Synergistic interactions of thermodiffusive instabilities and turbulence in lean hydrogen flames

L Berger, A Attili, H Pitsch - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
Interactions of thermodiffusive instabilities and turbulence have been investigated by large-
scale Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) in this work. Two DNS of turbulent premixed lean …

Intrinsic instabilities in premixed hydrogen flames: Parametric variation of pressure, equivalence ratio, and temperature. part 1-dispersion relations in the linear regime

L Berger, A Attili, H Pitsch - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
The impact of intrinsic combustion instabilities is studied for lean premixed hydrogen flames
by means of a series of simulations at different equivalence ratios [0.4-1.0], unburned …

Diffusive effects of hydrogen on pressurized lean turbulent hydrogen-air premixed flames

W Song, FE Hernández-Pérez, HG Im - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
To understand the turbulence-chemistry interaction of lean hydrogen-air premixed flames at
elevated pressures, we conduct a series of high-fidelity direct numerical simulations with …

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 …

Effects of differential diffusion on hydrogen flame kernel development under engine conditions

H Chu, L Berger, T Grenga, Z Wu, H Pitsch - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
The early flame kernel development in spark ignition engines is crucial for engine
performance. For non-unity-Lewis-number mixtures, it can be significantly influenced by …

Identification of the extinction mechanism of lean limit hydrogen flames based on Lewis number effect

J Jeon, D Shin, W Choi, SJ Kim - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
The conventional flame stretch analysis showed some technical limitations in describing the
observed extinction mechanism without considering the heat transfer characteristics related …

Effects of turbulence on variations in early development of hydrogen and iso-octane flame kernels under engine conditions

H Chu, L Berger, T Grenga, M Gauding, L Cai… - Combustion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The understanding and prediction of the early development of flame kernels are of high
practical importance for the robust relight of aviation gas turbines and the control of cycle-to …

The effect of thermal diffusion on stabilization of premixed flames

FH Vance, P de Goey, JA van Oijen - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
Soret or thermal diffusion is known to impact combustion mixtures by diffusion of species
along a temperature gradient. In this numerical modelling study we show that Soret diffusion …

Thermal diffusion, exhaust gas recirculation and blending effects on lean premixed hydrogen flames

TL Howarth, MS Day, H Pitsch, AJ Aspden - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermodiffusively-unstable lean premixed hydrogen flames are investigated using two-
dimensional direct numerical simulation employing finite-rate chemical kinetics. Three …

Effects of dilatation and turbulence on tangential strain rates in premixed hydrogen and iso-octane flames

H Chu, L Berger, M Gauding, A Attili… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
The tangential strain rate in premixed flames impacts significantly the flame surface area
generation and thus the combustion process. Studies on incompressible isotropic …