Distributed-memory parallel computation of a forced, time-dependent, sooting, ethylene/air coflow diffusion flame

Combustion Theory and Modelling

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 795-822

  Dworkin, S B ^a   Cooke, J A ^a   Bennett, B A V ^a   Connelly, B C ^a   Long, M B ^a   Smooke, M D ^a   Hall, R J ^b   Colket, M B ^b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion flame; Ethylene; Parallel computation; Soot formation; Time varying

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS; CHEMICAL MECHANISM; COFLOW DIFFUSION FLAMES; DIFFUSION FLAME; DISTRIBUTED MEMORY; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FLOW ENVIRONMENT; FORCING AMPLITUDES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HOLLOW SHELLS; LAMINAR FLAME; MODEL PREDICTION; MODIFIED NEWTON'S METHOD; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PARALLEL COMPUTATION; PERIODIC FLUCTUATIONS; SECTIONAL MODEL; SOOT CONCENTRATION; SOOT FORMATIONS; SOOT VOLUME FRACTION; TIME VARYING; TIME-DEPENDENT; TIME-RESOLVED; TURBULENT COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; DUST; ETHYLENE; FLAMMABILITY; FORECASTING; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS; TITRATION;

SOOT;

EID: 70949098872     PISSN: 13647830     EISSN: 17413559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13647830903159293     Document Type: Article

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