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 …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative studies of NO emissions from various reaction pathways in swirling combustion of hydrogen-enriched methane

D Wang, Z Tan, J Xu, H Meng - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogen-enriched methane is a promising alternative fuel for carbon dioxide reduction.
Large eddy simulations of turbulent combustion and NO emission are carried out using a …

Flow, mixing, and flame stabilization in bluff-body burner with decreased central jet velocity

J Wei, Q Xie, J Zhang, Z Ren - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The flame stabilization is a complex problem, especially when reducing the fuel supply, as it
involves complicated interactions of turbulence, mixing, and chemistry. In this study, the …

Thermal and chemical effects of differential diffusion in turbulent non-premixed H2 flames

W Han, A Scholtissek, F Dietzsch, C Hasse - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
As a renewable fuel, hydrogen (H 2) may play an increasingly important role in the
development and control of piston and gas turbine engines to achieve zero carbon …

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) …

[HTML][HTML] Large eddy simulation of a supersonic lifted hydrogen flame: Impacts of Lewis, turbulent Schmidt and Prandtl numbers

R Zhu, Z Huang, C Xu, X Fang, H Zhang, M Davy - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Parametric large eddy simulations (LES) of a supersonic lifted hydrogen flame are reported.
The emphases are on two aspects: impacts of (1) Lewis number (Le i of the ith species) and …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A novel model for incorporation of differential diffusion effects in PDF simulations of non-premixed turbulent flames based on reaction-diffusion manifolds …

C Yu, P Breda, F Minuzzi, M Pfitzner, U Maas - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, reaction-diffusion manifold (REDIM) reduced chemistry is used in the simulation
of turbulent non-premixed flames based on a transported-probability density function model …

LES/TPDF investigation of the role of reaction and diffusion timescales in the stabilization of a jet-in-hot-coflow CH4/H2 flame

H Zhou, T Yang, B Dally, Z Ren - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Moderate or Intense Low oxygen Dilution (MILD) combustion is a promising
technology to meet the ever-stringent emission regulation while maintain high thermal …

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 …