Assessment of numerical accuracy and parallel performance of OpenFOAM and its reacting flow extension EBIdnsFoam

T Zirwes, M Sontheimer, F Zhang, A Abdelsamie… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2023 - Springer
OpenFOAM is one of the most widely used open-source computational fluid dynamics tools
and often employed for chemical engineering applications. However, there is no systematic …

Flame structure analysis and composition space modeling of thermodiffusively unstable premixed hydrogen flames—Part I: Atmospheric pressure

X Wen, T Zirwes, A Scholtissek, H Böttler, F Zhang… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work focuses on flame structure analysis and composition space modeling of a
multidimensional premixed hydrogen flame transitioning from a laminar stable condition to a …

Identification of flame regimes in partially premixed combustion from a quasi-DNS dataset

T Zirwes, F Zhang, P Habisreuther, M Hansinger… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2021 - Springer
Identifying combustion regimes in terms of premixed and non-premixed characteristics is an
important task for understanding combustion phenomena and the structure of flames. A …

Correlation of wall heat loss with quenching distance for premixed H2/Air flames during unsteady Flame-Wall interaction

J Zhu, T Zirwes, FC Zhang, ZJ Li, Y Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Flame-wall interaction (FWI) of a laminar, premixed hydrogen/air flame perturbed by a
pulsating inflow with excitation frequency (f) is investigated using fully resolved simulations …

Dynamics of premixed hydrogen/air flames in unsteady flow

F Zhang, T Zirwes, Y Wang, Z Chen, H Bockhorn… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Fully resolved numerical simulations with finite rate chemical reactions and detailed
molecular diffusion have been conducted for a series of laminar premixed hydrogen–air …

Heat Release Rate Markers for Highly Stretched Premixed CH4/Air and CH4/H2/Air Flames

X Chen, Y Wang, T Zirwes, F Zhang, H Bockhorn… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Accurate quantification of heat release rate (HRR) profiles is useful for identifying important
combustion processes in practical engines. This study aims to show whether the …

Numerical study on forced ignition and flame propagation in a counterflow of nitrogen-diluted hydrogen versus air

S Xie, X Chen, Y Wang, T Zhang, Z Chen - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is widely perceived as the next generation of clean energy due to its zero carbon
emissions. However, there is an escalating concern regarding hydrogen safety. A deeper …

Correlation of heat loss with quenching distance during transient flame-wall interaction

F Zhang, T Zirwes, T Häber, H Bockhorn… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
Detailed numerical simulations of stoichiometric premixed methane/air flames have been
conducted for a side-wall-quenching (SWQ) setup, in order to study the effect of transient …

Memory effects of local flame dynamics in turbulent premixed flames

T Zirwes, F Zhang, H Bockhorn - Proceedings of the combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
A premixed and thermo-diffusively unstable turbulent hydrogen-air flame-in-a-box case is
simulated in conjunction with the flame particle tracking (FPT) method. The flame is located …

[PDF][PDF] Implementation and validation of a computationally efficient DNS solver for reacting flows in OpenFOAM

T Zirwes, F Zhang, P Habisreuther… - 14th World Congress …, 2021 - academia.edu
2 Engler-Bunte-Institute, Division of Combustion Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Engler-Bunte-Ring 1, Karlsruhe 76131, Germany, thorsten. zirwes@ kit. edu; …