Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
655478 International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 2013 11 Pages PDF
Abstract

The sensitivity of Large Eddy Simulation with Conditional Moment Closure (LES–CMC) simulations of the Sandia piloted jet Flames D and F to various parameters have been investigated. It was found that while an LES grid may sufficiently resolve velocity fields, the conditional scalar dissipation rate obtained may still be affected by grid size due to the calculation of sub-grid scalar dissipation rate, and this can affect the degree of localised extinction predicted. A study of the relative size of the terms in the CMC equation during an extinction/reignition event showed that transport, including in the cross stream direction, plays a key role. The results are sensitive to the choice of inlet boundary conditions as extinction is only observed when the inert-mixing distributions in mixture fraction space are used as inlet conditions for the CMC equation in the primary jet and air jets.

► We use the LES–CMC reacting flow method to simulate piloted jet flames. ► Localised extinction in the flames is successfully predicted. ► Sensitivity of these results to various modelling options is investigated.

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