Numerical analysis of dilute methanol spray flames in vitiated coflow using extended flamelet generated manifold model

Bharat Bhatia, Ashoke De*, Dirk Roekaerts, Assaad R. Masri

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Abstract

This work focuses on the large eddy simulation and the study of turbulent dilute methanol spray flames in vitiated coflow using the secondary-oxidizer Flamelet Generated Model (FGM). The modified FGM model uses an additional secondary oxidizer parameter in addition to the three other parameters previously used for spray flames - progress variable, mixture fraction, and enthalpy. The results for gas phase and droplet properties are validated against the dilute methanol spray flame database for varying fuel injection amounts. The droplet statistics and the liftoff flame heights are accurately captured for all the cases. A proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) of the scalar fluctuating hydroxyl radical (OH) field and the velocity-temperature field captures the flame structures in the downstream region of ignition kernels. The detailed POD analysis reveals that the base frequency of the dominant OH field equals that of the dominant vortical structure of 67.3 Hz. The flame propagation happens around these dominant vortical structures because of the less-strained fluid mixing.

Original languageEnglish
Article number075111
Number of pages21
JournalPhysics of Fluids
Volume34
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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