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Title: DNS of a turbulent lifted DME jet flame

Abstract

A three-dimensional direct numerical simulation (DNS) of a turbulent lifted dimethyl ether (DME) slot jet flame was performed at elevated pressure to study interactions between chemical reactions with low-temperature heat release (LTHR), negative temperature coefficient (NTC) reactions and shear generated turbulence in a jet in a heated coflow. By conditioning on mixture fraction, local reaction zones and local heat release rate, the turbulent flame is revealed to exhibit a “pentabrachial” structure that was observed for a laminar DME lifted flame [Krisman et al., (2015)]. The propagation characteristics of the stabilization and triple points are also investigated. Potential stabilization points, spatial locations characterized by preferred temperature and mixture fraction conditions, exhibit autoignition characteristics with large reaction rate and negligible molecular diffusion. The actual stabilization point which coincides with the most upstream samples from the pool of potential stabilization points fovr each spanwise location shows passive flame structure with large diffusion. The propagation speed along the stoichiometric surface near the triple point is compared with the asymptotic value obtained from theory [Ruetsch et al., (1995)]. At stoichiometric conditions, the asymptotic and averaged DNS values of flame displacement speed deviate by a factor of 1.7. However, accounting for the effect of low-temperature speciesmore » on the local flame speed increase, these two values become comparable. In conclusion, this suggests that the two-stage ignition influences the triple point propagation speed through enhancement of the laminar flame speed in a configuration where abundant low-temperature products from the first stage, low-temperature ignition are transported to the lifted flame by the high-velocity jet.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2]
  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States); Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo (Japan)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
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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)
OSTI Identifier:
1263550
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1324350
Report Number(s):
SAND-2016-3296J
Journal ID: ISSN 0010-2180; PII: S0010218016300542
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000; AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Combustion and Flame
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 169; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0010-2180
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; direct numerical simulation (DNS); dimethyl ether (DME); negative temperature coefficient (NTC); low-temperature heat release (LTHR); lifted flame; diesel combustion

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Minamoto, Yuki, and Chen, Jacqueline H. DNS of a turbulent lifted DME jet flame. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2016.04.007.
Minamoto, Yuki, & Chen, Jacqueline H. DNS of a turbulent lifted DME jet flame. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2016.04.007
Minamoto, Yuki, and Chen, Jacqueline H. Sat . "DNS of a turbulent lifted DME jet flame". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2016.04.007. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1263550.
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title = {DNS of a turbulent lifted DME jet flame},
author = {Minamoto, Yuki and Chen, Jacqueline H.},
abstractNote = {A three-dimensional direct numerical simulation (DNS) of a turbulent lifted dimethyl ether (DME) slot jet flame was performed at elevated pressure to study interactions between chemical reactions with low-temperature heat release (LTHR), negative temperature coefficient (NTC) reactions and shear generated turbulence in a jet in a heated coflow. By conditioning on mixture fraction, local reaction zones and local heat release rate, the turbulent flame is revealed to exhibit a “pentabrachial” structure that was observed for a laminar DME lifted flame [Krisman et al., (2015)]. The propagation characteristics of the stabilization and triple points are also investigated. Potential stabilization points, spatial locations characterized by preferred temperature and mixture fraction conditions, exhibit autoignition characteristics with large reaction rate and negligible molecular diffusion. The actual stabilization point which coincides with the most upstream samples from the pool of potential stabilization points fovr each spanwise location shows passive flame structure with large diffusion. The propagation speed along the stoichiometric surface near the triple point is compared with the asymptotic value obtained from theory [Ruetsch et al., (1995)]. At stoichiometric conditions, the asymptotic and averaged DNS values of flame displacement speed deviate by a factor of 1.7. However, accounting for the effect of low-temperature species on the local flame speed increase, these two values become comparable. In conclusion, this suggests that the two-stage ignition influences the triple point propagation speed through enhancement of the laminar flame speed in a configuration where abundant low-temperature products from the first stage, low-temperature ignition are transported to the lifted flame by the high-velocity jet.},
doi = {10.1016/j.combustflame.2016.04.007},
journal = {Combustion and Flame},
number = C,
volume = 169,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Sat May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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