Numerical modeling of axisymmetric laminar diffusion flames by a parallel boundary value method
- Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (US)
- Ecole Polytechnique and CNRS Centre de Mathematiques, Appliquees, 91128, Palaiseau Cedex (FR)
This paper reports on the coupling of adaptive numerical methods with large-memory parallel/vector computers that has produced a powerful tool with which to probe flame structure. The authors have investigated numerically one such system - the axisymmetric laminar diffusion flame. The ability to predict the coupled effects of complex transport phenomena with detailed chemical kinetics in these flames is critical in modeling turbulent reacting flows, in improving engine efficiency, and in understanding the processes by which pollutants are formed. Computationally, the authors solve the governing conservation equations of mass, momentum, species balance, and energy with detailed transport and finite rate chemistry submodels. The authors utilize up to six processors of an IBM ES/3090 600J in parallel to obtain a discrete solution on a two- dimensional grid with Newton's method and adaptive mesh refinement.
- OSTI ID:
- 5466830
- Journal Information:
- International Journal of Supercomputer Applications; (United States), Vol. 5:4; ISSN 0890-2720
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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