Large-Eddy Simulations and Measurements of a Small-Scale High-Speed Coflowing Jet

AIAA Journal ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 963-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Eastwood ◽  
Paul Tucker ◽  
Hao Xia ◽  
Paul Dunkley ◽  
Peter Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Large Eddy Simulations ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Large Eddy

scholarly journals Vertically localised equilibrium solutions in large-eddy simulations of homogeneous shear flow

2017 ◽  
Vol 827 ◽  
pp. 225-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Sekimoto ◽  
Javier Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Shear Flow ◽  
Vertical Direction ◽  
Large Eddy Simulations ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Box Dimension ◽  
Equilibrium Solutions ◽  
Vortical Structures ◽  
Homogeneous Shear ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Homogeneous Shear Flow

Unstable equilibrium solutions in a homogeneous shear flow with sinuous (streamwise-shift-reflection and spanwise-shift-rotation) symmetry are numerically found in large-eddy simulations (LES) with no kinetic viscosity. The small-scale properties are determined by the mixing length scale $l_{S}$ used to define eddy viscosity, and the large-scale motion is induced by the mean shear at the integral scale, which is limited by the spanwise box dimension $L_{z}$. The fraction $R_{S}=L_{z}/l_{S}$, which plays the role of a Reynolds number, is used as a numerical continuation parameter. It is shown that equilibrium solutions appear by a saddle-node bifurcation as $R_{S}$ increases, and that the flow structures resemble those in plane Couette flow with the same sinuous symmetry. The vortical structures of both lower- and upper-branch solutions become spontaneously localised in the vertical direction. The lower-branch solution is an edge state at low $R_{S}$, and takes the form of a thin critical layer as $R_{S}$ increases, as in the asymptotic theory of generic shear flow at high Reynolds numbers. On the other hand, the upper-branch solutions are characterised by a tall velocity streak with multiscale multiple vortical structures. At the higher end of $R_{S}$, an incipient multiscale structure is found. The LES turbulence occasionally visits vertically localised states whose vortical structure resembles the present vertically localised LES equilibria.

Can Water Dilution Avoid Flashback on a Hydrogen Enriched Micro Gas Turbine Combustion? A Large Eddy Simulations Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessio Pappa ◽  
Laurent Bricteux ◽  
Pierre Bénard ◽  
Ward De Paepe
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Reaction Rates ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Large Eddy Simulations ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Reference Case ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Pure Methane ◽  
Water Dilution ◽  
Air Humidification

Abstract Considering the growing interest in Power-to-Fuel, i.e. production of H2 using electrolysis to store excess renewable electricity, combustion-based technologies still have a role to play in the future of power generation. Especially in a decentralized production with small-scale cogeneration, micro Gas Turbines (mGTs) offer great advantages related to their high adaptability and flexibility, in terms of operation and fuel. Hydrogen (or hydrogen enriched methane) combustion is well-known to lead to flame and combustion instabilities. The high temperatures and reaction rates reached in the combustor can potentially lead to flashback. In the past, combustion air humidification (i.e. water addition) has proven effective to reduce temperatures and reaction rates, leading to significant NOx emission reductions. Therefore, combustion air humidification can open a path to stabilize hydrogen combustion in a classical mGT combustor. However accurate data assessing the impact of humidification on the combustion is still missing for real mGT combustor geometries and operating conditions. In this framework, this paper presents a comparison between pure methane and hydrogen enriched methane/air combustions, with and without combustion air humidification, in a typical mGT combustion chamber (Turbec T100) using Large Eddy Simulations (LES) analysis. In a first step, the necessary minimal water dilution, to reach stable and low emissions combustion with hydrogen, was assessed using a 1D approach. The one-dimensional unstretched laminar flame is computed for both pure methane (reference case) and hydrogen enriched methane/air combustion cases. The results of this comparison show that, for the hydrogen enriched combustion, the same level of flame speed as in the reference case can be reached by adding 10% (in mass fraction) of water. In a second step, the feasibility and flexibility of humidified hydrogen enriched methane/air combustion in an industrial mGT combustor have been demonstrated by performing high fidelity LES on a 3D geometry. Results show that steam dilution helped to lower the reactivity of hydrogen, and thus prevents flashback, enabling the use of hydrogen blends in the mGT at similar CO levels, compared to the reference case. These results will help to design future combustor towards more stability.

scholarly journals Large-Eddy Simulations of Real-World Episodes in Complex Terrain Based on ERA-Reanalysis and Validated by Ground-Based Remote Sensing Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 147 (12) ◽  
pp. 4325-4343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelius Hald ◽  
Matthias Zeeman ◽  
Patrick Laux ◽  
Matthias Mauder ◽  
Harald Kunstmann
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Complex Terrain ◽  
Computing Time ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Large Eddy Simulations ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Sensing Data ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Local Weather

Abstract A computationally efficient and inexpensive approach for using the capabilities of large-eddy simulations (LES) to model small-scale local weather phenomena is presented. The setup uses the LES capabilities of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF-LES) on a single domain that is directly driven by reanalysis data as boundary conditions. The simulated area is an example for complex terrain, and the employed parameterizations are chosen in a way to represent realistic conditions during two 48-h periods while still keeping the required computing time around 105 CPU hours. We show by evaluating turbulence characteristics that the model results conform to results from typical LES. A comparison with ground-based remote sensing data from a triple Doppler-lidar setup, employed during the “ScaleX” campaigns, shows the grade of adherence of the results to the measured local weather conditions. The representation of mesoscale phenomena, including nocturnal low-level jets, strongly depends on the temporal and spatial resolution of the meteorological boundary conditions used to drive the model. Small-scale meteorological features that are induced by the terrain, such as katabatic flows, are present in the simulated output as well as in the measured data. This result shows that the four-dimensional output of WRF-LES simulations for a real area and real episode can be technically realized, allowing a more comprehensive and detailed view of the micrometeorological conditions than can be achieved with measurements alone.

Subgrid combustion modelling for large-eddy simulations

2000 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Menon
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Large Eddy Simulations ◽  
Accurate Prediction ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Combustion Model ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Combustion Processes

Next-generation gas turbine and internal combustion engines are required to reduce pollutant emissions significantly and also to be fuel efficient. Accurate prediction of pollutant formation requires proper resolution of the spatio-temporal evolution of the unsteady mixing and combustion processes. Since conventional steady state methods are not able to deal with these features, methodology based on large-eddy simulations (LESs) is becoming a viable choice to study unsteady reacting flows. This paper describes a new LES methodology developed recently that has demonstrated a capability to simulate reacting turbulent flows accurately. A key feature of this new approach is the manner in which small-scale turbulent mixing and combustion processes are simulated. This feature allows proper characterization of the effects of both large-scale convection and small-scale mixing on the scalar processes, thereby providing a more accurate prediction of chemical reaction effects. LESs of high Reynolds number premixed flames in the flamelet regime and in the distributed reaction regime are used to describe the ability of the new subgrid combustion model.

scholarly journals Ice-shelf ocean boundary layer dynamics from large-eddy simulations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Branecky Begeman ◽  
Xylar Asay-Davis ◽  
Luke Van Roekel
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Large Eddy Simulations ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Parameter Study ◽  
Ice Shelf ◽  
Ice Shelves ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Ocean Boundary

Abstract. Small scale, turbulent flow below ice shelves is regionally isolated and difficult to measure and simulate. Yet these small scale processes, which regulate heat transfer between the ocean and ice shelves, can affect sea-level rise by altering the ability of Antarctic ice shelves to “buttress” ice flux to the ocean. In this study, we improve our understanding of turbulence below ice shelves by means of large-eddy simulations at sub-meter resolution, capturing boundary layer mixing at scales intermediate between laboratory experiments or direct numerical simulations and regional or global ocean circulation models. Our simulations feature the development of an ice-shelf ocean boundary layer through dynamic ice melting in a regime with low thermal driving, low ice-shelf basal slope, and strong shear driven by the geostrophic flow. We present a preliminary assessment of existing ice-shelf basal melt parameterizations adopted in single component or coupled ice-sheet and ocean models on the basis of a small parameter study. While the parameterized linear relationship between ice-shelf melt rate and far-field ocean temperature appears to be robust, we point out a little-considered relationship between ice-shelf basal slope and melting worthy of further study.

Buoyancy- to inertial-range transition in forced stratified turbulence

2001 ◽  
Vol 427 ◽  
pp. 205-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEORGE F. CARNEVALE ◽  
M. BRISCOLINI ◽  
P. ORLANDI
Keyword(s):  
Wave Breaking ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
High Strain ◽  
Inertial Range ◽  
Large Eddy Simulations ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Stratified Turbulence ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Scale Turbulence ◽  
Range Density

The buoyancy range, which represents a transition from large-scale wave-dominated motions to small-scale turbulence in the oceans and the atmosphere, is investigated through large-eddy simulations. The model presented here uses a continual forcing based on large-scale standing internal waves and has a spectral truncation in the isotropic inertial range. Evidence is presented for a break in the energy spectra from the anisotropic k−3 buoyancy range to the small-scale k−5/3 isotropic inertial range. Density structures that form during wave breaking and periods of high strain rate are analysed. Elongated vertical structures produced during periods of strong straining motion are found to collapse in the subsequent vertically compressional phase of the strain resulting in a zone or patch of mixed fluid.

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