ABSTRACT
Flames interact with the walls of a combustor through various mechanisms,
which aects ame stability and pollutant emissions. For example, thermal
quenching by cold walls in internal combustion engines can cause an increase
energy exchange at the wall can decrease ame temperatures resulting in low
NO
x
emissions. This concept may lead, for some applications, to an alternative
homogeneous combustion process (surface assisted) for NO
x
reduction at the
source. Now the role of surface-stabilized ame{wall thermal interactions, in
both reduction of NO
x
and ame stability, is not well understood.
