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Title: Impact of multi-component diffusion in turbulent combustion using direct numerical simulations

Abstract

This study presents the results of DNS of a partially premixed turbulent syngas/air flame at atmospheric pressure. The objective was to assess the importance and possible effects of molecular transport on flame behavior and structure. To this purpose DNS were performed at with two proprietary DNS codes and with three different molecular diffusion transport models: fully multi-component, mixture averaged, and imposing the Lewis number of all species to be unity.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [2]
  1. United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1236217
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1254225
Report Number(s):
SAND-2015-6887J
Journal ID: ISSN 0010-2180; PII: S001021801500214X
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000; AC04-94-AL85000
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Combustion and Flame
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 162; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0010-2180
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS; premixed turbulent combustion; molecular diffusion; multi-component diffusion

Citation Formats

Bruno, Claudio, Sankaran, Vaidyanathan, Kolla, Hemanth, and Chen, Jacqueline H. Impact of multi-component diffusion in turbulent combustion using direct numerical simulations. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.07.013.
Bruno, Claudio, Sankaran, Vaidyanathan, Kolla, Hemanth, & Chen, Jacqueline H. Impact of multi-component diffusion in turbulent combustion using direct numerical simulations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.07.013
Bruno, Claudio, Sankaran, Vaidyanathan, Kolla, Hemanth, and Chen, Jacqueline H. Fri . "Impact of multi-component diffusion in turbulent combustion using direct numerical simulations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.07.013. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1236217.
@article{osti_1236217,
title = {Impact of multi-component diffusion in turbulent combustion using direct numerical simulations},
author = {Bruno, Claudio and Sankaran, Vaidyanathan and Kolla, Hemanth and Chen, Jacqueline H.},
abstractNote = {This study presents the results of DNS of a partially premixed turbulent syngas/air flame at atmospheric pressure. The objective was to assess the importance and possible effects of molecular transport on flame behavior and structure. To this purpose DNS were performed at with two proprietary DNS codes and with three different molecular diffusion transport models: fully multi-component, mixture averaged, and imposing the Lewis number of all species to be unity.},
doi = {10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.07.013},
journal = {Combustion and Flame},
number = 11,
volume = 162,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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