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Accuracy of three different versions of flamelet-generated manifold with/without radiation coupling in simulation of pool fire

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The pool fire scenario, a benchmark for fire dynamic studies, was selected to verify the influence of a combustion model. The flamelet-generated manifold (FGM) combustion model and large eddy simulation method were implemented in the fireFoam solver. Three versions of the FGM combustion model, namely basic FGM, FGM with heat equation, and FGM with radiation table, were compared in the pool fire simulation with experiment results in different mass fluxes. The fuel mass fluxes occurring in the pool fires were 0.040, 0.053, and 0.066 kg/m2 s, indicating a wide range of fuel mass fluxes. Three versions of the FGM model provided an acceptable prediction of air entrainment; however, the FGM with heat equation, compared with the other two models, was better in predicting of the fire parameters such as velocity and fluctuation. The relative error in predicting velocity fluctuation was 14.5% in the FGM with heat equation while more than 20% in other models.

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Safarzadeh, M., Heidarinejad, G. & Pasdarshahri, H. Accuracy of three different versions of flamelet-generated manifold with/without radiation coupling in simulation of pool fire. J Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng. 44, 210 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-022-03519-6

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