Premixed flames subjected to extreme turbulence: Some questions and recent answers
Abstract
It has been predicted that several changes will occur when premixed flames are subjected to the extreme levels of turbulence that can be found in practical combustors. Our report is a review of recent experimental and DNS results that have been obtained for the range of extreme turbulence, and it includes a discussion of cases that agree or disagree with predictions. “Extreme turbulence” is defined to correspond to a turbulent Reynolds number (ReΤ, based on integral scale) that exceeds 2800 or a turbulent Karlovitz number that exceeds 100, for reasons that are discussed in Section 2.1. Several data bases are described that include measurements made at Lund University, the University of Sydney, the University of Michigan and the U.S. Air Force Research Lab. The data bases also include DNS results from Sandia National Laboratory, the University of New South Wales, Newcastle University, the California Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge. Several major observations are: (a) DNS now can be achieved for a realistic geometry (of the Lund University jet burner) even for extreme turbulence levels, (b) state relations (conditional mean profiles) from DNS and experiments do tend to agree with laminar profiles, at least for methane-air and hydrogen-airmore »
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States) ; Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
- Air Force Research Lab. (AFRL), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (United States)
- Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (Australia)
- Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division; US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1575271
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1572114
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2019-3156J
Journal ID: ISSN 0360-1285; 673631
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA-0003525
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 76; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0360-1285
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; Premixed; Turbulent; Flames; CFD; PLIF; Regime
Citation Formats
Driscoll, James F., Chen, Jacqueline H., Skiba, Aaron W., Carter, Campbell D., Hawkes, Evatt R., and Wang, Haiou. Premixed flames subjected to extreme turbulence: Some questions and recent answers. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.pecs.2019.100802.
Driscoll, James F., Chen, Jacqueline H., Skiba, Aaron W., Carter, Campbell D., Hawkes, Evatt R., & Wang, Haiou. Premixed flames subjected to extreme turbulence: Some questions and recent answers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecs.2019.100802
Driscoll, James F., Chen, Jacqueline H., Skiba, Aaron W., Carter, Campbell D., Hawkes, Evatt R., and Wang, Haiou. Sat .
"Premixed flames subjected to extreme turbulence: Some questions and recent answers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecs.2019.100802. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1575271.
@article{osti_1575271,
title = {Premixed flames subjected to extreme turbulence: Some questions and recent answers},
author = {Driscoll, James F. and Chen, Jacqueline H. and Skiba, Aaron W. and Carter, Campbell D. and Hawkes, Evatt R. and Wang, Haiou},
abstractNote = {It has been predicted that several changes will occur when premixed flames are subjected to the extreme levels of turbulence that can be found in practical combustors. Our report is a review of recent experimental and DNS results that have been obtained for the range of extreme turbulence, and it includes a discussion of cases that agree or disagree with predictions. “Extreme turbulence” is defined to correspond to a turbulent Reynolds number (ReΤ, based on integral scale) that exceeds 2800 or a turbulent Karlovitz number that exceeds 100, for reasons that are discussed in Section 2.1. Several data bases are described that include measurements made at Lund University, the University of Sydney, the University of Michigan and the U.S. Air Force Research Lab. The data bases also include DNS results from Sandia National Laboratory, the University of New South Wales, Newcastle University, the California Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge. Several major observations are: (a) DNS now can be achieved for a realistic geometry (of the Lund University jet burner) even for extreme turbulence levels, (b) state relations (conditional mean profiles) from DNS and experiments do tend to agree with laminar profiles, at least for methane-air and hydrogen-air reactants that are not preheated, and (c) regime boundaries have been measured and they do not agree with predicted boundaries. Results indicate that the range of conditions for which flamelet models should be valid is larger than what was previously believed. Additional parameters have been shown to be important; for example, broken reactions occur if the “back-support” is insufficient due to the entrainment of cold gas into the product gas. Turbulent burning velocity measurements have been extended from the previous normalized turbulence levels (u’/SL) of 24 up to a value of 163. Turbulent burning velocities no longer follow the trend predicted by Shchelkin but they tend to follow the trend predicted by Damköhler. The boundary where flamelet broadening begins was measured to occur at ReTaylor = 13.8, which corresponds to an integral scale Reynolds number (ReT) of 2800. This measured regime boundary can be explained by the idea that flame structure is altered when the turbulent diffusivity at the Taylor scale exceeds a critical value, rather than the idea that changes occur when Kolmogorov eddies just fit inside a flamelet. A roadmap to extend DNS to complex chemistry and to higher Reynolds numbers is discussed. Exascale computers, machine learning, adaptive mesh refinement and embedded DNS show promise. Some advances are reviewed that have extended the use of line and planar PLIF and CARS laser diagnostics to studies that consider complex hydrocarbon fuels and harsh environments.},
doi = {10.1016/j.pecs.2019.100802},
journal = {Progress in Energy and Combustion Science},
number = C,
volume = 76,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {10}
}
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Table 1: Data bases of premixed flames subjected to extreme turbulence (u'/SL > 24 and either ReT > 5000 or KaT,P > 100). KaT,P exceeds 100, which is where Peters predicted that broken flamelets will occur. DNS has the largest Karlovitz numbers, due to small integral scales near 1 mm,more »
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