On our journey to characterize hydrogen flashback

Preliminary results with methane and propane flames are beautiful, moving towards hydrogen flames soon.

Fernando Veiga López, Pablo Nicolás Villalba Eirea
Last updated on Nov 17, 2022 1 min read
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Overview

Hydrogen is so fast and reactive that some people may consider it dangerous. Flashback happens when a flame propagates downstream the desired anchoring points and can create hazardous and unwanted situations. With our work, we want to soften the transition towards a greener society by analyzing one of the most common flame instabilities by:

  1. Analyzing when does flashback happen given fixed burner geometry and conditions.
  2. Whenever it happens, quantify how fast the flame propagates and how dangerous it may become.

Pablo will focus on this research during her MSc Thesis.

If you are interested on these topics or have some more ideas, contact me!

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Hydrogen Flames Flashback
Fernando Veiga López
Fernando Veiga López
Assistant professor of Fluid Mechanics

Passionate researcher on hydrogen combustion for safety and power generation.