The effect of dilution on the diffusive-thermal instability of the rich premixed hydrogen deflagration

The study focuses on the dynamics of rich premixed diluted hydrogen-oxygen flames. The problem of unsteady flame propagation is treated numerically within a 1D framework with a detailed model for the chemical kinetics and mixture averaged molecular diffusion. The effect of mixture dilution on the onset of the diffusive-thermal pulsating instabilities of freely propagating flames is investigated by studying the characteristics of the pulsating...