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Turbulent combustion of hydrogen in a boundary jet discharged into a co-current supersonic air flow

Journal Article · · Combust., Explos. Shock Waves (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6083040

A numerical analysis was made of the ignition and combustion of low-temperature hydrogen in a turbulent boundary jet discharged through a plane slit into a co-current supersonic flow of heated air. The turbulent, chemically nonequilibrium flow is described by Reynolds' system of averaged equations of motion in a boundary-layer approximation generalized to the case of a reactive multicomponent mixture. The approach used to describe the properties of a turbulent flow is connected with the concept of additional eddy viscosity. Two models of turbulence were used: an algebraic model developed for high-speed turbulent boundary jets which is based on the Prandtl mixing-length hypothesis; and the differential two-parameter model of Jones and Launder. The results of numerical analysis of a boundary jet of hydrogen discharged at sonic velocity into a co-current supersonic flow were compared with data from direct measurements to evaluate the models.

OSTI ID:
6083040
Journal Information:
Combust., Explos. Shock Waves (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Combust., Explos. Shock Waves (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 23:6; ISSN CESWA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English