Time-averaged and time-dependent computations of isothermal flowfields in a centerbody combustor. Final report, 15 June 1982-15 June 1984
A numerical investigation of the near-wake region in a ducted bluff-body combustor by finite-difference computations is reported. The numerical prediction are based upon (a) the Reynolds-averaged Navier Stokes equations and the k-epsilon turbulence model; and (b) the time-dependent, compressible Navier-Stokes equations, The standard K-epsilon turbulence model was modified to account for the effect of streamline curvature and for the preferential influence of normal stresses. The time-averaged calculations addressed the turbulent mixing under isothermal conditions in (a) the large- and small-scale centerbody combustor configurations, due to annular air flow and central CO/sub 2/ flow; and (b) the two-dimensional mixing-layer configuration, due to two streams of nitrogen at different velocities. The time-dependent calculations addressed the near-wake flowfield of the large-scale centerbody combustor configuration with only the annular air stream present. The Reynolds-averaged predictions examined the influence of the turbulence model corrections and geometric scale under varying annular and central flows on (a) the axial and radial distributions of the mean and fluctuating components of the axial and radial velocities and of the mean CO/sub 2/ concentrations; and (b) the axial and the radial locations of the vortex center, as well as the magnitude and location of the minimum centerline mean axial velocity. Comparison of the predicted results with experimental data emphasizes and clarifies the complex flowfield interactions of the recirculating near-wake region.
- Research Organization:
- Dayton Univ., OH (USA). Research Inst.
- OSTI ID:
- 5490872
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-153682/0/XAB; UDR-TR-84-88
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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421000* -- Engineering-- Combustion Systems
AIR FLOW
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COMBUSTORS
COMPRESSIBLE FLOW
ELEMENTS
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
ISOTHERMAL PROCESSES
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MIXING
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
STRESSES
TIME DEPENDENCE
TURBULENT FLOW