A robust reacting flow solver with computational diagnostics based on OpenFOAM and Cantera

D Zhou, H Zhang, S Yang - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, we developed a new reacting flow solver based on OpenFOAM (OF) and
Cantera, with the capabilities of (i) dealing with detailed species transport and chemistry,(ii) …

Modeling of spray flame in gas turbine combustors with LES and FGM

F Kong, T Li, C Cheng, C Shan, B Xu - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
A large eddy simulation formulation was proposed for spray combustion in gas turbine
combustion chambers, using a FGM combustion model coupled with detailed chemical …

Self-adaptive turbulence eddy simulation of a premixed jet combustor

Z Xia, H Zhang, X Han, Z Ren - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The self-adaptive turbulence eddy simulation (SATES) is employed to investigate the lean
premixed methane/air turbulent flame in a single-nozzle model gas turbine combustor, in …

The exergy losses analysis in adiabatic combustion systems including the exhaust gas exergy

S Agrebi, L Dreßler, K Nishad - Entropy, 2022 - mdpi.com
The entropy generation analysis of adiabatic combustion systems was performed to quantify
the exergy losses which are mainly the exergy destroyed during combustion inside the …

Large eddy simulation of a swirling kerosene spray flame: A proper orthogonal decomposition and wavelet transform analysis on the flow structure and hydroxyl …

K Wan, Y Huang, R Liu, Y He, M Lu, C Jiang - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The combustion performance can be promoted by the shear layer, recirculation zones, and
precessing vortex cores in the swirling flow field. The swirling flow promotes the mixing …

Validation of an Eulerian stochastic fields solver coupled with reaction–diffusion manifolds on LES of methane/air non-premixed flames

P Breda, C Yu, U Maas, M Pfitzner - Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 2021 - Springer
The Eulerian stochastic fields (ESF) combustion model can be used in LES in order to
evaluate the filtered density function to describe the process of turbulence–chemistry …

Analysis of Local Exergy Losses in Combustion Systems Using a Hybrid Filtered Eulerian Stochastic Field Coupled with Detailed Chemistry Tabulation: Cases of …

S Agrebi, L Dreßler, H Nicolai, F Ries, K Nishad… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
A second law analysis in combustion systems is performed along with an exergy loss study
by quantifying the entropy generation sources using, for the first time, three different …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical and Experimental Analysis of the Formation of Nitrogen Oxides in a Non-premixed Industrial Gas Burner

A Ortolani, J Yeadon, B Ruane, MC Paul… - Results in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) formation in a non-premixed industrial gas burner is analyzed with
Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) computational fluid dynamics, using the Flamelet …

Development and validation of a combustion large-eddy-simulation solver based on fully compressible formulation and tabulated chemistry

H Zhang, Y Chen, Y Lv - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
This study concerns the development and validation of a high-fidelity CFD solver for large-
eddy simulations (LES) of combustion and reacting flows. The solver is built upon a high …

Dynamic mesh adaption for scale-resolving reacting flow simulations

Y Xia, P Stopford, P Sharkey… - … Expo: Power for …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In this paper, a dynamic adaptive mesh refinement method is used in conjunction with a
hybrid scale-resolving turbulence model to solve industrial combustion problems. The …