Initiation and propagation of one-dimensional planar flames in mixtures with variable reaction progress

2022 ◽  
Vol 236 ◽  
pp. 111765
Author(s):  
Gan Xiao ◽  
Haiwen Ge ◽  
Peng Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Progress ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Initiation And Propagation

Assessment of a Gas Turbine NOx Reduction Potential Based on a Spatiotemporal Unmixedness Parameter

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Dederichs ◽  
Peter Habisreuther ◽  
Nikolaos Zarzalis ◽  
Christian Beck ◽  
Werner Krebs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Probability Density Function ◽  
Probability Density ◽  
Flame Front ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Equivalence Ratio ◽  
Reduction Potential ◽  
Nox Emissions ◽  
Reaction Progress ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Mixing Quality

The paper presents a one-dimensional approach to assess the reduction potential of NOx emissions for lean premixed gas turbine combustion systems. NOx emissions from these systems are known to be mainly caused by high temperatures; not only from an averaged perspective but especially related to poor mixing quality of fuel and air. The method separates the NOx chemistry in the flame front zone and the post flame zone (slow reaction). A one-dimensional treatment enables the use of detailed chemistry. A look up table parameterized by reaction progress and equivalence ratio is used to improve the computational efficiency. The influence of mixing quality is taken into account by a probability density function of the fuel element based equivalence ratio, which itself translates into a temperature distribution. Hence, the NOx source terms are a function of reaction progress and equivalence ratio. The reaction progress is considered by means of the two-zone approach. Based on unsteady CFD data, the evolution of the probability density function with residence time has been analyzed. Two types of definitions of an unmixedness quantity are considered. One definition accounts for spatial as well as temporal fluctuations and the other is based on the mean spatial distribution. They are determined at the location of the flame front. The paper presents a comparison of the modeled results with experimental data. A validation and application have shown very good quantitative and qualitative agreement with the measurements. The comparison of the unmixedness definitions has proven the necessity of unsteady simulations. A general emissions - unmixedness correlation can be derived for a given combustion system.

Modeling of Turbulent Combustion of Lean Premixed Prevaporized Propane Using the CFI Combustion Model

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. de Jager ◽  
J. B. W. Kok
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Source Term ◽  
Laminar Flame ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Turbulent Flames ◽  
Combustion Model ◽  
Detailed Chemistry ◽  
Reaction Progress ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Progress Variable

In this paper combustion of propane under gas turbine conditions is investigated with a focus on the chemistry and chemical kinetics in turbulent flames. The work is aimed at efficient and accurate modeling of the chemistry of heavy hydrocarbons, ie. hydrocarbons with more than one carbon atom, as occurring in liquid fuels for gas turbine application. On the basis of one dimensional laminar flame simulations with detailed chemistry, weight factors are determined for optimal projection of species concentrations on one or several composed concentrations, using the Computational Singular Perturbation (CSP) method. This way the species concentration space of the detailed mechanism is projected on a one dimensional space spanned by the reaction progress variable for use in a turbulent simulation. In the projection process a thermochemical database is used to relate with the detailed chemistry of the laminar flame simulations. Transport equations are formulated in a RaNS code for the mean and variance of the reaction progress variable. The turbulent chemical reaction source term is calculated by presumed shape probability density function averaging of the laminar source term in the thermochemical database. The combined model is demonstrated and validated in a simulation of a turbulent premixed prevaporized swirling propane/air flame at atmospheric pressure. Experimental data are available for the temperature field, the velocity field and the unburnt hydrocarbon concentrations. The trends produced by CFI compare reasonable to the experiments.

Assessment of a Gas Turbine NOx Reduction Potential Based on a Spatiotemporal Unmixedness Parameter

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Dederichs ◽  
Nikolaos Zarzalis ◽  
Peter Habisreuther ◽  
Christian Beck ◽  
Bernd Prade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Probability Density Function ◽  
Probability Density ◽  
Flame Front ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Equivalence Ratio ◽  
Reduction Potential ◽  
Nox Emissions ◽  
Reaction Progress ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Mixing Quality

The paper presents a one-dimensional approach to assess the reduction potential of NOx emissions for lean premixed gas turbine combustion systems. NOx emissions from these systems are known to be mainly caused by high temperatures, not only from an averaged perspective but especially related to poor mixing quality of fuel and air. The method separates the NOx chemistry in the flame front zone and the postflame zone (slow reaction). A one-dimensional treatment enables the use of detailed chemistry. A lookup table parameterized by reaction progress and equivalence ratio is used to improve the computational efficiency. The influence of mixing quality is taken into account by a probability density function of the fuel element–based equivalence ratio, which itself translates into a temperature distribution. Hence, the NOx source terms are a function of reaction progress and equivalence ratio. The reaction progress is considered by means of the two-zone approach. Based on unsteady computational fluid dynamics (CFD) data, the evolution of the probability density function with residence time has been analyzed. Two types of definitions of an unmixedness quantity are considered. One definition accounts for spatial as well as temporal fluctuations, and the other is based on the mean spatial distribution. They are determined at the location of the flame front. The paper presents a comparison of the modeled results with experimental data. A validation and application have shown very good quantitative and qualitative agreement with the measurements. The comparison of the unmixedness definitions has proven the necessity of unsteady simulations. A general emissions-unmixedness correlation can be derived for a given combustion system.

A one-dimensional self-gravitating stellar gas

1966 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 46-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lecar
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Field ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Space Distribution ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Phase Space Distribution ◽  
Dimensional Phase Space ◽  
The Mean

“Dynamical mixing”, i.e. relaxation of a stellar phase space distribution through interaction with the mean gravitational field, is numerically investigated for a one-dimensional self-gravitating stellar gas. Qualitative results are presented in the form of a motion picture of the flow of phase points (representing homogeneous slabs of stars) in two-dimensional phase space.

Electron-Mirror Microscopic Aspects of Ferroelectric Domains of BaTiO3 And Ca2Sr (C2H5CO2)6

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 478-479
Author(s):  
Teruo Someya ◽  
Jinzo Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Surface Layer ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Ferroelectric Domain ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Surface Pattern ◽  
Crystal Surfaces ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Ferroelectric Domains

Recent progress in the electron-mirror microscopy (EMM), e.g., an improvement of its resolving power together with an increase of the magnification makes it useful for investigating the ferroelectric domain physics. English has recently observed the domain texture in the surface layer of BaTiO3. The present authors ) have developed a theory by which one can evaluate small one-dimensional electric fields and/or topographic step heights in the crystal surfaces from their EMM pictures. This theory was applied to a quantitative study of the surface pattern of BaTiO3).

Structure and function of neural networks in the retina

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 26-27
Author(s):  
Peter Sterling
Keyword(s):  
Ganglion Cells ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Synaptic Connections ◽  
Visual Axis ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Cat Retina ◽  
Ultrathin Sections ◽  
And Function ◽  
Insight Into

The synaptic connections in cat retina that link photoreceptors to ganglion cells have been analyzed quantitatively. Our approach has been to prepare serial, ultrathin sections and photograph en montage at low magnification (˜2000X) in the electron microscope. Six series, 100-300 sections long, have been prepared over the last decade. They derive from different cats but always from the same region of retina, about one degree from the center of the visual axis. The material has been analyzed by reconstructing adjacent neurons in each array and then identifying systematically the synaptic connections between arrays. Most reconstructions were done manually by tracing the outlines of processes in successive sections onto acetate sheets aligned on a cartoonist's jig. The tracings were then digitized, stacked by computer, and printed with the hidden lines removed. The results have provided rather than the usual one-dimensional account of pathways, a three-dimensional account of circuits. From this has emerged insight into the functional architecture.

Intergrowth of modulated structures in high Tc Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductors

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 76-77
Author(s):  
A.Q. He ◽  
G.W. Qiao ◽  
J. Zhu ◽  
H.Q. Ye
Keyword(s):  
Twin Structure ◽  
Modulated Structure ◽  
High Tc ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Lattice Constants ◽  
Superconducting Phases ◽  
Modulated Structures ◽  
Layer Structures

Since the first discovery of high Tc Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductor by Maeda et al, many EM works have been done on it. The results show that the superconducting phases have a type of ordered layer structures similar to that in Y-Ba-Cu-O system formulated in Bi2Sr2Can−1CunO2n+4 (n=1,2,3) (simply called 22(n-1) phase) with lattice constants of a=0.358, b=0.382nm but the length of c being different according to the different value of n in the formulate. Unlike the twin structure observed in the Y-Ba-Cu-O system, there is an incommensurate modulated structure in the superconducting phases of Bi system superconductors. Modulated wavelengths of both 1.3 and 2.7 nm have been observed in the 2212 phase. This communication mainly presents the intergrowth of these two kinds of one-dimensional modulated structures in 2212 phase.

Electronic structure studies of conducting polymers by electron energy-loss spectroscopy

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 160-161
Author(s):  
J. Fink
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Conducting Polymers ◽  
Conjugated Polymers ◽  
Electron Acceptors ◽  
Electron Donors ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
New Class ◽  
Electrical Conductivities ◽  
Electron Energy Loss

Conducting polymers comprises a new class of materials achieving electrical conductivities which rival those of the best metals. The parent compounds (conjugated polymers) are quasi-one-dimensional semiconductors. These polymers can be doped by electron acceptors or electron donors. The prototype of these materials is polyacetylene (PA). There are various other conjugated polymers such as polyparaphenylene, polyphenylenevinylene, polypoyrrole or polythiophene. The doped systems, i.e. the conducting polymers, have intersting potential technological applications such as replacement of conventional metals in electronic shielding and antistatic equipment, rechargable batteries, and flexible light emitting diodes.Although these systems have been investigated almost 20 years, the electronic structure of the doped metallic systems is not clear and even the reason for the gap in undoped semiconducting systems is under discussion.

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