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To reduce high computational cost associated with simulations of reacting flows chemistry tabulation methods like the Flamelet Generated Manifold (FGM) method are commonly used. However, H2, CO and OH predictions in RANS and LES simulations using the FGM (or a similar) method usually show a substantial deviation from measurements. The goal of this study is to assess the accuracy of low-dimensional FGM databases for the prediction of these species in turbulent, partially-premixed reacting flows. It will be examined to what extent turbulent, partially-premixed jet flames can be described by FGM databases based on premixed or counterflow diffusion flamelets and to what extent the chosen molecular transport model for the flamelet influences the accuracy of species mass fraction predictions in CFD-simulations. For LES and RANS applications a model that accounts for subgrid fluctuations has to be added introducing additional errors in numerical results. A priori analysis of FGM databases enables the exclusion of numerical errors (scheme accuracy, convergence) that occur in CFD simulations as well as the exclusion of errors originating from subgrid modeling assumptions in LES and RANS. Four different FGM databases are compared for H2O, H2, CO, CO2 and OH predictions in Sandia Flames C to F. Species mass fractions will be compared to measurements directly and conditioned on mixture fraction. Special attention is paid to the representation of experimentally observed differential diffusion effects by FGM databases.
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Ramaekers, W.J.S., van Oijen, J.A. & de Goey, L.P.H. A Priori Testing of Flamelet Generated Manifolds for Turbulent Partially Premixed Methane/Air Flames. Flow Turbulence Combust 84, 439–458 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-009-9223-1
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