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Large-eddy structures of turbulent swirling flows and methane-air swirling diffusion combustion

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Turbulent swirling flows and methane-air swirling diffusion combustion are studied by large-eddy simulation (LES) using a Smagorinsky-Lilly subgrid scale turbulence model and a second-order moment (SOM) SGS combustion model, and also by RANS modeling using the Reynolds Stress equation model with the IPCM+wall and IPCM pressure-strain models and SOM combustion model. The LES statistical results for swirling flows give good agreement with the experimental results, indicating that the adopted subgrid-scale turbulence model is suitable for swirling flows. The LES instantaneous results show the complex vortex shedding pattern in swirling flows. The initially formed large vortex structures soon break up in swirling flows. The LES statistical results of combustion modeling are near the experimental results and are as good as the RANS-SOM modeling results. The LES results show that the size and range of large vortex structures in swirling combustion are different from those of isothermal swirling flows, and the chemical reaction is intensified by the large-eddy vortex structures.

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  1. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Liyuan Hu, Lixing Zhou & Jian Zhang

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The project supported by the Special Funds for Major State Basic Research (G-1999-0222-07). The English text was polished by Keren Wang.

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Hu, L., Zhou, L. & Zhang, J. Large-eddy structures of turbulent swirling flows and methane-air swirling diffusion combustion. ACTA MECH SINICA 21, 419–424 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-005-0065-3

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