Simulation of transient turbulent methane jet ignition and combustion under engine-relevant conditions using conditional source-term estimation with detailed chemistry

Combustion Theory and Modelling

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 977-1008

  Huang, J ^a   Bushe, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoignition; Chemical kinetic mechanism reduction; Transient turbulent jets

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; IGNITION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; JET ENGINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; TEMPERATURE;

CHEMICAL KINETIC MECHANISM; FIRST CONDITIONAL MOMENT; SOURCE-TERM ESTIMATION; TRAJECTORY-GENERATED LOW-DIMENSIONAL MANIFOLD (TGLDM);

COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; IGNITION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; JET ENGINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 36549043994     PISSN: 13647830     EISSN: 17413559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13647830701324289     Document Type: Article

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