The Volvo Validation Rig – A Comparative Study of Large Eddy Simulation Combustion Models at Different Operating Conditions

Author(s):  
Christer Fureby
2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 495-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiangshan Zhang ◽  
Jingshe Li ◽  
Yi Yan ◽  
Zhixin Chen ◽  
Shufeng Yang ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
S. Puggelli ◽  
D. Bertini ◽  
L. Mazzei ◽  
A. Andreini

During the last years aero-engines are progressively evolving toward design concepts that permit improvements in terms of engine safety, fuel economy and pollutant emissions. With the aim of satisfying the strict NOx reduction targets imposed by ICAO-CAEP, lean burn technology is one of the most promising solutions even if it must face safety concerns and technical issues. Hence a depth insight on lean burn combustion is required and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) can be a useful tool for this purpose. In this work a comparison in Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) framework of two widely employed combustion approaches like the Artificially Thickened Flame (ATF) and the Flamelet Generated Manifold (FGM) is performed using ANSYS® Fluent v16.2. Two literature test cases with increasing complexity in terms of geometry, flow field and operating conditions are considered. Firstly, capabilities of FGM are evaluated on a single swirler burner operating at ambient pressure with a standard pressure atomizer for spray injection. Then a second test case, operated at 4 bar, is simulated. Here kerosene fuel is burned after an injection through a prefilming airblast atomizer within a co-rotating double swirler. Obtained comparisons with experimental results show the different capabilities of ATF and FGM in modelling the partially-premixed behaviour of the flame and provides an overview of the main strengths and limitations of the modelling strategies under investigation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-53
Author(s):  
M. S. I. Mallik ◽  
M. A. Hoque ◽  
M. A. Uddin

This paper presents results of comparative study of large eddy simulation (LES) that is applied to a plane turbulent channel flow. The LES is performed by using a finite difference method of second order accuracy in space and a low-storage explicit Runge-Kutta method with third order accuracy in time. In the LES for subgrid-scale (SGS) modelling, Standard Smagorinsky Model (SSM) and Dynamic Smagorinsky Model (DSM) are used. Essential turbulence statistics from the two LES approaches are calculated and compared with those from direct numerical simulation (DNS) data. Comparing the results throughout the calculation domain, it has been found out that SSM performs better than DSM in the turbulent channel flow simulation. Flow structures in the computed flow field by the SSM and DSM are also discussed and compared through the contour plots and iso-surfaces.


Author(s):  
Jean Lamouroux ◽  
Stéphane Richard ◽  
Quentin Malé ◽  
Gabriel Staffelbach ◽  
Antoine Dauptain ◽  
...  

Nowadays, models predicting soot emissions are, neither able to describe correctly fine effects of technological changes on sooting trends nor sufficiently validated at relevant operating conditions to match design office quantification needs. Yet, phenomenological descriptions of soot formation, containing key ingredients for soot modeling exist in the literature, such as the well-known Leung et al. model (Combust Flame 1991). This approach indeed includes contributions of nucleation, surface growth, coagulation, oxidation and thermophoretic transport of soot. When blindly applied to aeronautical combustors for different operating conditions, this model fails to hierarchize operating points compared to experimental measurements. The objective of this work is to propose an extension of the Leung model, including an identification of its constants over a wide range of condition relevant of gas turbines operation. Today, the identification process can hardly be based on laboratory flames since few detailed experimental data are available for heavy-fuels at high pressure. Thus, it is decided to directly target smoke number values measured at the engine exhaust for a variety of combustors and operating conditions from idling to take-off. A Large Eddy Simulation approach is retained for its intrinsic ability to reproduce finely unsteady behavior, mixing and intermittency. In this framework, The Leung model for soot is coupled to the TFLES model for combustion. It is shown that pressure-sensitive laws for the modelling constant of the soot surface chemistry are sufficient to reproduce engine emissions. Grid convergence is carried out to verify the robustness of the proposed approach. Several cases are then computed blindly to assess the prediction capabilities of the extended model. This study paves the way for the systematic use of a high fidelity tool solution in design office constraints for combustion chamber development.


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