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Modeling Turbulent Combustion
CEFRC Combustion Summer School
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz Pitsch
2014
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Course Overview
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• Turbulence
• Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Modeling Turbulent Combustion
• Applications
• Moment Methods for reactive scalars
• Simple Models in Fluent: EBU,EDM, FRCM,
EDM/FRCM
• Introduction in Statistical Methods: PDF,
CDF,…
• Transported PDF Model
• Modeling Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• BML-Model
• Level Set Approach/G-equation
• Modeling Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Conserved Scalar Based Models for
Non-Premixed Turbulent Combustion
• Flamelet-Model
• Application: RIF, steady flamelet model
Part II: Turbulent Combustion
Moment Methods for Reactive Scalars
Balance Equation for Reactive Scalars
• The term „reactive scalar“
Mass fraction Yα of all components α = 1, … N
Temperature T
• Balance equation for
Di: mass diffusivity, thermal diffusivity
Si: mass/temperature source term
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Balance Equation for Reactive Scalars
• Neglecting the molecular transport (assumption: Re↑)
• Gradient transport assumption for the turbulent transport
→ Averaged transport equation
→ idea: approach similar to (simple) turbulence models: expression as a function of mean values
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not closed
Moment Methods for Reactive Scalars
• Assumption: heat release expressed by
B: includes frequency factor und heat of reaction
Tb: adiabatic flame temperature
E: activation energy
• Approach for modeling the chemical source term
• Proven method decomposition into mean and fluctuation
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Moment Methods for Reactive Scalars
• Taylor expansion at (for ) of terms
Pre-exponential term
Exponential term
• Leads to
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Moment Methods for Reactive Scalars
• As a function of Favre-mean at yields
• Typical values in the reaction zone of a flame
• Intense fluctuations of the chemical source term around the mean value
• Moment method for reactive scalars inappropriate due to strong non-linear effect of the chemical source term
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Example: Non-Premixed Combustion in Isotropic Turbulence
• Favre averaged transport equation
• Gradient transport model
• One step global reaction
• Decaying isotropic turbulence
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Example: Non-Premixed Combustion in Isotropic Turbulence
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Product Mass Fraction
DNS data
Flamelet Closure Assumption
Evaluation of chemical source term with mean quantities
Closure by mean values does not work!
Course Overview
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• Turbulence
• Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Modeling Turbulent Combustion
• Applications
• Moment Methods for reactive scalars
• Simple Models in Fluent: EBU,EDM, FRCM,
EDM/FRCM
• Introduction in Statistical Methods: PDF,
CDF,…
• Transported PDF Model
• Modeling Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• BML-Model
• Level Set Approach/G-equation
• Modeling Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Conserved Scalar Based Models for
Non-Premixed Turbulent Combustion
• Flamelet-Model
• Application: RIF, steady flamelet model
Part II: Turbulent Combustion
Simple Models for Turbulent Combustion
• Example: standard models in Fluent
• Very simple models, e.g. based on
very fast chemistry
no consideration of turbulence
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Quelle: Fluent 12 user‘s guide
3. 4. 2. 5.
1. Eddy-Break-Up-Model
First approach for closing the chemical source term was made by Spalding (1971) in premixed combustion
• Assumption: very fast chemistry (after pre-heating)
• Combustion process
Breakup of eddies from the unburnt mixture smaller eddies
→ Large surface area (with hot burnt gas)
→ Duration of this breakup determines the pace
→ Eddy-Break-Up-Model (EBU)
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flow
hot burnt gas unburnt mixture
1. Eddy-Break-Up-Modell
• Averaged turbulent reaction rate for the products
: variance of mass fraction of the product
CEBU: Eddy-Break-Up constant
• EBU-modell
turbulent mixing sufficiently describes the combustion process
chemical reaction rate is negligible
• Problems with EGR, lean/rich combustion
→ further development by Magnussen & Hjertager (1977): Eddy-Dissipation-Model (EDM)…
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2. Eddy-Dissipation-Model
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• EDM: typical model for eddy breakup
Assumption: very fast chemistry
Turbulent mixing time is the dominant time scale
• Chemical source term
YE, YP: mass fraction of reactant/product
A, B: Model parameter (determined by experiment)
2. Eddy-Dissipation-Model
Example: diffusion flame, one step reaction
• YF > YF,st , therefore YO < YF YE = YO
• YF < YF,st YE = YF
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Résumé EDM
• Controlled by mixing
• Very fast chemistry
• Application: turbulent premixed and nonpremixed combustion
• Connects turbulent mixing with chemical reaction
rich or lean?
→ full or partial conversion
• Advantage: simple and robust model
• Disadvantage
No effects of chemical non-equilibrium (formation of NO, local extinction)
Areas of finite-rate chemistry:
• Fuel consumption is overestimated
• Locally too high temperatures
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3. Finite-Rate-Chemistry-Model (FRCM)
• Chemical conversion with finite-rate
• Capable of reverse reactions
• Chemical source term for species i in a reaction α
kf,α , kb,α: reaction rates(determined by Arrhenius kinetic expressions )
models the influence of third bodies
• Linearization of the source term centered on the operating point Integration into equations for species, larger Δt realizable
• Typical approach for detailed computation of homogeneous systems
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Résumé FRCM
• Chemistry-controled
• Appropriate for tchemistry > tmixng (laminar/laminar-turbulent)
• Application
Laminar-turbulent
Non-premixed
• Source term: Arrhenius ansatz
Mean values for temperature in Arrhenius expression
→ Effects of turbulent fluctuations are ignored
→ Temperature locally too low
• Consideration of non-equilibrium effects
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4. Combination EDM/FRCM
• Turbulent flow
Areas with high turbulence and intense mixing
Laminar structures
• Concept: Combination of EDM and FRCM
For each cell: computation of both reaction rates and
The smaller one is picked (determines the reaction rate)
→ Choses locally between chemistry- and mixing-controlled
• Advantage: Meant for large range of applicability
• Disadvantage: no turbulence/chemistry interaction
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5. Eddy-Dissipation-Concept (EDC)
• Extension of EDM Considers detailed reaction kinetics
• Assumption: Reactions on small scales („*“: fine scale)
• Volume of small scales:
• Reaction rates are determined by Arrhenius expression (cf. FRCM)
• Time scale of the reactions
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Fluent: Cξ = 2,1377
Fluent: Cτ = 0,4082
5. Eddy-Dissipation-Concept (EDC)
• Boundary/initial conditions for reactions (on small scales)
Assumption: pressure p = const.
Initial condition: temperature and species concentration in a cell
Reactions on time scale
Numerical integration (e.g. ISAT-Algorithm)
• Model for source term
• Problem:
Requires a lot of processing power
Stiff differential equation
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Mass fraction on small scales of species i after reaction time τ*
Résumé: Simple Combustion Models
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Quelle: Fluent 12 user‘s guide
3. 4. 2. 5.
Solely calculation by Arrhenius equation turbulence is not considered
Calculation of Arrhenius reaction rate and mixing rate; selection of the smaller one local choice: laminar/turbulent
Solely calculation of mixing rate Chemical kinetic is not considered
Modeling of turbulence/chemistry interaction; detailed chemistry
Course Overview
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• Turbulence
• Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Modeling Turbulent Combustion
• Applications
• Moment Methods for reactive scalars
• Simple Models in Fluent: EBU,EDM, FRCM,
EDM/FRCM
• Introduction in Statistical Methods: PDF,
CDF,…
• Transported PDF Model
• Modeling Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• BML-Model
• Level Set Approach/G-equation
• Modeling Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Conserved Scalar Based Models for
Non-Premixed Turbulent Combustion
• Flamelet-Model
• Application: RIF, steady flamelet model
Part II: Turbulent Combustion
Introduction to Statistical Methods
• Introduction to statistical methods
Sample space
Probability
Cumulative distribution function(CDF)
Probability density function(PDF)
Examples for CDFs/PDFs
Moments of a PDF
Joint statistics
Conditional statistics
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Pope, „Turbulent Flows“
• Probability of events in sample space
• Sample space: set of all possible events
Random variable U
Sample space variable V (independent variable)
• Event A
• Event B
Sample Space
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Probability
• Probability of the event
• Probability p
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impossible event sure event
Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF)
• Probability of any event can be determined from cumulative distribution function (CDF)
• Event A
• Event B
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Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF)
• Three basic properties of a CDF
1. Occuring of event is impossible
2. Occuring of event is sure
3. F is a non-decreasing function as
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CDF of Gaussian distributed random variable
Probability Density Function (PDF)
• Derivative of the CDF probability density function
• Three basic properties of a PDF
1. CDF non-decreasing PDF
2. Satisfies the normalization condition
3. For infinite sample space variable
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PDF of Gaussian distributed random variable
Probability Density Function (PDF)
• Examining the particular interval Va ≤ U < Vb
• Interval Vb - Va 0:
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Example for CDF/PDF
Uniform distribution
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Source: Pope, „Turbulent Flows“
Example for CDF/PDF
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Source: Pope, „Turbulent Flows“
Exponential distribution
Example for CDF/PDF
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Source: Pope, „Turbulent Flows“
Normal distribution
Example for CDF/PDF
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Source: Pope, „Turbulent Flows“
or
Delta-function distribution
Moments of a PDF
• PDF of U is known n-th moment
• Example: first moment (n = 1): mean of U
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Q: random function, with Q = Q(U)
Central Moments
• n-th central moment
• Example: second central moment (n = 2): variance of U
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Joint Cumulative Density Function
• Joint CDF (jCDF) of random variables U1, U2 (in general Ui, i = 1,2,…)
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Source: Pope, „Turbulent Flows“
Joint Cumulative Density Function
• Basic properties of a jCDF
Non-decreasing function
Since is impossible
Since is certain equally
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marginal CDF
Joint Probability Density Function
• Joint PDF (jPDF)
• Fundamental property:
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Source: Pope, „Turbulent Flows“
Joint Probability Density Function
• Basic properties of a jPDF
Non-negative:
Satisfies the normalization condition
Marginal PDF
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Joint Statistics
• For a function Q(U1,U2,…)
• Example: i = 1, 2; n = 1; , covariance of U1 and U2
• Covariance shows the correlation of two variables
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Scatterplot of two velocity- components U1 and U2
Conditional PDF
• PDF of U2 conditioned on U1 = V1
• jPDF f1,2(V1,V2) scaled so that it satisfies the normalization condition
• Conditional mean of a function Q(U1,U2)
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Bayes-Theorem
Statistical Independence
• If U1 and U2 are statistically independent, conditioning has no effect
• Bayes-Theorem
• Therefore:
• Independent variables uncorrelated
• In general the converse is not true
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Course Overview
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• Turbulence
• Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Modeling Turbulent Combustion
• Applications
• Moment Methods for reactive scalars
• Simple Models in Fluent: EBU,EDM, FRCM,
EDM/FRCM
• Introduction in Statistical Methods: PDF,
CDF,…
• Transported PDF Model
• Modeling Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• BML-Model
• Level Set Approach/G-equation
• Modeling Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Conserved Scalar Based Models for
Non-Premixed Turbulent Combustion
• Flamelet-Model
• Application: RIF, steady flamelet model
Part II: Turbulent Combustion
• Similar to moment methods, models based on a pdf transport equation for the
velocity and the reactive scalars are usually formulated for one-point statistics
• Within that framework, however, they represent a general statistical description of
turbulent reacting flows, in principle, independent of the combustion regime
• A joint pdf transport equation for the velocity and the reactive scalars can be derived,
Pope (1990)
The PDF Transport Equation Model
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• There are several ways to derive a transport equation for the joint probability density
function P(v, ψ ; x, t) of velocity v and the vector of reactive scalars ψ (cf. O'Brien,
1980)
• We refer here to the presentation in Pope (1985, 2000), but write the convective
terms in conservative form
where is gradient with respect to velocity components, angular brackets are
conditional means, and the same symbol is used for random and sample space
variables
The PDF Transport Equation Model
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• The first two terms on the l.h.s. of
are the local change and convection of the probability density function in physical
space
• The third term represents transport in velocity space by gravity and the mean
pressure gradient
• The last term on the l.h.s. contains the chemical source terms
• All these terms are in closed form, since they are local in physical space
PDF Transport Equation: Closure Problem
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• Note that the mean pressure gradient does not present a closure problem, since the
pressure is calculated independently of the pdf equation using the mean velocity
field
• For chemically reacting flows, it is of particular interest that the chemical source
terms can be treated exactly
• It has often been argued that in this respect the transported pdf formulation has a
considerable advantage compared to other formulations
PDF Transport Equation: Closure Problem
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• However, on the r.h.s. of the transport equation
there are two terms that contain gradients of quantities conditioned on the values
of velocity and composition
• Therefore, if gradients are not included as sample space variables in the pdf
equation, these terms occur in unclosed form and have to be modeled
PDF Transport Equation: Closure Problem
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• The first unclosed term on the r.h.s. describes transport of the probability density
function in velocity space induced by the viscous stresses and the fluctuating
pressure gradient
• The second term represents transport in reactive scalar space by molecular fluxes
This term represents molecular mixing
PDF Transport Equation: Closure Problem
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• When chemistry is fast, mixing and reaction take place in thin layers where molecular
transport and the chemical source term balance each other
• Therefore, the closed chemical source term and the unclosed molecular mixing term,
being leading order terms in a asymptotic description of the flame structure, are closely
linked to each other
• Pope and Anand (1984) have illustrated this for the case of premixed turbulent
combustion by comparing a standard pdf closure for the molecular mixing term with a
formulation, where the molecular diffusion term was combined with the chemical source
term to define a modified reaction rate
• They call the former distributed combustion and the latter flamelet combustion and find
considerable differences in the Damköhler number dependence of the turbulent burning
velocity normalized with the turbulent intensity
PDF Transport Equation: Closure Problem
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• From a numerical point of view, the most apparent property of the pdf transport
equation is its high dimensionality
• Finite-volume and finite-difference techniques are not very attractive for this type of
problem, as memory requirements increase roughly exponentially with
dimensionality
• Therefore, virtually all numerical implementations of pdf methods for turbulent
reactive flows employ Monte-Carlo simulation techniques (cf. Pope, 1981, 1985)
• The advantage of Monte-Carlo methods is that their memory requirements depend
only linearly on the dimensionality of the problem
PDF Transport Equation: Solution
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• Monte-Carlo methods employ a large number, N, of so called notional particles (Pope,
1985)
• Particles should be considered different realizations of the turbulent reactive flow
problem under investigation
• Particles should not be confused with real fluid elements, which behave similarly in a
number of respects
• Statistical error decreases with N1/2
- Slow convergence
PDF Transport Equation: Solution
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Application TPDF Model in LES of Turbulent Jet Flames
• LES/FDF of Sandia flames D and E (Raman & Pitsch, 2007)
Joint scalar pdf
Density computed through filtered enthalpy equation for improved numerical stability
Detailed chemical mechanism
• Modeled particle stochastic differential equations
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Application TPDF Model in LES of Turbulent Jet Flames
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Flame D: Temperature
Flame E: Temperature
Flame E: Dissipation Rate
Application TPDF Model in LES of Turbulent Jet Flames
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Course Overview
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• Turbulence
• Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Modeling Turbulent Combustion
• Applications
• Moment Methods for reactive scalars
• Simple Models in Fluent: EBU,EDM, FRCM,
EDM/FRCM
• Introduction in Statistical Methods: PDF,
CDF,…
• Transported PDF Model
• Modeling Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• BML-Model
• Level Set Approach/G-equation
• Modeling Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Conserved Scalar Based Models for
Non-Premixed Turbulent Combustion
• Flamelet-Model
• Application: RIF, steady flamelet model
Part II: Turbulent Combustion
Bray-Moss-Libby-Model
• Flamelet concept for premixed turbulent combustion: Bray-Moss-Libby-Modell (BML)
• Premixed combustion: progress variable c, e.g.
• Favre averaged transport equation (neglecting the molecular transport)
• Closure for turbulent transport and chemical source term by BML-Model
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not closed
or
Bray-Moss-Libby-Model
• Assumption: very fast chemistry, flame size lF << η << lt
• Fuel conversion only in the area of thin flame front → in the flow field
Burnt mixture or
Unburnt mixture,
Intermediate states are very unlikely
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burnt burnt
unburnt
• Assumption: progress variable is expected solely to be c = 0 (unburnt) or c = 1 (burnt)
• Probability densitiy function
: probabilities, to encounter burnt or unburnt mixture in the flow field
No intermediate states
δ: Delta function
Bray-Moss-Libby-Model
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Bray-Moss-Libby-Model
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instantaneous flame front
mean flame front
„unburnt“ „burnt“
BML-closure of Turbulent Transport
• For a Favre average
• Therefore the the unclosed correlation
joint PDF for u and c
Introducing the BML approach for f(c) leads to
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conditional PDF delta function
(Bayes-Theorem)
BML-closure of Turbulent Transport
• With follows
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Bray-Moss-Libby-Model: „countergradient diffusion“
• Because of ρu = const. through flame front: u↑ just as much as ρ↓
• Because of c ≥ 0
• Within the flame zone
• Gradient transport assumption would be
• Conflict: „countergradient diffusion“
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Flame front
uu ub
ρuuu = ρbub
c
conflict
BML-closure of Chemical Source Term
• Closure by BML-model f(c) leads to
• Closure of the chemical source term, e.g. by flame-surface-density-model
I0: strain factor local increase of burning velocity by strain
• Flame-surface-density Σ
e.g. algebraic model:
Or transport equation for Σ
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local mass conversion per area
Flächen-Dichte (flamen area per volume)
Flame crossing length
BML-closure of Chemical Source Term
• Transport equation for Σ
• No chemical time scale
Turbulent time (τ = k/ε) is the determining time scale
Limit of infinitely fast chemistry
By using transport equations model for chemical source term independent of sL
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local change
convectiv change
turbulent transport
production due to stretching of the flame
flame- annihilation
Course Overview
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• Turbulence
• Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Modeling Turbulent Combustion
• Applications
• Moment Methods for reactive scalars
• Simple Models in Fluent: EBU,EDM, FRCM,
EDM/FRCM
• Introduction in Statistical Methods: PDF,
CDF,…
• Transported PDF Model
• Modeling Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• BML-Model
• Level Set Approach/G-equation
• Modeling Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Conserved Scalar Based Models for
Non-Premixed Turbulent Combustion
• Flamelet-Model
• Application: RIF, steady flamelet model
Part II: Turbulent Combustion
Level-Set-Approach
• Kinematics of the flame front by examining the movement of single flame front-„particles“
• Movement influenced by
Local flow velocity ui, i = 1,2,3
Burning velocity sL
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normal vector
instantaneous flame front
particle
G-Equation
• Instead of observing a lot of particles examination of a scalar field G
• Iso-surface G0 is defined as the flame front
• Substantial derivative of G (on the flame front)
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unburnt burnt
Example: Level-Set-Method
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G-Equation for Premixed Combustion
• Kinematics and lead to
→ G-Equation for premixed combustion
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normal vector
unburnt burnt
G-Equation in the Regime of Corrugated Flamelets
• No diffusive term
• Can be applied for
Thin flames
Well-defined burning velocity
→ Regime of corrugated flamelets (η >> lF >> lδ)
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local change
convective change
progress of flame front by burning velocity
unburnt burnt
G-Equation in the Regime of Corrugated Flamelets
• Kinematic equation ≠ f(ρ)
• Valid for flame position: G = G0 (= 0)
For solving the field equation, G needs to be defined in the entire field
Different possibilities to define G, e.g. signed distance function
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unburnt burnt
G-Equation in the Regime of Corrugated Flamelets
• Influence of chemistry by sL
• sL not necessarily constant, influenced by strain S
curvature κ
Lewis number effect
• Modified laminar burning velocity
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unburnt burnt
Laminar Burning Velocity: Curvature
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influence of curvature
uncorrected laminar burning velocity
unburnt G < 0
burnt G > 0
Laminar Burning Velocity: Markstein Length
• Markstein length
Determined by experiment
Or by asymptotic analysis
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density ratio
Zeldovich number Lewis number
uncorrected laminar burning velocity
Extended G-Equation
→ Extended G-Equation
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influence of strain
influence of curvature
Markstein length
uncorrected laminar burning velocity
G-Equation: Corrugated Flamelets/Thin Reaction Zones
• Previous examinations limited to the regime of corrugated flamelets
Thin flame structures (η >> lF >> lδ)
Laminar burning velocity well-defined
• Regime of thin reaction zones
Small scale eddies penetrate the preheating zone
Transient flow
Burning velocity not well-defined
→ Problem: Level-Set-Approach valid in the regime of thin reaction zones?
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no longer valid
G-Equation: Regime of Thin Reaction Zones
• Assumption: „G=0“ surface is represented by inner reaction zone
• Inner reaction zone
Thin compared to small scale eddies, lδ << η
Described by T(xi,t) = T0
• Temperature equation
• Iso temperature surface T(xi,t) = T0
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G-Equation: Regime of Thin Reaction Zones
• Equation of motion of the iso temperature surface T(xi,t) = T0
With the displacement speed sd
Normal vector
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G-Equation: Regime of Thin Reaction Zones
• With G0 = T0
Diffusion term normal diffusion (~sn) and curvature term (~κ)
→ G-equation for the regime of thin reaction zones
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Common Level Set Equation for Both Regimes
• Normalize G-equation with Kolmogorov scales (η, τη, uη) leads to
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Order of Magnitude Analysis
• Non dimensional
→ Derivatives, ui*, κ* ≈ O(1)
• Typical flame
→ Sc = ν/D ≈ 1 D/ν = O(1)
• Parameter: sL/uη
Ka = uη2/sL
2 sL/uη = Ka-1/2
sL,s ≈ sL
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O(Ka-1/2) O(1)
G-Equation for both Regimes
• Thin reaction zones: Ka >> 1 curvature term is dominant
• Corrugated flamelets: Ka << 1 sL term is dominant
• Leading order equation in both regimes
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O(Ka-1/2) O(1)
Assumption: const. const.
Statistical Description of Turbulent Flame Front
• Probability density function of finding G(xi,t) = G0 = 0
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Experimental determination in weak swirl burner
Statistical Description of Turbulent Flame Front
• Consider steady one-dimensional premixed turbulent mean flame at position xf
• Define flame brush thickness lf from f(x)
• If G is distance function then
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Favre-Mean- and Variance-Equation
• Equation for Favre-mean
• Equation for variance
• can be interpreted as the area ratio of the flame AT/A
• Variance describes the average size of the flame
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instantaneous flame front
averaged flame front
averaged temperature profile
instantaneous temperature profile
Modeling of the Variance Equation
• Sink terms in the variance equation
Kinematic restoration
Scalar dissipation
are modeled by
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G-Equation for Turbulent Flows
• Introducing turbulent burning velocity
→ Equation for Favre mean
→ Equation for variance
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G-Equation for Turbulent Flows
• Modeling of turbulent burning velocity by Damköhler theory
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G-Equation for Turbulent Flows
• Favre mean of G
• Favre-PDF
• Mean temperature (or other scalar)
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T(G)=T(x) taken from laminar premixed flame without strain
instantaneous flame front
averaged flame front
averaged temperature profile
instantaneous temperature profile
Example: Presumed Shape PDF Approach (RANS)
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experiment
computed numerically
• Premixed methan/air flame
• Re = 23486
• Broad, low velocity pilot flame heat losses to burner
• Dilution by air co-flow
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Example: LES of a Premixed Turbulent Bunsen Flame
temperature
axial velocity
Time-Averaged Temperature and Axial Velocity at position x/D = 2.5
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temperature axial velocity
Time-Averaged Temperature and Axial Velocity at position x/D = 6.5
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temperature axial velocity
Turbulent Kinetic Energie at Position x/D = 2.5 and 6.5
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x/D = 2,5 x/D = 6,5
LES Regime Diagram for Premixed Turbulent Combustion
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Course Overview
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• Turbulence
• Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Modeling Turbulent Combustion
• Applications
• Moment Methods for reactive scalars
• Simple Models in Fluent: EBU,EDM, FRCM,
EDM/FRCM
• Introduction in Statistical Methods: PDF,
CDF,…
• Transported PDF Model
• Modeling Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• BML-Model
• Level Set Approach/G-equation
• Modeling Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Conserved Scalar Based Models for
Non-Premixed Turbulent Combustion
• Flamelet-Model
• Application: RIF, steady flamelet model
Part II: Turbulent Combustion
Conserved Scalar Based Models for Non-Premixed Combustion
Mixture fraction Z
• Definition of Z
• With the dimensionless quantity
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Mass of air per fuel mass: m2/mB
Mass of air per fuel mass at stoichiometric conditions
1
Coupling function:
Mixture Fraction Z
• Stoichiometric Conditions (λ=1) Stoichiometric mixture fraction
→
• Relation between Z and λ
• Z: normalized local λ λ = 0 Z = 1
λ = 1 Z = Zst
λ = ∞ Z = 0
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Transport Equation for Z
• Transport equation
Advantage: L(Z) = 0 No Chemical Source Term
BC: Z = 0 in Oxidator, Z = 1 in Fuel
• If species and temperature function of mixture fraction, then
• Needed:
Local statistics of Z (expressed by PDF)
Species/temperature as function of Z: Yi(Z) and T(Z)
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Presumed PDF Approach
• Equation for the mean and the variance of Z are known and closed
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Presumed PDF Approach
• b-function pdf for mixture fraction Z
• With
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Conserved Scalar Based Models for Non-Premixed Turbulent Combustion
• Infinitely fast irreversible chemistry
Burke-Schumann solution
Solution = f(Z)
• Infinitely fast reversible chemistry
Chemical equilibrium
Solution = f(Z)
• Flamelet model for non-premixed combustion
Chemistry fast, but not infinitely fast
Solution = f(Z, χ)
• Conditional Moment Closure (CMC)
Similar to flamelet model
Solution = f(Z,< χ|Z>)
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Conserved Scalar Based Models for Non-Premixed Turbulent Combustion
• Infinitely fast irreversible chemistry
Burke-Schumann solution
Solution = f(Z)
• Infinitely fast reversible chemistry
Chemical equilibrium
Solution = f(Z)
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Burke-Schumann Solution
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Course Overview
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• Turbulence
• Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Modeling Turbulent Combustion
• Applications
• Moment Methods for reactive scalars
• Simple Models in Fluent: EBU,EDM, FRCM,
EDM/FRCM
• Introduction in Statistical Methods: PDF,
CDF,…
• Transported PDF Model
• Modeling Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• BML-Model
• Level Set Approach/G-equation
• Modeling Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Conserved Scalar Based Models for
Non-Premixed Turbulent Combustion
• Flamelet-Model
• Application: RIF, steady flamelet model
Part II: Turbulent Combustion
Flamelet Model for Non-Premixed Turbulent Combustion
• Basic idea: Scale separation
• Assume fast, but not infinitely fast chemistry: 1 << Da << ∞
• Reaction zone is thin compared to small scales of turbulence and hence retains laminar structure
• Transformation and asymptotic approximation leads to flamelet equations
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Flamelet Model for Non-Premixed Turbulent Combustion
• Balance equations for temperature, species and mixture fraction
• With it follows
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Flamelet Equations
• Consider surface of stoichiometric mixture
• Reaction zone confined to thin layer around this surface
• Transformation to surface attached coordinate system
• x1, x2, x3, t → Z(x1, x2, x3, t), Z2, Z3, τ
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x1, Z
x2, Z2
x3, Z3
Transformation rules
• Transformation: x1, x2, x3, t → Z(x1, x2, x3, t), Z2, Z3, τ (where Z2 = x2 , Z3 = x3, τ = t)
• Example: Temperature T
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0 0 1
0 0 0
0 0
Analogous for x3
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Flamelet Equations
• Temperature equation Transformed temperature equation:
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• If the flamelet is thin in the Z direction, an order-of-magnitude analysis similar to that for a boundary layer shows that is the dominating term of the spatial derivatives
• Equivalent to the assumption that temperature derivatives normal to the flame surface are much larger than those in tangential direction
• ∂T/∂τ is important if very rapid changes, such as extinction, occur
Flamelet Equations
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small
Local change Describes mixing
Source term
Example
• Example from DNS of Non-Premixed Combustion in Isotropic Turbulence
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• Temperature (color)
• Stoichiometric mixture fraction (line)
Flamelet Equations
• Same procedure for the mass fraction…
• Flamelet structure is to leading order described by the one-dimensional time-dependent equations
→
• Instantaneous scalar dissipation rate at stoichiometric conditions
→ [χst] = 1/s: may be interpreted as the inverse of a characteristic diffusion time
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Temperature profiles for methane-air flames
• Temperature profiles for methane-air flames
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Flamelet Equations
• Asymptotic analysis by Seshadri (1988)
Based on four-step model
Close correspondence between layers identified in premixed diffusion flames
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Flamelet Equations
• The calculations agree well with numerical and experimental data
• They also show the vertical slope of T0 versus χst which corresponds to extinction
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Flamelet Equations
• Steady state flamelet equations provide ψi = f(Z,χst)
• If joint pdf is known
→ Favre mean of ψi:
• If the unsteady term in the flamelet equation must be retained, joint statistics of Z and χst become impractical
• Then, in order to reduce the dimension of the statistics, it is useful to introduce multiple flamelets, each representing a different range of the χ-distribution
• Such multiple flamelets are used in the Eulerian Particle Flamelet Model (EPFM) by Barths et al. (1998)
• Then the scalar dissipation rate can be formulated as function of the mixture fraction
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Flamelet Equations
• Modeling the conditional Favre mean scalar dissipation rate
• Flamelet equations
• Favre mean
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Flamelet Equations
• Model for conditional scalar dissipation rate
• One relates the conditional scalar dissipation rate to that at a fixed value Zst by
With
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n-Heptane Air Ignition
• The initial air temperature is 1100 K and the initial fuel temperature is 400 K.
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Representative-Interactive-Flamelet-Modell (RIF)
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Example: Diesel engine simulation
• VW 1,9 l DI-Diesel engine (Fuel: n-Heptan)
• Simulation:
KIVA-Code
RIF-Model
n-Heptan detailed chemistry
Soot and Nox as function of EGR
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Example: Diesel engine simulation
• RIF-Temperature
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Example: Diesel engine simulation
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Mischungsbruch- verteilung
Schadstoff- bildung
Example: Diesel engine simulation
• Comparison with Magnussen-/ Hiroyasu-Model
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Steady Laminar Flamelet Model
• Assumption that flame structure is in steady state
• Assumption often good, except slow chemical and physical processes, such as
Pollutant formation
Radiation
Extinction/re-ignition
• Model formulation
Solve steady flamelet equations with varying cst
Tabulate in terms of cst or progress variable C, e.g. C = YCO2 + YHO2 + YCO + YH2
Presumed PDF, typically beta function for Z, delta function for dissipation rate or reaction progress parameter
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• Bluff-body stablized methane/air flame
• Fuel issues through center of bluff body
• Flame stabilization by complex recirculating flow
• RANS models where unsuccessful in predicting
experimental data
• Here, LES using simple steady flamelet model
• New recursive filter refinement method
• Accurate models for scalar variance and scalar
dissipation rate
Example: LES of a Bluff-Body Stabilized Flame
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Exp. by Masri et al.
Example: LES of a Bluff-Body Stabilized Flame
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Temperature CO Mass Fraction
Example: LES of a Bluff-Body Stabilized Flame
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Flamelet Model Application to Sandia Jet Flames
Flamelet model application to jet flame with extinction and reignition
• Flamelet/progress variable model (Ihme & Pitsch, 2008)
• Definition of reaction progress parameter
Based on progress variable C
Defined to be independent of Z
• Joint pdf of Z and l
Z and l independent
Beta function for Z
Statistically most likely distribution for l
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Exp. by Barlow et al.
Flamelet Model Application to Sandia Jet Flames
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Flame D: Temperature
Flame E: Temperature
Flamelet Model Application to Sandia Jet Flames
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Flame E
Flame D
Flame E
Flame D
Summary
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• Turbulence
• Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Modeling Turbulent Combustion
• Applications
• Moment Methods for reactive scalars
• Simple Models in Fluent: EBU,EDM, FRCM,
EDM/FRCM
• Introduction in Statistical Methods: PDF,
CDF,…
• Transported PDF Model
• Modeling Turbulent Premixed Combustion
• BML-Model
• Level Set Approach/G-equation
• Modeling Turbulent Non-Premixed
Combustion
• Conserved Scalar Based Models for
Non-Premixed Turbulent Combustion
• Flamelet-Model
• Application: RIF, steady flamelet model
Part II: Turbulent Combustion