Study of turbulent premixed flame thickness using direct numerical simulation in a slot burner configuration

Ramanan Sankaran, Evatt R. Hawkes, Jacqueline H. Chen, Tianfeng Lu, Chung King Law

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Abstract

Three-dimensional direct numerical simulation of a spatially developing slot-burner Bunsen flame has been performed. The simulation is aimed at better understanding the dynamics of turbulent premixed flames in the thin reaction zones regime. A reduced chemical model for methane-air chemistry consisting of 13 resolved species, 4 quasi-steady state species and 73 elementary reactions has been developed specifically for the current simulation. Using the new chemical model a lean premixed methane-air flame at preheated conditions and ambient pressure is simulated. The simulation is performed long enough to achieve statistical stationarity. The data is analyzed to study possible influences of turbulence on the flame thickness. The results show that the average flame thickness increases, in agreement with a few, although not unanimous, experimental results.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCollection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
Pages1996-2008
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)1563478072, 9781563478079
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Event44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting 2006 - Reno, NV, United States
Duration: Jan 9 2006Jan 12 2006

Publication series

NameCollection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
Volume3

Other

Other44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting 2006
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityReno, NV
Period1/9/061/12/06

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Aerospace Engineering

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