This paper presents a statistically more likely distribution (SMLD) approach for the evaluation of the presumed probability density function (PDF) in flamelet progress variable (FPV) models for non-premixed supersonic combustion. The numerical simulation of the NASA Langley Research Center supersonic H2-Air combustion chamber is performed using two approaches: the first one is a standard FPV model, built presuming the functional shape of the PDFs of the mixture fraction, Z, and of the progress parameter, Λ; the second approach employs the SMLD technique to presume the joint PDF of Z and Λ. The standard and FPV-SMLD models have been developed using the low Mach number assumption. In both cases, the temperature is evaluated by solving the total-energy conservation equation, providing a more suitable approach for the simulation of supersonic combustion. By comparison with experimental data, the proposed SMLD model is shown to provide a clear improvement with respect to the standard FPV model, especially in the auto-ignition and stabilization regions of the flame.

Computing supersonic non-premixed turbulent combustion by an SMLD flamelet progress variable model / Coclite, Alessandro; Cutrone, Luigi; Gurtner, M.; DE PALMA, Pietro; Haidn, O. J.; Pascazio, Giuseppe. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY. - ISSN 0360-3199. - 41:1(2016), pp. 632-646. [10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.10.086]

Computing supersonic non-premixed turbulent combustion by an SMLD flamelet progress variable model

COCLITE, Alessandro;CUTRONE, LUIGI;DE PALMA, Pietro;PASCAZIO, Giuseppe
2016-01-01

Abstract

This paper presents a statistically more likely distribution (SMLD) approach for the evaluation of the presumed probability density function (PDF) in flamelet progress variable (FPV) models for non-premixed supersonic combustion. The numerical simulation of the NASA Langley Research Center supersonic H2-Air combustion chamber is performed using two approaches: the first one is a standard FPV model, built presuming the functional shape of the PDFs of the mixture fraction, Z, and of the progress parameter, Λ; the second approach employs the SMLD technique to presume the joint PDF of Z and Λ. The standard and FPV-SMLD models have been developed using the low Mach number assumption. In both cases, the temperature is evaluated by solving the total-energy conservation equation, providing a more suitable approach for the simulation of supersonic combustion. By comparison with experimental data, the proposed SMLD model is shown to provide a clear improvement with respect to the standard FPV model, especially in the auto-ignition and stabilization regions of the flame.
2016
Computing supersonic non-premixed turbulent combustion by an SMLD flamelet progress variable model / Coclite, Alessandro; Cutrone, Luigi; Gurtner, M.; DE PALMA, Pietro; Haidn, O. J.; Pascazio, Giuseppe. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY. - ISSN 0360-3199. - 41:1(2016), pp. 632-646. [10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.10.086]
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