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Subgrid Linear Eddy Mixing and Combustion Modelling of a Turbulent Nonpremixed Piloted Jet Flame

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A linear eddy model for subgrid mixing and combustion has been coupled to a large eddy simulation of the turbulent nonpremixed piloted jet flame (Sandia Flame D). For the combustion reaction, simplified, single-step, irreversible, Arrhenius kinetics are used. The large scale and the subgrid structure of the flow are compared with experimental observations and, where appropriate, with a flamelet model of the flame. The main objective of this work is to demonstrate the feasibility of the LES-LEM approach for determining the structure of the subgrid scalar dissipation rate and the turbulence-chemistry interactions. The results for the large- and subgrid-scale structure of the flow show a reasonable agreement with the experimental observations.

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    José Salvador Ochoa, Alberto Sánchez-Insa & Norberto Fueyo

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Ochoa, J.S., Sánchez-Insa, A. & Fueyo, N. Subgrid Linear Eddy Mixing and Combustion Modelling of a Turbulent Nonpremixed Piloted Jet Flame. Flow Turbulence Combust 89, 295–309 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-011-9371-y

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