Numerical simulation of non-premixed turbulent combustion using the eddy dissipation concept and comparing with the steady laminar flamelet model

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 577-605

  Lysenko, Dmitry A ^a   Ertesvåg, Ivar S ^a   Rian, Kjell Erik ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Computational Industry Technologies AS ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Compressible Reynolds averaged simulations; Eddy Dissipation Concept; OpenFOAM; RADAU5; Sandia flame CHNa; Sydney flame HM1E

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REACTION RATES; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

EDDY DISSIPATION CONCEPT; OPENFOAM; RADAU5; REYNOLDS; SANDIA FLAMES; SYDNEY FLAME HM1E;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 84920257416     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: 15731987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10494-014-9551-7     Document Type: Article

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