Small scales, many species and the manifold challenges of turbulent combustion

SB Pope - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2013 - Elsevier
A major goal of combustion research is to develop accurate, tractable, predictive models for
the phenomena occurring in combustion devices, which predominantly involve turbulent …

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 …

Large-eddy simulation/probability density function modeling of a non-premixed CO/H2 temporally evolving jet flame

Y Yang, H Wang, SB Pope, JH Chen - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2013 - Elsevier
We report a large-eddy simulation (LES)/probability density function (PDF) study of a non-
premixed CO/H2 temporally-evolving turbulent planar jet flame, which has previously been …

An a priori model for the effective species Lewis numbers in premixed turbulent flames

B Savard, G Blanquart - Combustion and Flame, 2014 - Elsevier
An a priori model for the effective species Lewis numbers in premixed turbulent flames is
presented. This a priori analysis is performed using data from a series of direct numerical …

Effects of combined dimension reduction and tabulation on the simulations of a turbulent premixed flame using a large-eddy simulation/probability density function …

J Kim, SB Pope - Combustion Theory and Modelling, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
A turbulent lean-premixed propane–air flame stabilised by a triangular cylinder as a flame-
holder is simulated to assess the accuracy and computational efficiency of combined …

Computational study of lean premixed turbulent flames using RANSPDF and LESPDF methods

DH Rowinski, SB Pope - Combustion Theory and Modelling, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
A computational study is performed on a series of four piloted, lean, premixed turbulent jet
flames. These flames use the Sydney Piloted Premixed Jet Burner (PPJB), and with jet …

A mixing timescale model for TPDF simulations of turbulent premixed flames

M Kuron, Z Ren, ER Hawkes, H Zhou, H Kolla… - Combustion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Transported probability density function (TPDF) methods are an attractive modeling
approach for turbulent flames as chemical reactions appear in closed form. However …

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) …

LES/PDF for premixed combustion in the DNS limit

RR Tirunagari, SB Pope - Combustion Theory and Modelling, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
We investigated the behaviour of the composition probability density function (PDF) model
equations used in a large-eddy simulation (LES) of turbulent combustion in the direct …

Performance of transported PDF mixing models in a turbulent premixed flame

M Kuron, ER Hawkes, Z Ren, JCK Tang, H Zhou… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - Elsevier
Modeling of premixed turbulent flames is challenging due to the effects of strong turbulence-
chemistry interaction. In the transported probability density function (TPDF) methods …