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 …

On the subgrid dissipation concept for large eddy simulation of turbulent combustion

H Liu, Z Yin, J Le, H Liu - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
A new subgrid turbulent combustion model for LES is derived based on the eddy dissipation
concept (EDC). To be consistent with the LES framework, the relationship between the …

Assessment of finite-rate chemistry effects in a turbulent dilute ethanol spray flame

Y Yin, T Yang, H Zhou, Z Ren - Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
Simulations of a benchmark ethanol dilute spray flame are performed with four combustion
models at different levels of closure for turbulence–chemistry interaction (TCI) to provide a …

On the modeling of scalar mixing timescale in filtered density function simulation of turbulent premixed flames

T Yang, Q Xie, H Zhou, Z Ren - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
A new closure of the scalar mixing timescale is formulated to enhance the predictability of
large eddy simulation (LES)/filtered density function (FDF) simulations for turbulent premixed …

Investigation of reaction-induced subgrid scalar mixing in LES/FDF simulations of turbulent premixed flames

X Wang, J Wei, X Su, H Zhou, Z Ren - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
Large eddy simulation (LES) combined with filtered density function (FDF), ie, LES/FDF, is
an effective approach for high-fidelity simulation of turbulent flames. In this work, LES/FDF …

A conservative and consistent scalar filtered mass density function method for supersonic flows

L Zhang, J Liang, M Sun, Y Yang, H Zhang, X Cai - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
A novel scalar filtered mass density function (SFMDF) method is developed for high-speed
flows, especially for supersonic reactive flows. The total energy is proposed as the energy …

Efficient emission modelling in lean premixed flames with pre-tabulated formation characteristics

Z Chen, T Yang, S Zhang, S Li, Z Ren - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
It is practically important to accurately predict NOx and CO emissions in lean premixed
flames for the development of fuel-efficient and low-emission combustion systems. In this …

Transported filtered density function in self-adaptive turbulence eddy simulation

Y Chen, T Yang, H Zhou, X Han, Z Ren - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
The filtered density function (FDF) in the context of large eddy simulation (LES) has
demonstrated its unique strength in predicting complex turbulent reacting flows. However …

Assessment of critical species for differential mixing in transported PDF simulations of a non-premixed ethylene DNS flame

J Wei, X Su, H Zhou, E Hawkes, Z Ren - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
The difference in the mixing timescale among species, ie, differential mixing, is a combined
result due to the difference in molecular diffusivity and the difference in reaction-induced …

Consistent submodel coupling in hybrid particle/finite volume algorithms for zone-adaptive modelling of turbulent reactive flows

T Yang, Y Yin, H Zhou, Y Mo, Y Chen… - Combustion Theory and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
A hybrid particle/finite volume algorithm has been formulated for zone-adaptive modelling of
turbulent reactive flows to achieve both high fidelity in predictions and high computational …