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This work presents a new approach for premixed turbulent combustion modeling based on convolutional neural networks (CNN). We first propose a framework to reformulate the problem of subgrid flame surface density estimation as a machine…
A new premixed turbulent combustion model is proposed. It is based on one-dimensional (1D) filtering of density times progress variable and of the reaction source term of laminar premixed flame profiles using a filter kernel which reflects…
The combined influence of elevated pressure and temperature, representative of gas-turbine operating conditions, on lean premixed hydrogen flames is investigated using Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) of a turbulent jet. Three cases are…
This work presents a numerical study of a diffusion flame in a reacting, two-dimensional, turbulent, viscous, multi-component, compressible mixing layer subject to a large favorable streamwise pressure gradient. The boundary-layer equations…
Reported in the paper are results of unsteady three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of laminar and turbulent, lean hydrogen-air, complex-chemistry flames propagating in forced turbulence in a box. To explore the eventual influence…
The scaling of turbulent premixed flames is typically described by correlations derived for unity-Lewis-number fuels. However, their validity for hydrogen (H$_{2}$) remains uncertain due to the thermodiffusive effects associated with its…
A purely data-driven approach using deep convolutional neural networks is discussed in the context of Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of turbulent premixed flames. The assessment of the method is conducted a priori using direct numerical…
Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) of premixed hydrogen-air flames anchored in a fully-developed turbulent channel flow (TCF) are performed at a friction Reynolds number of $\mathrm{Re}_\tau=530$ and thermochemical conditions susceptible to…
Flamelet-based methods are extensively used in modeling turbulent hydrocarbon flames. However, these models have yet to be established for (lean) premixed hydrogen flames. While flamelet models exist for laminar thermo-diffusively unstable…
This work presents an experimental set of Bunsen flames characterized by a moderate Reynolds number and a variable turbulence intensity. Ten lean hydrogen-enriched methane-air mixtures at three levels of turbulence are investigated, ranging…
Models for finite-rate-chemistry in underresolved flows still pose one of the main challenges for predictive simulations of complex configurations. The problem gets even more challenging if turbulence is involved. This work advances the…
Gibson scaling and related properties of flame-surface geometry in turbulent premixed combustion are demonstrated using a novel computational model, Deterministic Turbulent Mixing (DTM). In DTM, turbulent advection is represented by a…
We investigate and model pressure effects on the turbulent burning velocity over a wide range of pressures and turbulence intensities with the direct numerical simulation (DNS) of statistically planar turbulent premixed flames for lean…
Preferential diffusion plays a critical role in the evolution of lean premixed hydrogen flames, influencing flame surface corrugation and overall flame behavior. Simulating such flames with tabulated chemistry (TC) methods remains…
A space-filling, low blockage fractal grid is used as a novel turbulence generator in a premixed turbulent combustion experiment. In contrast to the power law decay of a standard turbulence grid, the downstream turbulence intensity of the…
Although the evolution of premixed flames in turbulence has been frequently studied, it is not well understood how small flames interact with large-scale turbulent flow motion. Since this question is of practical importance for the…
Understanding the dynamics of premixed flames that propagates in confined systems is important in a wide range of applications. The study of premixed flames propagating in a closed channel covers a variety of complexities related to flame…
Three-dimensional numerical simulations of canonical statistically-steady statistically-planar turbulent flames have been used in an attempt to produce distributed burning in lean methane and hydrogen flames. Dilatation across the flame…
Reactive flows in confined spaces involve complex flame-wall interaction (FWI). This work aims to gain more insights into the physics of the premixed near-wall flame and the wall heat flux as an important engineering relevant quantity. Two…
Nonpremixed turbulent reacting flows are intrinsically difficult to model due to the strong coupling between turbulent motions and reaction. The large amount of heat released by a typical hydrocarbon flame leads to significant modifications…