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 …

[HTML][HTML] Thermodiffusively-unstable lean premixed hydrogen flames: Phenomenology, empirical modelling, and thermal leading points

TL Howarth, EF Hunt, AJ Aspden - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermodiffusively-unstable lean premixed hydrogen flames are investigated using three-
dimensional direct numerical simulation with finite-rate chemical kinetics. A large number of …

Thermodiffusively unstable laminar hydrogen flame in a sufficiently large 3D computational domain–Part I: Characteristic patterns

X Wen, L Berger, L Cai, A Parente, H Pitsch - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermodiffusive instabilities can have a leading order effect on flame propagation for lean
premixed hydrogen flames. Many simulation studies have been performed to study this …

Influence of molecular transport on burning rate and conditioned species concentrations in highly turbulent premixed flames

HC Lee, P Dai, M Wan, AN Lipatnikov - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
Apparent inconsistency between (i) experimental and direct numerical simulation (DNS)
data that show the significant influence of differential diffusion on the turbulent burning rate …

Lewis number and preferential diffusion effects in lean hydrogen–air highly turbulent flames

HC Lee, P Dai, M Wan, AN Lipatnikov - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Unsteady three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of highly turbulent, complex-
chemistry, lean hydrogen-air flames were performed by changing the equivalence ratio ϕ⁠ …

A DNS study of extreme and leading points in lean hydrogen-air turbulent flames–part I: local thermochemical structure and reaction rates

HC Lee, P Dai, M Wan, AN Lipatnikov - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract A Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) study of statistically one-dimensional and
planar, lean complex-chemistry hydrogen-air flames characterized by a low Lewis number L …

Transition from turbulence-dominated to instability-dominated combustion regime in lean hydrogen-air flames

AN Lipatnikov, HC Lee, P Dai, M Wan… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
To explore the importance of thermodiffusive and hydrodynamic instabilities of laminar
flames in turbulent flows, previously generated direct numerical simulations of statistically …

Influence of equivalence ratio on turbulent burning velocity and extreme fuel consumption rate in lean hydrogen-air turbulent flames

HC Lee, A Abdelsamie, P Dai, M Wan, AN Lipatnikov - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Unsteady three-dimensional Direct Numerical Simulations of seven statistically one-
dimensional, planar, highly turbulent, complex-chemistry, lean H 2-air flames are performed …

[HTML][HTML] A numerical support of leading point concept

HC Lee, P Dai, M Wan, AN Lipatnikov - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Unsteady three-dimensional Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) data obtained from
16 statistically planar and one-dimensional, complex-chemistry, lean (equivalence ratio is …

Displacement speed, flame surface density and burning rate in highly turbulent premixed flames characterized by low Lewis numbers

HC Lee, P Dai, M Wan, AN Lipatnikov - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
Direct numerical simulation data obtained from four pairs of turbulent, lean hydrogen–air,
complex-chemistry flames are analysed to explore the influence of molecular diffusion on …