Recent developments in DNS of turbulent combustion

P Domingo, L Vervisch - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
The simulation of turbulent flames fully resolving the smallest flow scales and the thinnest
reaction zones goes along with specific requirements, which are discussed from …

[HTML][HTML] Thermodiffusively-unstable lean premixed hydrogen flames: Phenomenology, empirical modelling, and thermal leading points

TL Howarth, EF Hunt, AJ Aspden - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermodiffusively-unstable lean premixed hydrogen flames are investigated using three-
dimensional direct numerical simulation with finite-rate chemical kinetics. A large number of …

Thermodiffusively unstable laminar hydrogen flame in a sufficiently large 3D computational domain–Part I: Characteristic patterns

X Wen, L Berger, L Cai, A Parente, H Pitsch - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermodiffusive instabilities can have a leading order effect on flame propagation for lean
premixed hydrogen flames. Many simulation studies have been performed to study this …

Influence of molecular transport on burning rate and conditioned species concentrations in highly turbulent premixed flames

HC Lee, P Dai, M Wan, AN Lipatnikov - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
Apparent inconsistency between (i) experimental and direct numerical simulation (DNS)
data that show the significant influence of differential diffusion on the turbulent burning rate …

Lewis number and preferential diffusion effects in lean hydrogen–air highly turbulent flames

HC Lee, P Dai, M Wan, AN Lipatnikov - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Unsteady three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of highly turbulent, complex-
chemistry, lean hydrogen-air flames were performed by changing the equivalence ratio ϕ⁠ …

[HTML][HTML] How fast can we burn, 2.0

S Hochgreb - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
We review the state of the art in measurements and simulations of the behavior of premixed
laminar and turbulent flames, subject to differential diffusion, stretch and curvature. The first …

A DNS study of extreme and leading points in lean hydrogen-air turbulent flames-part II: Local velocity field and flame topology

HC Lee, P Dai, M Wan, AN Lipatnikov - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
Data obtained in recent direct numerical simulations (Lee et al.) of statistically one-
dimensional and planar, lean complex-chemistry hydrogen-air flames characterized by three …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative effects of plasma and preheating in assisting premixed ammonia/air flames: A DNS study

M Shahsavari, N Chakraborty, S Zhong… - Fuel, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract In this study, Direct Numerical Simulations are utilized to investigate turbulent
premixed NH 3/air flames assisted by two distinct methods: non-equilibrium nanosecond …

Isolating effects of large and small scale turbulence on thermodiffusively unstable premixed hydrogen flames

MX Yao, G Blanquart - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
Lean turbulent premixed hydrogen/air flames have substantially increased flame speeds,
commonly attributed to differential diffusion effects. In this work, the effect of turbulence on …

Transition from turbulence-dominated to instability-dominated combustion regime in lean hydrogen-air flames

AN Lipatnikov, HC Lee, P Dai, M Wan… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
To explore the importance of thermodiffusive and hydrodynamic instabilities of laminar
flames in turbulent flows, previously generated direct numerical simulations of statistically …