High-Fidelity Simulations of Plasma-Assisted Oxidation of Hydrocarbon Fuels Using Nanosecond Pulsed Discharges

Deak, Nicholas E.; Duarte, Alfredo J.; Esclapez, Lucas; Day, Marc; Bisetti, Fabrizio

doi:10.2514/6.2023-2385

High-Fidelity Simulations of Plasma-Assisted Oxidation of Hydrocarbon Fuels Using Nanosecond Pulsed Discharges

Conference · Thu Jan 19 04:00:00 EST 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-2385· OSTI ID:1972814

Deak, Nicholas E.; Duarte, Alfredo J.; Esclapez, Lucas; ; Bisetti, Fabrizio

Next, a robust and efficient framework for simulating NSPD in multiple dimensions is developed. The reactive Navier-Stokes equations are extended to include a drift-diffusion plasma-fluid model with a local field approximation (LFA) in a finite-volume solver, which uses an adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) strategy to address the wide separation of length scales in the problem. A two-way coupling strategy is used whereby the plasma-fluid model and reactive Navier-Stokes equations are integrated simultaneously. The oxidation of ethylene/air mixtures mediated by NSPD is simulated in a pin-to-pin configuration. All phases of the plasma discharge are simulated explicitly (including streamer ignition, propagation, and connection, as well as the subsequent spark phase), along with the evolution of the plasma during the inter-pulse period. Temporally and spatially-resolved results are presented, with an emphasis on the analysis of heating and energy deposition, as well as of the evolution of the concentration of active particles generated during the NSPD and their influence on ignition.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1972814

Report Number(s):: NREL/CP-2C00-85233; MainId:86006; UUID:cdcf9e4d-e1a1-4b22-a373-8a38d6e2e13b; MainAdminID:69427

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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