Mixing and Combustion in High Speed Air Flows.

Abstract

This report describes the development of a modular model for the prediction of the performance of sudden expansion burners as a function of the controllable parameters relevant to combustors design. The model is based upon a concept in which the recirculation zone, treated as a stirred reactor, is coupled to a parabolic boundary layer formulation for the flow outside the recirculation zone. Hydrocarbon oxidation kinetics and turbulent kinetic energy models are employed in the model development. In addition to the parabolic-flow and stirred reactor elements, a module representing the fuel injection process has been developed. Results of the application of the modular model to the analysis of cold-flow and reacting-flow dump combustor experimental data are described. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA054398

Entities

People

  • P. T. Harsha
  • R. B. Edelman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Combustors
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computations
  • Energy
  • Fuel Injection
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Kinetics
  • Layers
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation