Stochastic simulation of the structure and propagation rate of turbulent premixed flames
Abstract
A stochastic simulation model of the wrinkled flamelet regime of turbulent premixed combustion is shown to exhibit several postulated scaling properties governing flame structure and propagation rate. The model, based on the linear-eddy model of molecular mixing in turbulent flow, incorporates laminar burning of flamelets and the resultant decrease of flame surface area, and flamelet convection and surface area growth due to turbulent stirring. Simulated realization, implemented on a one-dimensional domain representing a longitudinal line through the turbulent flame brush, exhibit (1) linear dependence of the turbulent flame speed u{sub T} on the turbulent velocity fluctuation u{prime}, (2) fractal flame structure, and (3) an lower cutoff of fractal scaling that can be plausibly characterized either by the Kolmogorov scale L{sub K} {approximately} Re{sup {minus}3/4}L, where Re is the turbulence Reynolds number and L is the integral scale, or by the Gibson sale L{sub G} {approximately} (u{prime}/S{sub L}){sup 3}L, where S{sub L} is the laminar flame speed. The latter ambiguity indicates that the Re values investigated computationally (up to 1000) are not high enough to fully resolve the high-Re limiting behavior, reflecting an analogous limitation of typical experimental configurations. The experimentally observed decrease of the fractal dimension D at low u{prime}/S{submore »
- Authors:
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- Quest Integrated, Inc., Kent, WA (United States)
- Sandia National Labs., Livermore, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Labs., Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5420225
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-91-8742; CONF-920707-14
ON: DE92006682
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DR00789
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 24. international symposium on combustion, Sydney (Australia), 5-10 Jul 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; FLAMES; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; FRACTALS; KOLMOGOROV EQUATION; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCALING LAWS; TURBULENT FLOW; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FLUID FLOW; SIMULATION; 400800* - Combustion, Pyrolysis, & High-Temperature Chemistry; 990200 - Mathematics & Computers
Citation Formats
Menon, S, and Kerstein, A R. Stochastic simulation of the structure and propagation rate of turbulent premixed flames. United States: N. p., 1992.
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Menon, S, & Kerstein, A R. Stochastic simulation of the structure and propagation rate of turbulent premixed flames. United States.
Menon, S, and Kerstein, A R. 1992.
"Stochastic simulation of the structure and propagation rate of turbulent premixed flames". United States.
@article{osti_5420225,
title = {Stochastic simulation of the structure and propagation rate of turbulent premixed flames},
author = {Menon, S and Kerstein, A R},
abstractNote = {A stochastic simulation model of the wrinkled flamelet regime of turbulent premixed combustion is shown to exhibit several postulated scaling properties governing flame structure and propagation rate. The model, based on the linear-eddy model of molecular mixing in turbulent flow, incorporates laminar burning of flamelets and the resultant decrease of flame surface area, and flamelet convection and surface area growth due to turbulent stirring. Simulated realization, implemented on a one-dimensional domain representing a longitudinal line through the turbulent flame brush, exhibit (1) linear dependence of the turbulent flame speed u{sub T} on the turbulent velocity fluctuation u{prime}, (2) fractal flame structure, and (3) an lower cutoff of fractal scaling that can be plausibly characterized either by the Kolmogorov scale L{sub K} {approximately} Re{sup {minus}3/4}L, where Re is the turbulence Reynolds number and L is the integral scale, or by the Gibson sale L{sub G} {approximately} (u{prime}/S{sub L}){sup 3}L, where S{sub L} is the laminar flame speed. The latter ambiguity indicates that the Re values investigated computationally (up to 1000) are not high enough to fully resolve the high-Re limiting behavior, reflecting an analogous limitation of typical experimental configurations. The experimentally observed decrease of the fractal dimension D at low u{prime}/S{sub L} is reproduced, and is interpreted as reflecting insufficient dynamic range to fully resolve the fractal regime rather than an intrinsic dependence of D on u{prime}/S{sub L}. 14 refs., 4 figs.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5420225},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992}
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