Numerical simulation of Delft-Jet-in-Hot-Coflow (DJHC) flames using the eddy dissipation concept model for turbulence-chemistry interaction

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 537-567

  De, Ashoke ^a   Oldenhof, Ernst ^a   Sathiah, Pratap ^b   Roekaerts, Dirk ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP NRG   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eddy Dissipation Concept (EDC); Jet in hot coflow (JHC); MILD combustion; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DISTANCE; CO-FLOW; COMBUSTION BEHAVIOR; COMBUSTION MODEL; EDDY DISSIPATION CONCEPT; EDDY-DISSIPATION-CONCEPT (EDC); EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FLAME CONDITIONS; JET-IN-HOT-COFLOW (JHC); LAMINAR DIFFUSION; LAMINAR VISCOSITY; LEAN COMBUSTION; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MEAN VELOCITIES; MILD COMBUSTION; MODEL CONSTANTS; MODEL PREDICTION; MODERATE AND INTENSE LOW OXYGEN DILUTIONS; NATURAL GAS COMBUSTION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OXYGEN LEVELS; TURBULENCE-CHEMISTRY INTERACTIONS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO-EQUATION TURBULENCE MODELS;

FORECASTING; IGNITION; KINETIC ENERGY; OXYGEN; REACTION RATES; REYNOLDS EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHENIUM; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 81855185276     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: 15731987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10494-011-9337-0     Document Type: Article

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