Assessment of the performance of several turbulence and combustion models in the numerical simulation of a flameless combustor

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 600-626

  Rebola, A ^a   Coelho, P J ^a   Costa, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Combustion models; Eddy dissipation concept; Flameless combustion; Kinetic mechanisms; Turbulence models

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION MODEL; DETAILED REACTION MECHANISMS; EDDY DISSIPATION CONCEPT; FLAMELESS COMBUSTION; KINETIC MECHANISM; REACTION MECHANISM; SATISFACTORY PREDICTIONS; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; METHANE; TURBULENCE MODELS;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 84876155500     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102202.2012.739222     Document Type: Article

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