Modeling stratified flames with and without shear using multiple mapping conditioning
A stochastic sparse particle approach is coupled with an artificial thickening flame (ATF) model for large eddy simulations (LES) to predict a series of turbulent premixed-stratified flames with and without shear and stratification. The thickened reaction progress variable serves as reference variable for the multiple mapping conditioning (MMC) mixing model which emulates turbulent mixing of the stochastic particles. The key feature of MMC is to enforce localness in this reference space when particle pairs are mixed and prevents unphysical mixing of burnt and unburnt fluid across the flame front. We apply MMC-ATF to three flames of a series of turbulent stratified flames and validate the method by comparison with experimental data. The new measurements feature increased accuracy in comparison to previously published data of the same flames due to a better signal-to-noise ratio and a setup which is less prone to beam steering. All flame locations are well predicted by the LES-ATF approach and an analysis of the MMC particle statistics demonstrates that MMC preserves the flamelet-like behaviour in regions where the experiments show low scatter around the flamelet solution. Predicted (local) deviations from the flamelet-solution are comparable to deviations observed in the measurements and variations in the flame structure due to differences in stratification and shear are reasonably well captured by the method.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 1497653
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2017-13161J; 672179
- Journal Information:
- Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 37, Issue 2; ISSN 1540-7489
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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