Investigation of the jet-flame interaction by large eddy simulation and proper decomposition method
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Author(s)
Noh, D
Navarro-Martinez, S
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Large eddy simulation (LES) results are presented for a premixed methane/air turbulent flame arising from a confined laboratory-scale single-nozzle burner. The jet issuing from an off-centered nozzle facilitates the development of a large-scale, dominant lateral recirculation zone that stabilizes the flame. A self-sustained jet oscillation is present, which intermittently causes extreme flame fluctuations such as blowout and relight events in the bottom section of the combustion chamber. The combined probability density function transport approach with the Eulerian stochastic fields method is used to numerically investigate the influence of this jet oscillation on combustion stability at the operating condition near lean blowout. The general structure of the flow, including the formation of the recirculation zones depending on the location of the flapping jet, is well-reproduced together with the mean and fluctuating velocity profiles. The behavior of the jet oscillation is investigated using a popular decomposition method known as proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) based on the predicted three-dimensional flow fields. Thanks to POD, the evolution of the simulated flame structure featuring a pronounced flame fluctuation is compared against that experimentally measured according to the phase angles of the low-order modeled jet motion. The absence of the most dominant coherent structure at a single frequency is due to a feedback mechanism between the jet oscillation and combustion process. The simulation shows that a low-frequency jet flapping causes the flame blowout and flashback in the bottom section of the combustor and a stable flame persists as long as the jet flapping rate exceeds a critical value.
Date Issued
2019-02-27
Date Acceptance
2019-02-08
Citation
Combustion Science and Technology, 2019, 191 (5-6), pp.956-978
ISSN
0010-2202
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Start Page
956
End Page
978
Journal / Book Title
Combustion Science and Technology
Volume
191
Issue
5-6
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in [Combustion Science and Technology] on [27 Feb 2019], available online: [https://doi.org/10.1080/00102202.2019.1581775]
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Identifier
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00102202.2019.1581775
Grant Number
EP/M015300/1
BH172740 (EP/R029369/1)
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Thermodynamics
Energy & Fuels
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Engineering, Chemical
Engineering
Self-sustained jet oscillation
large eddy simulation
Eulerian stochastic fields method
combustion instabilities
proper orthogonal decomposition (POD)
PROBABILITY DENSITY-FUNCTION
COMBUSTION
SCALAR
INSTABILITIES
OXIDATION
Energy
0904 Chemical Engineering
0913 Mechanical Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-02-27