Study of molecular mixing and a finite rate chemical reaction in a mixing layer

1989 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 489-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.M. Cetegen ◽  
W.A. Sirignano
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Mixing Layer ◽  
Finite Rate ◽  
Molecular Mixing

Reaction in a scalar mixing layer

1991 ◽  
Vol 233 ◽  
pp. 211-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Bilger ◽  
L. R. Saetran ◽  
L. V. Krishnamoorthy
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Mixing Layer ◽  
Reacting Flow ◽  
Scalar Mixing ◽  
Scalar Theory ◽  
Thermal Mixing ◽  
Fast Chemistry ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Reactive Scalars ◽  
Made In

Reaction in a scalar mixing layer in grid-generated turbulence is studied experimentally by doping half of the flow with nitric oxide and the other half with ozone. The flow conditions and concentrations are such that the chemical reaction is passive and the flow and chemical timescales are of the same order. Conserved scalar theory for such flows is outlined and further developed; it is used as a basis for presentation of the experimental results. Continuous measurements of concentration are limited in their spatial and temporal resolution but capture sufficient of their spectra for adequate second-order correlations to be made. Two components of velocity have been measured simultaneously with hot-wire anemometry. Conserved scalar mixing results, deduced from reacting and non-reacting measurements of concentration, show the independence of concentration level and concentration ratio expected for passive reacting flow. The results are subject to several limitations due to the necessary experimental compromises, but they agree generally with measurements made in thermal mixing layers. Reactive scalar statistics are consistent with the realizability constraints obtainable from conserved scalar theory where such constraints apply, and otherwise are generally found to lie between the conserved scalar theory limits for frozen and very fast chemistry. It is suggested that Toor's (1969) closure for the mean chemical reaction rate could be improved by interpolating between the frozen and equilibrium values for the covariance. The turbulent fluxes of the reactive scalars are found to approximately obey the gradient model but the value of the diffusivity is found to depend on the Damköhler number.

Diffusion and Mixing in Microchannel Analyzed by the Luminol Chemiluminescence

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruru Matsuo ◽  
Ryosuke Matsumoto
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Reaction Rate ◽  
Mixing Layer ◽  
Fluorescence Technique ◽  
Chemiluminescence Intensity ◽  
Luminol Chemiluminescence ◽  
Chemical Reaction Rate ◽  
Pdms Chip ◽  
Reaction Profile

This study focused on the diffusion and mixing phenomena investigated by using luminol chemiluminescence (CL) to estimate the local chemical reaction rate in the T-junction microchannel. Generally, the degree of mixing in microchannel is calculated by the deviation of the obtained concentration profiles from the uniform concentration profile by using fluorescence technique. Thus, the degree of mixing is a macroscopic estimate for the whole microchannel, which is inappropriate for understanding the diffusion and mixing phenomena in the mixing layer. In this study, the luminol CL reaction is applied to visualize the local chemical reaction and to estimate the local diffusion and mixing phenomena at an interface between two liquids in microchannel. Luminol emits blue chemiluminescence when it reacts with the hydrogen peroxide at the mixing layer. Experiments were carried out on the T-junction microchannel with 200 microns in width and 50 microns in depth casted in the PDMS chip. The chemiluminescence intensity profiles clearly show the mixing layer at an interface between two liquids. The experimental results are compared with the results of numerical simulation that involves solving the mass transport equations including the chemical reaction term. By calibrating CL intensity to the chemical reaction rate estimated by the numerical simulation, the local chemical reaction profile can be quantitatively estimated from the CL intensity profile.

scholarly journals Scale-Resolving Simulation of a Propane-Fuelled Industrial Gas Turbine Combustor Using Finite-Rate Tabulated Chemistry

Fluids ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Zhang ◽  
Ali Ghobadian ◽  
Jamshid M. Nouri
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Turbulent Flame ◽  
Lower Amount ◽  
Combustion Model ◽  
Gas Turbine Combustor ◽  
Finite Rate ◽  
Chemistry Method ◽  
Tabulated Chemistry ◽  
Partially Premixed

The scale-resolving simulation of a practical gas turbine combustor is performed using a partially premixed finite-rate chemistry combustion model. The combustion model assumes finite-rate chemistry by limiting the chemical reaction rate with flame speed. A comparison of the numerical results with the experimental temperature and species mole fraction clearly showed the superiority of the shear stress transport, K-omega, scale adaptive turbulence model (SSTKWSAS). The model outperforms large eddy simulation (LES) in the primary region of the combustor, probably for two reasons. First, the lower amount of mesh employed in the simulation for the industrial-size combustor does not fit the LES’s explicit mesh size dependency requirement, while it is sufficient for the SSTKWSAS simulation. Second, coupling the finite-rate chemistry method with the SSTKWSAS model provides a more reasonable rate of chemical reaction than that predicted by the fast chemistry method used in LES simulation. Other than comparing with the LES data available in the literature, the SSTKWSAS-predicted result is also compared comprehensively with that obtained from the model based on the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (URANS) simulation approach. The superiority of the SSTKWSAS model in resolving large eddies is highlighted. Overall, the present study emphasizes the effectiveness and efficiency of coupling a partially premixed combustion model with a scale-resolving simulation method in predicting a swirl-stabilized, multi-jets turbulent flame in a practical, complex gas turbine combustor configuration.

Numerical Simulation for Free Turbulent Reacting Flow by Particle Method

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomomi Uchiyama ◽  
Naohiro Otsuki
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Mixing Layer ◽  
Particle Method ◽  
Reacting Flows ◽  
Single Step ◽  
Reacting Flow ◽  
Turbulent Reacting Flows ◽  
Plane Mixing Layer ◽  
Irreversible Chemical Reaction

This paper presents a particle method for free turbulent reacting flows. The vorticity and concentration fields are discretized into the vortex and concentration elements, respectively, and the behavior of the elements is calculated with the Lagrangian method. The chemical reaction is estimated through the Lagrangian calculation for the strength of concentration element. The particle method is applied to simulate a plane mixing layer with a single-step and irreversible chemical reaction of non-premixed reactants so as to discuss the applicability.

The effects of unstable stratification and mean shear on the chemical reaction in grid turbulence

2000 ◽  
Vol 408 ◽  
pp. 39-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
KOUJI NAGATA ◽  
SATORU KOMORI
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Turbulent Mixing ◽  
Mixing Layer ◽  
Stratified Flow ◽  
Laser Doppler Velocimeter ◽  
Grid Turbulence ◽  
Unstable Stratification ◽  
Sheared Flow ◽  
Small Scales ◽  
Neutrally Stratified

The effects of unstable thermal stratification and mean shear on chemical reaction and turbulent mixing were experimentally investigated in reacting and non-reacting liquid mixing-layer flows downstream of a turbulence-generating grid. Experiments were carried out under three conditions: unsheared neutrally stratified, unsheared unstably stratified and sheared neutrally stratified. Instantaneous velocity and concentration were simultaneously measured using the combination of a laser-Doppler velocimeter and a laser-induced fluorescence technique. The results show that the turbulent mixing is enhanced at both large and small scales by buoyancy under unstably stratified conditions and therefore the chemical reaction is strongly promoted. The mean shear acts to enhance the turbulent mixing mainly at large scales. However, the chemical reaction rate in the sheared flow is not as large as in the unstably stratified case with the same turbulence level, since the mixing at small scales in the sheared neutrally stratified flow is weaker than that in the unsheared unstably stratified flow. The unstable stratification is regarded as a better tool to attain unsheared mixing since the shearing stress acting on the fluid is much weaker in the unstably stratified flow than in the sheared flow.

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