Spring 2012

ME 471: TURBULENT
COMBUSTION
J. Urzay

 FIRE

PROFESSOR RICHARD
FEYNMANS LECTURES

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Supplementarymaterialshallbeprovidedinclass.

Textbooks:

N.Peters,Turbulentcombus:on,CambridgeUniversityPress,2005.
R.S.Cant&E.Mastorakos,Anintroduc:ontoturbulentreac:ngows,Imperial
CollegePress,2008.
F.A.Williams,Combus:onTheory,BenjaminCummins,1985.

Theturbulentcombus:onproblema:que

LeanPremixedPrevaporized

1.GASTURBINES

Combus:onengineering

Rich/Quench/Lean

LeanDirectInjec:on

Combus:onengineering

Igni:oninahelicoptercombustor
(Credits:Turbomeca)
(Movie)

2.INTERNALCOMBUSTIONENGINES

Combus:oninpropulsionengineering


(Movie)

Sparkigni:onengine,incylindervideo

3.ROCKETPROPULSION

Combus:oninpropulsionengineering

3.ROCKETPROPULSION

Datarecordedfromonboardaccelerometers
ontheApollo6and8missionsshowedpogoas
measuredatthecenterenginemountandthe
responseatthecrewmodule.Credits:NASA

Combus:oninpropulsionengineering

SATURNV,1stSTAGE(F1)STATICTESTS
STENNISSPACECENTER(MISSISSIPPITESTFACILITY)
Credits:NASA

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X51,Mach4.5to7

HyperX,Mach10

4.SUPERSONICAIRBREATHINGPROPULSION

Combus:onengineering

(Movie)

CESCOExperiment
Credits:Dr.MirkoGamba(Stanford)

5.PULVERIZEDCOALFURNACES

Combus:onengineering

Pulverizedcoalredthrougha
CH4Airpremixedame(12000fps)
Credits:rescience.com

(Movie)

6.FireProtec:on

Combus:onengineering

(Movie)

Electricallyinducedex:nc:onof
aCH4jetdiusioname.
Credits:Prof.G.M.Whitesides(Harvard)

7.MICROPROPULSION/ENERGIZATION

Combus:oninpropulsionengineering

H2poweredmicrorockets
Credits:Prof.J.Wang(UCSD)
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References
(bychronologicalorderof
appearanceinclass)

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Lin(1974)``Asymptoticstructureofcounterflowdiffusionflamesforlargeactivationenergies''
Williams(1985)``Combustiontheory
PetersandWilliams(1987)``Theasymptoticstructureofstoichiometricmethaneairflames''
Peters(1983)``Localquenchingduetoflamestretchandnonpremixedturbulentcombustion''
Balakrishnan, Smooke and Williams (1995) ``A numerical investigation of extinction and ignition limits in laminar
nonpremixedcounterflowinghydrogenairstreamsforbothelementaryandreducedchemistry''
Boivin,Jimenez,SnchezandWilliams(2011)``AnexplicitreducedmechanismforH2aircombustion''
Kolmogorov(1941)``ThelocalstructureofturbulenceinincompressibleviscousfluidforverylargeReynoldsnumbers''
BroadwellandMungal(1993)``Largescalestructuresandmolecularmixing''
Jimenez(2004)``Turbulenceandvortexdynamics''
Pitsch(2006)``Largeeddysimulationofturbulentcombustion''
LinandWilliams(1993)``Fundamentalaspectsofcombustion
Echekki(2004)``Multiscalemethodsinturbulentcombustion:Strategiesandcomputationalchallenges''
PoinsotandVeynante(2005)``Theoreticalandnumericalcombustion
MatalonandMatkowsky(1982)``Flamesasgasdynamicdiscontinuities''
ClanetandSearby(1998)``FirstexperimentalstudyoftheDarrieusLandauinstability''
ClavinandWilliams(1982)``Effectsofmoleculardiffusionandthermalexpansiononthestructureanddynamicsofpremixed
flamesinturbulentflowsoflargescaleandlowintensity''
Ronney,Wu,PearlmanandWeiland(1998)``Experimentalstudyofflameballsinspace:PreliminaryresultsfromSTS83''
Spalding(1976)``Mathematicalmodelsofturbulentflames''
VeynanteandVervisch(2002)``Turbulentcombustionmodeling''
LibbyandBray(1981)``Countergradientdiffusioninpremixedturbulentflames''
Bray,LibbyandMoss(1984)``Flameletcrossingfrequenciesandmeanreactionratesinpremixedturbulentcombustion''
HaworthandPoinsot(1992)``NumericalsimulationsofLewisnumbereffectsinturbulentpremixedflames''
MarbleandBroadwell(1977)``Thecoherentflamemodelforturbulentchemicalreactions''
Vervisch, Bidaux, Bray and Kollmann (1994) ``Surface density function in premixed turbulent combustion modeling,
similaritiesbetweenprobabilitydensityfunctionandflamesurfaceapproaches''
HawkesandCant(2007)``Aflamesurfacedensityapproachtolargeeddysimulationofpremixedturbulentcombustion''
Peters(1992)``Aspectralclosureforpremixedturbulentcombustionintheflameletregime''
Peters(1999)``Theturbulentburningvelocityforlargescaleandsmallscaleturbulence''
Kerstein,AshurstandWilliams(1988)``Fieldequationforinterfacepropagationinanunsteadyhomogeneousflowfield''
Peters(1988)``Laminarflameletconceptsinturbulentcombustion''
Joulin(1994)``Ontheresponseofpremixedflamestotimedependentstretchandcurvature''
Pitsch and Duchamp de Lageneste (2002) ``Largeeddy simulation of premixed turbulent combustion using a levelset
approach''
Lin(1991)``Thestructureofdiffusionllames''
Lin,Orlandi,VerziccoandHiguera(1994)``EffectsofnonunityLewisnumbersindiffusionflames''
ClavinandLin(1984)``Theoryofgaseouscombustion''
Williams(2000)``Progressinknowledgeofflameletstructureandextinction''
EffelsbergandPeters(1983)``Acompositemodelfortheconservedscalarpdf''
LuoandBray(1998)``Combustioninducedpressureeffectsinsupersonicdiffusionflames''
PitschandPeters(1998)``Aconsistentflameletformulationfornonpremixedcombustionconsideringdifferentialdiffusion
effects''
PierceandMoin(2004)``Progressvariableapproachforlargeeddysimulationofnonpremixedturbulentcombustion''

MAINCONCEPTS

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PARTI:
FundamentalConceptsin
Combustion
andTurbulentFlows

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DNS

DNS

A.Saghaan

RANSvsLES

RANSvsLES

Pecknik,Terrapon,Shagaan,Larsson

RANSvsLES

LES

LES

LES

LES

J.Larsson

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PARTII:
TurbulentPremixed
Combustion

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PREMIXEDBURNERS

PREMIXEDBURNERS

PREMIXEDBURNERS

CLANET+SEARBY (1998)

CellularFlames

DARRIEUS-LANDAU INSTABILITY

RONNEY
FLAME BALLS

GRCAR(2008)

CellularFlames

CELLULAR FLAMES H2/O2

CELLULAR FLAMES H2/O2

DNS

CellularFlames

LevelSet
RANS(Peters,2000)

LevelSet

LES(Pitsch&Duchamp,2002)

(Poinsot&Veynante,2005)

Thickenedames

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PARTIII:
TurbulentNonpremixed
Combustion

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THEFLAMELETCONCEPT

NonPremixedTurbulentCombus4on

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NonPremixedTurbulentCombus4on

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NonPremixedTurbulentCombus4on

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NonPremixedTurbulentCombus4on

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NonPremixedTurbulentCombus4on

TripleFlames(Kionietal,1996)

NonPremixedTurbulentCombus4on

DiusionFlames

(Movie)

(Movie)

CarltonRitzHotel
(HalfMoonBay,CA)

DiusionFlames

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DropletCombus4on(ISSExperiments)

DiusionFlames

Supersonicmixinglayer,
SaghaanandPitsch(2011)

NonPremixedTurbulentCombus4on

LES

Supersoniccombus4on
Sunamietal.,Berglundetal.

NonPremixedTurbulentCombus4on
UNSTART

Line:4stepCH4O2mechanism(Seshadri+Peters,1988).
Symbols:Experiments(Smookeetal.1986).

DiusionFlames

BURKESCHUMANNLIMIT

DiusionFlames

FIG1

Nonequilibriumeects

NonPremixedTurbulentCombus4on

FIG 2

BETAPDF

NonPremixedTurbulentCombus4on

FIG 3

PIERCE+MOIN (2004)

FIG 7

FIG 8

ANCHORED FLAME

TOO HIGH TEMPERATURE

"LIFTED" FLAME

PIERCE+MOIN (2004)

FIG 9

C = Y(H20)+Y(CO2)

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Homeworks
and
Exams

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