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Application of the diffusional combustion model to the calculation of supersonic turbulent reacting jets

Journal Article · · Combust., Explos. Shock Waves (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00748791· OSTI ID:6908423

The authors consider a supersonic axisymmetric turbulent hydrogen jet in a cotraveling supersonic flow of heat air in their model depicting the influence of turbulence on the occurrence of chemical reactions. The model uses a modification of the probability-density functional: the method of a conservative scalar quantity. Finite difference calculations are employed to solve a system of simplified Navier-Stokes equations. All variables are Favre-averaged. For the calculation of a cotraveling diffusional hydrogen flame the model provides a good description at low velocities. At supersonic velocities, however, the diffusional-combustion approximation yields large inaccuracies in determining the concentrations of the reactants, and the finite rates of the chemical reactions must be taken into account to accurately describe the combustion of preliminarily unmixed reagents.

OSTI ID:
6908423
Journal Information:
Combust., Explos. Shock Waves (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Combust., Explos. Shock Waves (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 23:3; ISSN CESWA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English