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 …

Karlovitz numbers and premixed turbulent combustion regimes for complex-chemistry flames

AN Lipatnikov, VA Sabelnikov - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The structure of premixed turbulent flames and governing physical mechanisms of the
influence of turbulence on premixed burning are often discussed by invoking combustion …

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 …

Experimental study of the influence of Lewis number, laminar flame thickness, temperature, and pressure on turbulent flame speed using hydrogen and methane fuels

HY Hsieh, SM Mousavi, AN Lipatnikov… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - Elsevier
To experimentally explore the influence of Lewis number L e, laminar flame thickness δ L,
pressure P, and unburned gas temperature T u on turbulent flame speed ST, a set of …

An experimental study of the influence of Lewis number on turbulent flame speed at different pressures

AN Lipatnikov, YR Chen, SS Shy - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
To explore effects of pressure on the magnitude of the influence of differences in molecular
transport coefficients on turbulent flame speed ST, experiments with statistically spherical …

[HTML][HTML] How fast can we burn, 2.0

S Hochgreb - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
We review the state of the art in measurements and simulations of the behavior of premixed
laminar and turbulent flames, subject to differential diffusion, stretch and curvature. The first …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative effects of plasma and preheating in assisting premixed ammonia/air flames: A DNS study

M Shahsavari, N Chakraborty, S Zhong… - Fuel, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract In this study, Direct Numerical Simulations are utilized to investigate turbulent
premixed NH 3/air flames assisted by two distinct methods: non-equilibrium nanosecond …

[HTML][HTML] Are differential diffusion effects of importance when burning hydrogen under elevated pressures and temperatures?

SM Mousavi, AN Lipatnikov - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
A ratio of turbulent burning velocity to laminar flame speed is well known to be abnormally
high in lean hydrogen-air mixtures, with this phenomenon being commonly attributed to …

Simple criterion of importance of laminar flame instabilities in premixed turbulent combustion of mixtures characterized by low Lewis numbers

J Chomiak, AN Lipatnikov - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
By (i) highlighting the mitigation effect of strain rates on laminar flame instabilities and (ii)
comparing peak growth rates of laminar flame instabilities with strain rates generated by …