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Large eddy simulation and laser diagnostic studies on a low swirl stratified premixed flame

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Summary, in English

This paper presents numerical simulations and laser diagnostic experiments of a swirling lean premixed methane/air flame with an aim to compare different Large Eddy Simulations (LES) models for reactive flows. An atmospheric-pressure laboratory swirl burner has been developed wherein lean premixed methane/air is injected in an unconfined low-speed flow of air. The flame is stabilized above the burner rim in a moderate swirl flow, triggering weak vortex breakdown in the downstream direction. Both stereoscopic (3-component) PIV and 2-component PIV are used to investigate the flow. Filtered Rayleigh scattering is used to examine the temperature field in the leading flame front. Acetone-Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence (PLIF) is applied to examine the fuel distribution. The experimental data are used to assess two different LES models: one based on level-set G-equation and flamelet chemistry, and the other based on finite rate chemistry with reduced kinetics. The two LES models treat the chemistry differently, which results in different predictions of the flame dynamic behavior and statistics. Yet, great similarity of flame structures was predicted by both models. The LES and experimental data reveal several intrinsic features of the low swirl flame such as the W-shape at the leading front, the highly wrinkled fronts in the shear layers, and the existence of extinction holes in the trailing edge of the flame. The effect of combustion models, the numerical solvers and boundary conditions on the flame and flow predictions was systematically examined. (c) 2008 The Combustion Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Pages

25-36

Publication/Series

Combustion and Flame

Volume

156

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics
  • Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Keywords

  • Level-set G-equation
  • eddy simulation
  • Large
  • Laser diagnostics
  • Lean premixed stratified flames
  • Low swirl
  • Finite rate chemistry

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0010-2180