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Modelling of the turbulent burning velocity based on Lagrangian statistics of propagating surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2020

Jiaping You  and
Yue Yang Open the ORCID record for Yue Yang [Opens in a new window]
Jiaping You
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State Key Laboratory for Turbulence and Complex Systems, College of Engineering,Peking University, Beijing100871, PR China
Yue Yang*
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State Key Laboratory for Turbulence and Complex Systems, College of Engineering,Peking University, Beijing100871, PR China CAPT and BIC-ESAT, Peking University, Beijing100871, PR China
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Abstract

We propose a predictive model of the turbulent burning velocity $S_{T}$ in homogeneous isotropic turbulence (HIT) based on Lagrangian statistics of propagating surfaces. The propagating surfaces with a constant displacement speed are initially arranged on a plane, and they evolve in non-reacting HIT, behaving like the propagation of a planar premixed flame front. The universal constants in the model of $S_{T}$ characterize the enhancement of area growth of premixed flames by turbulence, and they are determined by Lagrangian statistics of propagating surfaces. The flame area is then modelled by the area of the propagating surfaces at a truncation time. This truncation time signals the statistical stationary state of the evolutionary geometry of the propagating surfaces, and it is modelled by an explicit expression using limiting conditions of very weak and strong turbulence. Another parameter in the model of $S_{T}$ characterizes the effect of fuel chemistry on $S_{T}$, and it is pre-determined by the very few available data points of $S_{T}$ from experiments or direct numerical simulation (DNS) in weak turbulence. The proposed model is validated using three DNS series of turbulent premixed flames with various fuels. The model prediction of $S_{T}$ generally agrees well with DNS in a wide range of premixed combustion regimes, and it captures the basic trends of $S_{T}$ in terms of the turbulence intensity, including the linear growth in weak turbulence and the ‘bending effect’ in strong turbulence.

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Reacting Flows: Flames Reacting Flows: Turbulent reacting flows
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 887 , 25 March 2020 , A11
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