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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 69, 2016 - Issue 10
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Simulation of methane partially premixed turbulent swirling jet flame

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Pages 1136-1149 | Received 03 Apr 2015, Accepted 20 Jul 2015, Published online: 23 Mar 2016
 

ABSTRACT

Through accounting for the dominant effects of gas temperature fluctuation on the turbulent reaction rates, a presumed probability density function (PDF) model for temperature fluctuation is proposed and formulated in this paper for describing turbulence–complex reaction interactions. A 25-step skeletal mechanism for methane combustion is incorporated into the model. A set of analytical expressions is obtained for the multistep time-averaged reaction rates. The model, together with the algebraic Reynolds stress model for turbulence–swirl interactions, is applied to the simulation of methane partially premixed turbulent swirling jet flame. The calculated results are compared with the measured test data in terms of gas velocities, fluctuating velocities, Reynolds shear stress, temperature, fluctuating temperature, and species mass fractions. Agreement is achieved between the prediction and the measurement.

Nomenclature

Bi=

pre-exponential factor

=

mean specific heat capacity (J/kg K)

D=

diameter of bluff body (m)

Ei=

activation energy (J/mol)

h=

enthalpy (J/kg)

h0=

enthalpy of formation (J/kg)

hs=

sensible enthalpy (J/kg)

kfall=

fall-off rate

mi, ni=

density and temperature exponents

M=

molecular weight (kg/mol)

n=

species number

p=

static pressure (Pa or atm)

r=

radial distance from axis (m)

R=

universal gas constant (J/mol K)

SΦ=

generalized source term

T=

temperature (K)

Tm=

adiabatic combustion temperature at stoichiometric condition for the fuel (K)

T0=

minimum temperature of combustion system (K)

T0=

reference temperature (298.15 K)

u, v, w=

axial, radial, and tangential velocities (m/s)

Wi=

reaction rate for the ith step (kg/m3 s)

x=

axial distance from burner exit (m)

Y=

species mass fraction

α, γ, η+, η=

parameters in presumed PDF

αΦ=

generalized coefficient

βi=

coefficient in ith step reaction rate

ΓΦ=

generalized effective transport coefficient

η=

nondimensional temperature

ηl=

third body efficiency of species l

ρ=

density (kg/m3)

Φ=

generalized variable

Subscripts=
k=

species

r=

radial coordinate, reactant

x=

axial coordinate

Superscripts=
=

fluctuating quantity

=

time-averaged quantity

Nomenclature

Bi=

pre-exponential factor

=

mean specific heat capacity (J/kg K)

D=

diameter of bluff body (m)

Ei=

activation energy (J/mol)

h=

enthalpy (J/kg)

h0=

enthalpy of formation (J/kg)

hs=

sensible enthalpy (J/kg)

kfall=

fall-off rate

mi, ni=

density and temperature exponents

M=

molecular weight (kg/mol)

n=

species number

p=

static pressure (Pa or atm)

r=

radial distance from axis (m)

R=

universal gas constant (J/mol K)

SΦ=

generalized source term

T=

temperature (K)

Tm=

adiabatic combustion temperature at stoichiometric condition for the fuel (K)

T0=

minimum temperature of combustion system (K)

T0=

reference temperature (298.15 K)

u, v, w=

axial, radial, and tangential velocities (m/s)

Wi=

reaction rate for the ith step (kg/m3 s)

x=

axial distance from burner exit (m)

Y=

species mass fraction

α, γ, η+, η=

parameters in presumed PDF

αΦ=

generalized coefficient

βi=

coefficient in ith step reaction rate

ΓΦ=

generalized effective transport coefficient

η=

nondimensional temperature

ηl=

third body efficiency of species l

ρ=

density (kg/m3)

Φ=

generalized variable

Subscripts=
k=

species

r=

radial coordinate, reactant

x=

axial coordinate

Superscripts=
=

fluctuating quantity

=

time-averaged quantity

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