Investigation of Conditional Source-term Estimation Approach to Modelling Mild Combustion

Investigation of Conditional Source-term Estimation Approach to Modelling Mild Combustion
Author: Jeffrey Labahn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2016
Genre: Combustion engineering
ISBN:

Conditional Source-term Estimation (CSE) is a turbulent combustion model which uses conditional averages to provide closure for the mean chemical source term and is based on the same ideas as the Conditional Moment Closure (CMC) approach. CSE applies first order closure for the conditional averages which are obtained by inverting an integral equation and has been used to simulate a range of premixed, non-premixed and partially premixed flames. In the present study, CSE is applied to investigate a high efficient, low emission combustion process called Moderate and Intense Low Oxygen Dilution (MILD) combustion. This work represents the first application of CSE for MILD combustion, the first application of a multi-stream CSE formulation and the first doubly-conditioned CSE formulation applied in the Large Eddy Simulation (LES) framework. The objectives of the present study are to i) investigate the CSE combustion model for turbulent non-premixed combustion, ii) develop a CSE formulation for MILD combustion problems, iii) implement CSE for MILD combustion problems in Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) and LES and iv) compare the CSE predictions to experimental and previous numerical results for well documented MILD combustion flames. Numerical simulations of a confined non-premixed methane flame are completed using the CSE non-premixed approach. This study investigates the sensitivity to various CSE model parameters and shows CSE is able to accurately predict non-premixed methane combustion. A detailed study of the inversion problem encountered in CSE is also investigated using the Bayesian framework. The origin of the perturbation seen in the unconditional mass fraction in CSE and the impact of a smoothing prior on the recovered solution and credible intervals are discussed. Different regularization methods are studied and it is shown that both zeroth and first order Tikhonov are promising regularization methods for CSE. In the present work, the non-premixed CSE formulation is extended to include the impact of radiation of the conditional reaction rates and is applied to a semi-industrial furnace. This study demonstrates that a RANS-CSE simulation is able to accurately predict the temperature and species concentration, including NOx, for large scale realistic furnace configurations. Finally, a multi-stream CSE formulation is developed and applied to the DJHC burners in the RANS and LES framework. This new CSE formulation is able to predict the temperature and velocity profiles in very good agreement with the experimental data. Further, the LES multi-stream CSE formulation is able to predict the time-dependent nature of the DHJC burners.

Applied Combustion Diagnostics

Applied Combustion Diagnostics
Author: KoHse-HoingHaus
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
Total Pages: 748
Release: 2002-04-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781560329381

The editors have assembled a world-class group of contributors who address the questions the combustion diagnostic community faces. They are chemists who identify the species to be measured and the interfering substances that may be present; physicists, who push the limits of laser spectroscopy and laser devices and who conceive suitable measurement schemes; and engineers, who know combustion systems and processes. This book assists in providing guidance for the planning of combustion experiments, in judging research strategies and in conceiving new ideas for combustion research. It provides a snapshot of the available diagnostic methods and thier typical applications from the perspective of leading experts in the field.

Turbulent Combustion Modeling

Turbulent Combustion Modeling
Author: Tarek Echekki
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2010-12-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9400704127

Turbulent combustion sits at the interface of two important nonlinear, multiscale phenomena: chemistry and turbulence. Its study is extremely timely in view of the need to develop new combustion technologies in order to address challenges associated with climate change, energy source uncertainty, and air pollution. Despite the fact that modeling of turbulent combustion is a subject that has been researched for a number of years, its complexity implies that key issues are still eluding, and a theoretical description that is accurate enough to make turbulent combustion models rigorous and quantitative for industrial use is still lacking. In this book, prominent experts review most of the available approaches in modeling turbulent combustion, with particular focus on the exploding increase in computational resources that has allowed the simulation of increasingly detailed phenomena. The relevant algorithms are presented, the theoretical methods are explained, and various application examples are given. The book is intended for a relatively broad audience, including seasoned researchers and graduate students in engineering, applied mathematics and computational science, engine designers and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) practitioners, scientists at funding agencies, and anyone wishing to understand the state-of-the-art and the future directions of this scientifically challenging and practically important field.

Fundamentals of Low Emission Flameless Combustion and Its Applications

Fundamentals of Low Emission Flameless Combustion and Its Applications
Author: Seyed Ehsan Hosseini
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 666
Release: 2022-07-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0323852440

Fundamentals of Low Emission Flameless Combustion and Its Applications is a comprehensive reference on the flameless combustion mode and its industrial applications, considering various types of fossil and alternative fuel. Several experimental and numerical accomplishments on the fundamentals of state-of-the-art flameless combustion is presented, working to clarify the environmentally friendly aspects of this combustion mode. Author Dr. Hosseini presents the latest progresses in the field and highlights the most important achievements since invention, including the fundamentals of thermodynamics, heat transfer and chemical kinetics. Also analyzed is fuel consumption reduction and the efficiency of the system, emissions formation and the effect of the flameless mode on emission reduction. This book provides a solid foundation for those in industry employing flameless combustion for energy conservation and the mitigation of pollutant emissions. It will provide engineers and researchers in energy system engineering, chemical engineering, industrial engineers and environmental engineering with a reliable resource on flameless combustion and may also serve as a textbook for senior graduate students. Presents the fundamentals of flameless combustion and covers advances since its invention Includes experimental and numerical investigations of flameless combustion Analyzes emission formation and highlights the effects of the flameless mode on emission reduction

Non-intrusive Combustion Diagnostics

Non-intrusive Combustion Diagnostics
Author: Kenneth K. Kuo
Publisher: Begell House Publishers
Total Pages: 780
Release: 1994
Genre: Science
ISBN:

This volume selects over sixty papers presented at this symposium, and provides an excellent introduction to the state-of-the-art technology in non-intrusive combustion diagnostics for propulsion systems. As such, it is invaluable for researchers wishing to adopt the methods directly, to those interested in assessing the accuracy, advantages, and limitations of specific techniques, and to those seeking a starting point for new ideas toward advances in combustion diagnostics. Topics range from LIF and PLIF techniques to diagnostics of particles, gaseous reaction systems, and solid propellants. Also covered are diagnostics in practical combustion systems.

Detailed Modelling of Combustion: A Non-Interfering Diagnostic Tool

Detailed Modelling of Combustion: A Non-Interfering Diagnostic Tool
Author: E. S. Oran
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1981
Genre:
ISBN:

A major goal of detailed numerical modelling of combustion is to develop computational tools which can be used interactively with laboratory diagnostic techniques to interpret and understand experiments. Only through this quantitative interaction of prediction and measurement can we calibrate convincingly our understanding of the fundamental physical and chemical processes involved. Modelling of flames and detonations is particularly challenging because of the strong feedback between the energy released due to chemical reactions and the evolution of the hydrodynamic flow. Since it is generally not possible to decouple these processes completely, special numerical techniques are required to solve the problems. In this paper, the basic steps and decisions which must be made when constructing and using a numerical model will be discussed. These involve choosing the numerical algorithms based on the physics and chemistry of the problem, testing the model based on these algorithms in different limits against theoretical and analytical results, and using the model interactively with experiments. With the third step specifically in mind, it will be shown how the species concentration, velocity, and temperature profiles obtained from laser probe diagnostics can provide information for use in and comparison with detailed calculations. (Author).