rate, are investigated. The results demonstrate that a hydrogen-oxygen-argon reactive fluidic obstacle leads to the shortest DDT distance and time compared with solid obstacles and fluidic obstacles composed of pure oxygen or argon. The fluidic obstacles can induce more vorticities to accelerate flame propagation. The DDT distance and time decrease with the jet initial temperature, pressure and mass flow rate rise, while a high jet initial stagnation temperature is counterproductive to shorting DDT distance and time. The local static pressure rise plays an important role in flame acceleration when increasing the initial pressure of the fluidic obstacle. Higher jet pressure and a wider jet induce more compression waves, which can make the initial flame front more unstable and accelerate the flame as well