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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 72, 2017 - Issue 5
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Original Articles

Artificial compressibility method on half-staggered grid for laminar radiative diffusion flames in axisymmetric coordinates

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Pages 392-407 | Received 04 Aug 2017, Accepted 26 Oct 2017, Published online: 27 Nov 2017
 

ABSTRACT

Artificial compressibility method is extended to solve the low Mach variable density Navier–Stokes equations for the simulation of axisymmetric laminar radiative diffusion flames. A combustion model based on the generalized state relationships for species mass fractions and temperature is adopted and the radiation heat loss is estimated as a fraction of heat of combustion. Conventional finite difference method along with a total variation diminishing scheme is used for the spatial discretization on nonuniform half-staggered grid layouts. To reach the steady-state condition, a three-step low-storage explicit Runge–Kutta method is used. The accuracy of the proposed method is reported for confined and unconfined diffusion flames.

Nomenclature

c=

artificial sound speed (m/s)

D=

mixture mass diffusion coefficient (m2/s)

gz=

gravitational acceleration (m/s2)

h=

absolute enthalpy of the mixture, kJ/(kg · K)

=

enthalpy of formation, kJ/(kg · K)

hk=

kth species absolute enthalpy, kJ/(kg · K)

p=

dynamic pressure (Pa)

P0=

thermodynamic pressure (Pa)

Pr=

Prandtl number

qr=

radiative heat loss fraction

Qr=

radiative heat loss, kJ/(kg · K)

R=

universal gas constant, 8314.32 Pa/(mol · K)

r=

radial coordinate (m)

t=

time or pseudo-time (s)

T0=

reference temperature, 298 K

U=

vector of primitive variables

ur=

radial velocity (m/s)

uz=

axial velocity (m/s)

=

mixture molecular weight (kg/kmol)

Wk=

kth species molecular weight (kg/kmol)

Yk=

kth species mass fractions

z=

axial coordinate (m)

Greek symbols=
β=

compressibility parameter

μ=

mixture dynamic viscosity, kg/(ms)

=

reference viscosity, kg/(ms)

ρ=

density (kg/m3)

=

density of still air (kg/m3)

χ=

ratio of two consecutive variations

ψ=

Van Leer flux limiter

Nomenclature

c=

artificial sound speed (m/s)

D=

mixture mass diffusion coefficient (m2/s)

gz=

gravitational acceleration (m/s2)

h=

absolute enthalpy of the mixture, kJ/(kg · K)

=

enthalpy of formation, kJ/(kg · K)

hk=

kth species absolute enthalpy, kJ/(kg · K)

p=

dynamic pressure (Pa)

P0=

thermodynamic pressure (Pa)

Pr=

Prandtl number

qr=

radiative heat loss fraction

Qr=

radiative heat loss, kJ/(kg · K)

R=

universal gas constant, 8314.32 Pa/(mol · K)

r=

radial coordinate (m)

t=

time or pseudo-time (s)

T0=

reference temperature, 298 K

U=

vector of primitive variables

ur=

radial velocity (m/s)

uz=

axial velocity (m/s)

=

mixture molecular weight (kg/kmol)

Wk=

kth species molecular weight (kg/kmol)

Yk=

kth species mass fractions

z=

axial coordinate (m)

Greek symbols=
β=

compressibility parameter

μ=

mixture dynamic viscosity, kg/(ms)

=

reference viscosity, kg/(ms)

ρ=

density (kg/m3)

=

density of still air (kg/m3)

χ=

ratio of two consecutive variations

ψ=

Van Leer flux limiter

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