Recent developments in DNS of turbulent combustion

P Domingo, L Vervisch - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
The simulation of turbulent flames fully resolving the smallest flow scales and the thinnest
reaction zones goes along with specific requirements, which are discussed from …

Review of Lagrangian stochastic models for turbulent combustion

T Yang, Y Yin, H Zhou, Z Ren - Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2021 - Springer
Predictive simulation of the combustion process in engine is crucial to understand the
complex underlying physicochemical processes, improve engine performance, and reduce …

A pairwise mixing model with kernel constraint and its appraisal in transported PDF simulations of ethylene flames

X Su, J Wei, X Wang, H Zhou, ER Hawkes, Z Ren - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Modeling micro-mixing remains a primary challenge for the transported probability density
function (TPDF) method. In this study, the pairwise mixing with kernel constraint (KerM) …

Modern developments in filtered density function

S Sammak, Z Ren, P Givi - Modeling and Simulation of Turbulent Mixing …, 2020 - Springer
An overview is presented of recent developments in filtered density function (FDF)
methodology as utilized for large eddy simulation (LES) of turbulent flows. The review is …

Investigation of mixing model performance in transported PDF calculations of turbulent lean premixed jet flames through Lagrangian statistics and sensitivity analysis

H Zhou, S Li, Z Ren, DH Rowinski - Combustion and Flame, 2017 - Elsevier
The piloted premixed jet burner (PPJB) methane–air flame series have been developed to
study turbulence–chemistry interactions in lean and highly turbulent premixed flames. The …

Large eddy simulation of a supersonic lifted hydrogen flame with sparse-Lagrangian multiple mapping conditioning approach

Z Huang, MJ Cleary, Z Ren, H Zhang - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Multiple Mapping Conditioning/Large Eddy Simulation (MMC-LES) approach is
used to simulate a supersonic lifted hydrogen jet flame, which features shock-induced …

Micromixing models for PDF simulations of turbulent premixed flames

Z Ren, M Kuron, X Zhao, T Lu, E Hawkes… - Combustion Science …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Transported probability density function (TPDF) methods are attractive for modeling
turbulent flames as the highly nonlinear chemical reactions appear in closed form. The …

Filtered density function simulations of a near-limit turbulent lean premixed flame

H Zhou, Z Ren, DH Rowinski, SB Pope - Journal of Propulsion and …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
The predictive numerical simulation of near-limit turbulent premixed combustion, in which
the turbulent intensity is high and the fuel/air mixture is near the flammability limit, remains …

On the modeling of scalar mixing timescale in filtered density function simulation of turbulent premixed flames

T Yang, Q Xie, H Zhou, Z Ren - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
A new closure of the scalar mixing timescale is formulated to enhance the predictability of
large eddy simulation (LES)/filtered density function (FDF) simulations for turbulent premixed …

The impact of molecular diffusion on auto-ignition in a turbulent flow

P Simatos, L Tian, RP Lindstedt - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
The inclusion of molecular diffusion into the joint-probability density function (JPDF) method
requires terms for molecular transport in physical space and mixing in composition space …