Three-dimensional direct numerical simulation of turbulent lean premixed methane combustion with detailed kinetics

Combustion and Flame

Volumn 166, Issue , 2016, Pages 266-283

  Aspden, A J ^a,b   Day, M S ^b   Bell, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive mesh refinement; Detailed chemistry; Direct numerical simulation; Low Mach number flow; Turbulent premixed flames

Indexed keywords

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; MACH NUMBER; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE;

ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DETAILED CHEMISTRY; HOMOGENEOUS ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOW-MACH-NUMBER FLOW; TURBULENT INTENSITIES; TURBULENT PREMIXED FLAME;

COMBUSTION;

HYDROGEN; METHANE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLAME; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURFACE AREA; THICKNESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 84960265262     PISSN: 00102180     EISSN: 15562921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2016.01.027     Document Type: Article

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