Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (대한기계학회)
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PSR-Based Microstructural Modeling for Turbulent Combustion Processes and Pollutant Formation in Double Swirler Combustors

  • Kim, Yong-Mo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Seong-Ku (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kang, Sung-Mo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Sohn, Jeong-Lak (School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2001.01.01
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Abstract

The present study numerically investigates the fuel-air mixing characteristics, flame structure, and pollutant emission inside a double-swirler combustor. A PSR(Perfectly Stirred Reactor) based microstructural model is employed to account for the effects of finite rate chemistry on the flame structure and NO formation. The turbulent combustion model is extended to nonadiabatic flame condition with radiation by introducing an enthalpy variable, and the radiative heat loss is calculated by a local, geometry-independent model. The effects of turbulent fluctuation are taken into account by the joint assumed PDFs. Numerical model is based on the non-orthogonal body-fitted coordinate system and the pressure/velocity coupling is handled by PISO algorithm in context with the finite volume formulation. The present PSR-based turbulent combustion model has been applied to analyze the highly intense turbulent nonpremixed flame field in the double swirler combustor. The detailed discussions were made for the flow structure, combustion effects on flow structure, flame structure, and emission characteristics in the highly intense turbulent swirling flame of the double swirler burner.

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