Premixed flames subjected to extreme turbulence: Some questions and recent answers

JF Driscoll, JH Chen, AW Skiba, CD Carter… - Progress in Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
It has been predicted that several changes will occur when premixed flames are subjected to
the extreme levels of turbulence that can be found in practical combustors. This paper is a …

Modeling of fine-particle formation in turbulent flames

V Raman, RO Fox - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The generation of nanostructured particles in high-temperature flames is important both for
the control of emissions from combustion devices and for the synthesis of high-value …

Non-intrusive measurement techniques for flow characterization of hypersonic wind tunnels

PM Danehy, J Weisberger, C Johansen, D Reese… - 2018 - ntrs.nasa.gov
This manuscript describes the wide variety of optical measurement techniques for
characterizing the flow in hypersonic wind tunnels. The introduction briefly describes …

Time-resolved study of mixing and reaction in an aero-engine model combustor at increased pressure

I Litvinov, J Yoon, C Noren, M Stöhr, I Boxx… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, we experimentally investigate large-scale vortex structures, fuel-air mixing and
reaction processes, which occur in a partially premixed swirl-stabilized ethylene/air flame in …

Time-resolved study of transient soot formation in an aero-engine model combustor at elevated pressure

M Stöhr, KP Geigle, R Hadef, I Boxx, CD Carter… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - Elsevier
The mechanisms of transient formation and oxidation of soot in an aero-engine model
combustor at elevated pressure are studied for the first time using a combination of high …

Flow field characterization of pressurized sooting swirl flames and relation to soot distributions

KP Geigle, R Hadef, M Stöhr, W Meier - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mean and instantaneous flow fields were derived for sooting pressurized swirl flames,
operated with ethylene/air in an aero-engine model combustor. Stereo particle image …

Impact of direct integration of Analytically Reduced Chemistry in LES of a sooting swirled non-premixed combustor

A Felden, E Riber, B Cuenot - Combustion and Flame, 2018 - Elsevier
Large-eddy simulation (LES) of a swirl-stabilized non-premixed ethylene/air aero-engine
combustor experimentally studied at DLR is performed, with direct integration of Analytically …

A sectional PAH model with reversible PAH chemistry for CFD soot simulations

C Eberle, P Gerlinger, M Aigner - Combustion and Flame, 2017 - Elsevier
A novel sectional approach for the modeling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is
presented. The PAH model includes PAH radicals and is based on a reversible PAH growth …

Visualization of soot inception in turbulent pressurized flames by simultaneous measurement of laser-induced fluorescence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and …

KP Geigle, W O'Loughlin, R Hadef, W Meier - Applied Physics B, 2015 - Springer
Distributions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and their correlation with soot
formation were studied in ethylene–air swirl flames stabilized in a gas turbine model …

Large eddy simulation of pressure and dilution-jet effects on soot formation in a model aircraft swirl combustor

ST Chong, M Hassanaly, H Koo, ME Mueller… - Combustion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Soot formation in a model aircraft engine configuration operating at elevated pressures is
studied using large eddy simulation (LES) and detailed models for precursor and soot …