Direct numerical simulation of micro combustion in a narrow circular channel with a detailed kinetic mechanism

Miyata, Eriko; Fukushima, Naoya; Naka, Yoshifumi; Shimura, Masayasu; Tanahashi, Mamoru; Miyauchi, Toshio

doi:10.1016/j.proci.2014.07.057

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“…The "FREI" phenomenon was also experimentally found and studied by Stazio et al [53] for a methane/air premixed flame in a 2.15-mm inner diameter straight tube with a prescribed wall temperature profile maintained by an external heating source, Richecoeur et al [54] for a non-premixed methane/oxygen flame in a 4-mm inner diameter curved duct without external heating, and Evans et al [55] for rich methane and propane/oxygen flames in 4-mm inner diameter non-externally-heated ducts made of different materials of quartz, glass and steel. Apart from experimental studies, the "FREI" was also successfully reproduced in numerical simulations [56][57][58][59][60][61][62].…”

Section: Fundamental Studiesmentioning

confidence: 87%

“…When a particular species data was not available, Sutherland's three coefficient law (based on kinetic theory) [84] was used to calculate transport properties. It should be noted that other studies [56,61,62,68,71,80] have incorporated the CHEMKIN code [85] to evaluate the thermodynamic and transport properties for each species. CHEMKIN used essentially the same thermodynamic database and only a slightly different fitting procedure from the CEA code by Gordon and McBride [83].…”

Section: Numerical Solvermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…-Wall: A hyperbolic tangent temperature profile ramping from 300 K to 1400 K is prescribed, as done in previous works [56,59,61].…”

Section: Numerical Solvermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since only a few of the past studies used the GCI method, visual observations of the solutions might have a less strict requirement on grid refinement. Moreover, the geometries/dimensions of the domain, reaction schemes used and spatial accuracy of the solver (for example, higher order schemes could allow for coarser mesh density to maintain the spatial accuracy [56,61]) are also considered to be factors which affect the required mesh densities. However, the main point here is that the GCI method used in this paper is a proper way to quantify the discretisation errors during the mesh refinement process.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, numerical models do not make such assumptions and are capable of quantitatively revealing detailed physical features and can therefore be used as a reliable tool that develops the understanding of current configurations and supports the design of future systems. Some past numerical simulations using a steady-state [48,[68][69][70][71][72][73] or transient [56,61,62,[74][75][76][77][78] model were conducted, with a focus on the flame stabilities and flame dynamics.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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