On Diffusion Flames in Turbulent Shear Flows.

Abstract

Predictions of the time-averaged mass fraction profiles for a turbulent diffusion flame, which immediately imply the rate of product formation, are readily made, provided the time-averaged profiles for a passive scalar in the same flowfield and also the probability distribution function for the fluctuating states of the passive scalar in the same flow are known. While recently proposed closures for the time-averaged conservation laws permit the time-averaged profiles to be determined analytically with adequate accuracy, the probability distribution function is likely to require experimental measurement.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0766496

Entities

People

  • Francis E. Fendell
  • William B. Bush

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Diffusion
  • Distribution Functions
  • Flow
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Measurement
  • Payload
  • Probability
  • Probability Distribution Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Shear Flow
  • Turbulent Diffusion

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Fluid Dynamics.