NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Comparison pdf

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Comparison

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In modeling turbulent reactive flows, Probability Density Function (PDF) methods have an advantage over the more traditional moment closure schemes in that the PDF formulation treats the chemical reaction source terms exactly, while moment closure methods are required to model the mean reaction rate. The common model used is the laminar chemistry approximation, where the effects of turbulence on the reaction are assumed negligible. For flows with low turbulence levels and fast chemistry, the difference between the two methods can be expected to be small. However for flows with finite rate chemistry and high turbulence levels, significant errors can be expected in the moment closure method. In this paper, the ability of the PDF method and the moment closure scheme to accurately model a turbulent reacting flow is tested. To accomplish this, both schemes were used to model a CO/H2/N2- air piloted diffusion flame near extinction. Identical thermochemistry, turbulence models, initial conditions and boundary conditions are employed to ensure a consistent comparison can be made.

The results of the two methods are compared to experimental data as well as to each other. The comparison reveals that the PDF method provides good agreement with the experimental data, while the moment closure scheme incorrectly shows a broad, laminar-like flame structure

• Creator/s: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS
• Date: 5/1/1994
• Year: 1994
• Book Topics/Themes: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CHEMICAL REACTIONS, COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS, DIFFUSION FLAMES, MATHEMATICAL MODELS, METHOD OF MOMENTS, PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS, REACTING FLOW, REACTION KINETICS, TURBULENCE MODELS, TURBULENT COMBUSTION, TURBULENT FLOW, BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, THERMOCHEMISTRY, TURBULENCE EFFECTS, Norris, Andrew T., Hsu, Andrew T

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