Experimental and computational investigation of the influence of stoichiometric mixture fraction on structure and extinction of laminar, nonpremixed dimethyl ether flames

Experimental and computational investigation is carried out to elucidate the influence of stoichiometric mixture fraction, ξst, on the structure and critical conditions of extinction of nonpremixed dimethyl ether (DME) flames. The stoichiometric mixture fraction represents the location of a thin reaction zone in terms of a conserved scalar quantity. The counterflow configuration is employed, wherein two reactant streams flow towards a stagnation...