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 …

Species reaction rate modelling based on physics-guided machine learning

R Nakazawa, Y Minamoto, N Inoue, M Tanahashi - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
Deep neural network (DNN) is applied to mean reaction rate modelling. Two DNN
structures, species-dependent (SD) and species-independent (SI), are considered. 1 Due to …

Modern developments in filtered density function

S Sammak, Z Ren, P Givi - Modeling and Simulation of Turbulent Mixing …, 2020 - Springer
An overview is presented of recent developments in filtered density function (FDF)
methodology as utilized for large eddy simulation (LES) of turbulent flows. The review is …

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 …

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 …

Transported PDF simulation of turbulent CH4/H2 flames under MILD conditions with particle-level sensitivity analysis

H Wang, H Zhou, Z Ren, CK Law - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2019 - Elsevier
Transported probability density function (TPDF) simulation with sensitivity analysis has been
conducted for turbulent non-premixed CH 4/H 2 flames of the jet-into-hot-coflow (JHC) …

Dynamic adaptive acceleration of chemical kinetics with consistent error control

W Xie, Z Lu, Z Ren, GM Goldin - Combustion and Flame, 2018 - Elsevier
The incorporation of detailed chemistry in combustion simulations is challenging due to the
large number of chemical species and the wide range of chemical timescales. The …

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 …

Multiple Mapping Conditioning Mixing Time Scales for Turbulent Premixed Flames

N Iaroslavtceva, A Kronenburg, OT Stein - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2023 - Springer
A novel multiple mapping conditioning (MMC) mixing time scale model for turbulent
premixed combustion has been developed. It combines time scales for the flamelet and …