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] Transported JPDF modelling and measurements of soot at elevated pressures

L Tian, WR Boyette, RP Lindstedt, TF Guiberti… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate measurements and modelling of soot formation in turbulent flames at elevated
pressures form a crucial step towards design methods that can support the development of …

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 …

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) …

Mixing in turbulent flows: An overview of physics and modelling

J Pozorski, M Wacławczyk - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Turbulent flows featuring additional scalar fields, such as chemical species or temperature,
are common in environmental and industrial applications. Their physics is complex because …

An evaluation of gas-phase micro-mixing models with differential mixing timescales in transported PDF simulations of sooting flame DNS

H Zhou, Z Li, T Yang, ER Hawkes, Z Ren… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of transported probability density function (TPDF) models to predict soot has the
strong advantage that the effects of turbulent fluctuations on soot source terms can be …

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 …

Flamelet/transported PDF simulations of ethylene/air jet turbulent non-premixed flame using a three-equation PAH-based soot production model

F Nmira, A Bouffard, JL Consalvi - Combustion Theory and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article reports flamelet/transported PDF (TPDF) simulations of the well-documented
ethylene/air turbulent non-premixed jet flame investigated experimentally at Sandia. The …

Differential diffusion modeling in LES/FDF simulations of turbulent flames

H Zhou, T Yang, Z Ren - AIAA journal, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
A modeling strategy to incorporate differential diffusion effects on both filter and subgrid
scale in large-eddy simulation (LES)/filtered density function (FDF) method is proposed …

[HTML][HTML] On the impact of differential diffusion between soot and gas phase species in turbulent flames

L Tian, RP Lindstedt - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
The molecular diffusivities of larger PAHs and soot particles approach zero leading to
differential diffusion with gas-phase species. The present work systematically quantifies the …