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 …

A pairwise mixing model with kernel constraint and its appraisal in transported PDF simulations of ethylene flames

X Su, J Wei, X Wang, H Zhou, ER Hawkes, Z Ren - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Modeling micro-mixing remains a primary challenge for the transported probability density
function (TPDF) method. In this study, the pairwise mixing with kernel constraint (KerM) …

Micromixing models for PDF simulations of turbulent premixed flames

Z Ren, M Kuron, X Zhao, T Lu, E Hawkes… - Combustion Science …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Transported probability density function (TPDF) methods are attractive for modeling
turbulent flames as the highly nonlinear chemical reactions appear in closed form. The …

Filtered density function simulations of a near-limit turbulent lean premixed flame

H Zhou, Z Ren, DH Rowinski, SB Pope - Journal of Propulsion and …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
The predictive numerical simulation of near-limit turbulent premixed combustion, in which
the turbulent intensity is high and the fuel/air mixture is near the flammability limit, remains …

A particle mass-based implementation for mixing models with differential diffusion

T Yang, H Zhou, Z Ren - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
Conclusions A mass-based implementation has been proposed for mixing models IEM-DD
and MC-DD in the context of pair-wise mixing formulation, which allows for different mixing …

[HTML][HTML] A DNS evaluation of three MMC-like mixing models for transported PDF modelling of turbulent nonpremixed flames

Z Li, ER Hawkes, A Wehrfritz, B Savard - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Transported probability density function (TPDF) methods are suitable for modelling turbulent
reactive flows. One of the main challenges is to accurately model the molecular mixing …

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 mixing timescale model for differential mixing in transported probability density function simulations of turbulent non-premixed flames

J Wei, X Su, X Wang, H Zhou, ER Hawkes, Z Ren - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The modeling of scalar mixing timescale remains a primary challenge in the transported
probability density function (TPDF) method. The variation of scalar mixing timescale among …

A multiple mapping conditioning mixing model with a mixture-fraction like reference variable. Part 1: Model derivation and ideal flow test cases

A Varna, MJ Cleary, ER Hawkes - Combustion and Flame, 2017 - Elsevier
Probability density function (PDF) methods have significant advantages in modeling
turbulent combustion, in particular because the highly non-linear chemical source terms …

Modelling of a turbulent premixed flame series using a new MMC-LES model with a shadow position reference variable

Y Shoraka, S Galindo-Lopez, MJ Cleary… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
A new multiple mapping conditioning model with a shadow position reference variable for
localising mixing is implemented in a large eddy simulation solver and validated against …