Composition PDF/method of moments modeling of soot formation in a turbulent ethylene/air jet flame

R. S. Mehta, D. C. Haworth, M. F. Modest

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Abstract

A composition PDF methodfor gas-phase thermochemistry is coupled with a method of moments for soot particle dynamics. The resulting model is used to simulate experimental ethylene/air jet fiame with a jet Reynolds number of 11800. A simplified nucleation mechanism and a modified surface-HACA mechanism for surface growth are used for soot. Gas-phase thermochemistry is modeled using a reduced mechanism for ethylene consisting of 33 species and 205 elementary reactions. The soot formation mechanism is coupled directly with the transported PDF approach to account for turbulence. chemistry interactions in gas phase chemistry and the highly nonlinear soot formation processes. Radiation from soot and combustion gases is accounted for using an optically thin approximation. Simulation results are compared with experimental data.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationFall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute 2007 "Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion"
PublisherCombustion Institute
Pages664-669
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781604239454
StatePublished - 2007
EventFall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute 2007: Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion - Charlottesville, United States
Duration: Oct 21 2007Oct 24 2007

Publication series

NameFall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute 2007 "Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion"

Other

OtherFall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute 2007: Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCharlottesville
Period10/21/0710/24/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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