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Title: Relevance of the Bray number in the small-scale modeling of turbulent premixed flames

Abstract

The present study is devoted to the analysis of the influence of expansion phenomena on turbulent small scales in premixed reactive flows. It is shown that, under certain conditions, the expansion that takes place across wrinkled laminar flamelet can be sufficient to control the fluctuating velocity gradients and associated dissipation rate functions. These conditions are fixed by the respective values of a set of nondimensional parameters, namely the turbulence Reynolds number Re{sub T}, the Bray number, and the ratio between integral length scale of turbulence and thermal flame front thickness. A new criterion is introduced that makes it possible to delineate the influence of expansion phenomena on small-scale turbulent premixed reactive flows. The relevance of this criterion is analyzed in the light of experimental results represented in the classical diagram of combustion regime. The present analysis confirms that special care is required to represent and include the influence of expansion phenomena when using either RANS or LES closures to model turbulent premixed combustion. (author)

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Laboratoire de Combustion et de Detonique, LCD UPR9028 CNRS, ENSMA Poitiers (France)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21147125
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Combustion and Flame
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 156; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved; Journal ID: ISSN 0010-2180
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; COMBUSTION; EXPANSION; LAMINAR FLAMES; SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THICKNESS; TURBULENCE; CLOSURES; CONTROL; VELOCITY; FLUCTUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; Turbulent premixed flames; Combustion modeling; Dissipation rate

Citation Formats

Mura, Arnaud, and Champion, Michel. Relevance of the Bray number in the small-scale modeling of turbulent premixed flames. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.1016/J.COMBUSTFLAME.2008.11.021.
Mura, Arnaud, & Champion, Michel. Relevance of the Bray number in the small-scale modeling of turbulent premixed flames. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.COMBUSTFLAME.2008.11.021
Mura, Arnaud, and Champion, Michel. 2009. "Relevance of the Bray number in the small-scale modeling of turbulent premixed flames". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.COMBUSTFLAME.2008.11.021.
@article{osti_21147125,
title = {Relevance of the Bray number in the small-scale modeling of turbulent premixed flames},
author = {Mura, Arnaud and Champion, Michel},
abstractNote = {The present study is devoted to the analysis of the influence of expansion phenomena on turbulent small scales in premixed reactive flows. It is shown that, under certain conditions, the expansion that takes place across wrinkled laminar flamelet can be sufficient to control the fluctuating velocity gradients and associated dissipation rate functions. These conditions are fixed by the respective values of a set of nondimensional parameters, namely the turbulence Reynolds number Re{sub T}, the Bray number, and the ratio between integral length scale of turbulence and thermal flame front thickness. A new criterion is introduced that makes it possible to delineate the influence of expansion phenomena on small-scale turbulent premixed reactive flows. The relevance of this criterion is analyzed in the light of experimental results represented in the classical diagram of combustion regime. The present analysis confirms that special care is required to represent and include the influence of expansion phenomena when using either RANS or LES closures to model turbulent premixed combustion. (author)},
doi = {10.1016/J.COMBUSTFLAME.2008.11.021},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21147125}, journal = {Combustion and Flame},
issn = {0010-2180},
number = 3,
volume = 156,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
month = {Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009}
}