Computationally Efficient Modeling of Hydrocarbon Oxidation Chemistry and Flames Using Constituents and Species

Abstract

This report describes a study performed under ARO sponsorship, addressing the investigation of a novel way to reduce complex and extensive oxidation reaction mechanisms for fuel mixtures containing hundreds of species to a much smaller number of progress variables, typically by a factor of ten. The study has also been extended to computing laminar flames. Because the results have been documented in several papers published in the refereed literature and manuscripts, this final report is in the form of an Executive Summary succinctly describing the results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 10, 2012
Accession Number
ADA559334

Entities

People

  • Josette Bellan

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkanes
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Databases
  • Differential Equations
  • Diffusion Coefficient
  • Heat Capacity
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Large Eddy Simulation
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Reliability
  • Thermal Conductivity

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation