TY - JOUR
T1 - Comprehensive validation of skeletal mechanism for turbulent premixed methane-air flame simulations
AU - Luca, Stefano
AU - Al-Khateeb, Ashraf N.
AU - Attili, Antonio
AU - Bisetti, Fabrizio
N1 - Funding Information:
The research reported in this publication was supported by funding from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. We acknowledge valuable support from the Supercomputing Laboratory in the form of computational time on the CRAY XC40 Shaheen supercomputer available at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2017 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - A new skeletal mechanism, consisting of 16 species and 72 reactions, has been developed for lean methane-air premixed combustion from the GRI-Mech 3.0. The skeletal mechanism is validated for elevated unburnt temperatures (800 K) and pressures up to 4 atm, thereby addressing realistic gas turbine conditions. The skeletal mechanism is obtained by applying the directed relation graph method and performing sensitivity analysis on the detailed mechanism. The mechanism has been validated for flame speed and flame structure in a wide range of conditions and configurations. A good agreement between the skeletal mechanism and GRI-3.0 was obtained. The configurations considered include one-dimension laminar premixed flames, laminar non-premixed counterflow burners, and two- and three-dimensional unsteady configurations with variations of temperature, pressure, and composition. The skeletal mechanism allows for the inclusion of accurate finite rate chemistry in large-scale direct numerical simulations of lean turbulent premixed flames. In a large-scale direct numerical simulation, the use of the skeletal mechanism reduces the memory requirements by more than a factor of 3 and accelerates the simulation by a factor of 7compared with the detailed mechanism. The skeletal mechanismissuitable for unsteady three-dimensional simulations of methane turbulent premixed, non-premixed, and globally lean partially premixed flames and is available as supplementary material.
AB - A new skeletal mechanism, consisting of 16 species and 72 reactions, has been developed for lean methane-air premixed combustion from the GRI-Mech 3.0. The skeletal mechanism is validated for elevated unburnt temperatures (800 K) and pressures up to 4 atm, thereby addressing realistic gas turbine conditions. The skeletal mechanism is obtained by applying the directed relation graph method and performing sensitivity analysis on the detailed mechanism. The mechanism has been validated for flame speed and flame structure in a wide range of conditions and configurations. A good agreement between the skeletal mechanism and GRI-3.0 was obtained. The configurations considered include one-dimension laminar premixed flames, laminar non-premixed counterflow burners, and two- and three-dimensional unsteady configurations with variations of temperature, pressure, and composition. The skeletal mechanism allows for the inclusion of accurate finite rate chemistry in large-scale direct numerical simulations of lean turbulent premixed flames. In a large-scale direct numerical simulation, the use of the skeletal mechanism reduces the memory requirements by more than a factor of 3 and accelerates the simulation by a factor of 7compared with the detailed mechanism. The skeletal mechanismissuitable for unsteady three-dimensional simulations of methane turbulent premixed, non-premixed, and globally lean partially premixed flames and is available as supplementary material.
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U2 - 10.2514/1.B36528
DO - 10.2514/1.B36528
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85038210610
SN - 0748-4658
VL - 34
SP - 153
EP - 160
JO - Journal of Propulsion and Power
JF - Journal of Propulsion and Power
IS - 1
ER -