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Algorithmic aspects of the LES-PBE-PDF method for modeling soot particle size distributions in turbulent flames
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Author(s)
Sewerin, Fabian
Rigopoulos, Stelios
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
In recent times, the LES-PBE-PDF framework has been developed to couple large eddy simulation (LES) and population balance models (PBE) for the description of soot formation in turbulent hydrocarbon flames. This approach is based on a modeled evolution equation for the LES-filtered probability density function (pdf) associated with the instantaneous gas composition and soot particle size distribution. Here, the interaction of turbulence with chemical reactions and soot formation can be represented without approximations on part of the chemical and soot formation kinetics, while effects due to turbulent transport and molecular diffusion require closure. In view of an efficient numerical solution scheme, we previously proposed to combine a statistically equivalent reformulation of the joint scalar-number density pdf based on Eulerian stochastic fields with a time-explicit adaptive grid discretization in particle size space and a fractional time stepping scheme. In this article, we present algorithmic aspects and relay implementational details for a consistent semi-discrete formulation of the PBE fractional step as well as an effective dynamic load balancing scheme for both the chemical reaction and PBE fractional steps. Considering soot formation in the Delft III turbulent diffusion flame as a test case, we show that the persisting load imbalance is almost negligible on average and give evidence of linear strong scaling on a modern high performance computer for moderate numbers of compute nodes.
Date Issued
2019-04-25
Date Acceptance
2019-01-14
Citation
Combustion Science and Technology, 2019, 191 (5-6), pp.766-796
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/69434
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1080/00102202.2019.1571054
ISSN
0010-2202
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Start Page
766
End Page
796
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 [25 Apr 2019], available online: [https://doi.org/10.1080/00102202.2019.1571054]
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant Number
EP/K026801/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Thermodynamics
Energy & Fuels
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Engineering, Chemical
Engineering
LES-PDF method
population balance
stochastic fields
grid adaptivity
dynamic load balancing
LARGE-EDDY-SIMULATION
PROBABILITY DENSITY-FUNCTION
HIGH-RESOLUTION SCHEMES
POPULATION BALANCE
DIFFUSION
FORMULATION
NUCLEATION
GROWTH
Energy
0904 Chemical Engineering
0913 Mechanical Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-04-25
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