Large eddy simulation of an ethylene-air turbulent premixed V-flame

Authors:
Y. Y. Wu;C. K. Chan;L. X. Zhou
Affiliations:
Department of Applied Mathematics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong and Institute of Applied Mathematics and Computational Physics, Beijing, China;Department of Applied Mathematics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong;Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Venue:
Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
Year:
2011

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Abstract

Large eddy simulation (LES) using a dynamic eddy viscosity subgrid scale stress model and a fast-chemistry combustion model without accounting for the finite-rate chemical kinetics is applied to study the ignition and propagation of a turbulent premixed V-flame. A progress variable c-equation is applied to describe the flame front propagation. The equations are solved two dimensionally by a projection-based fractional step method for low Mach number flows. The flow field with a stabilizing rod without reaction is first obtained as the initial field and ignition happens just upstream of the stabilizing rod. The shape of the flame is affected by the velocity field, and following the flame propagation, the vortices fade and move to locations along the flame front. The LES computed time-averaged velocity agrees well with data obtained from experiments.