A comparative study of flamelet and finite rate chemistry LES for a swirl stabilized flame

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Fureby, C ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

large eddy simulation; turbulence chemistry interaction models; validation

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION SIMULATIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EDDY DISSIPATION CONCEPT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE-RATE CHEMISTRY; FLAME MODELS; FLAMELET MODELS; FLAMELETS; GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR; HIGH QUALITY; LARGE-SCALE FLOWS; NO FORMATION; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PREMIXED FLAME; SMALL-SCALE FLOWS; STIRRED REACTORS; SUBGRID MODELING; SWIRLERS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TURBULENCE CHEMISTRY INTERACTION MODELS; TURBULENCE-CHEMISTRY INTERACTIONS; TURBULENT COMBUSTION; VALIDATION;

COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 84856542553     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004718     Document Type: Article

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