Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Sciences

Application of LES/PDF and RANS/PDF approaches for simulation of spray combustion

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Duaa Yaseen Haran
Ahmed Abed AL-Kadhem Majhool

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Collage of Engineering, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Ad-Diwaniyah, Iraq.

https://doi.org/10.30772/qjes.v14i2.752
Abstract
This paper is addressing of a coupling Large-eddy simulation (LES) and RANS turbulence models with mixture fraction/probability density function as a combustion model. The two models have been implemented to simulate ethanol-air spray combustion. The gas phase is described with the Eulerian approach while the liquid phase is designed using a Lagrangian framework. The LES/PDF approach is obtained statistically. The sub-grid scale energy equation is used with the LES/PDF approach. The numerical results are validated with experimental data. Both LES/PDF and RANS/PDF approaches are compared with the experimental data. The LES/PDF approach shows a good agreement in predicting the average gas temperature compared with RANS/PDF approach. The LES/PDF shows a better prediction of both turbulence intensity profiles and the vortices which are generated in the turbulent flow in comparison with the RANS/PDF approach.

Keywords

Spray combustion
Eulerian/Lagrangian
Turbulence model
Fluent
Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Sciences
Volume 14, Issue 2
Spring 2021
Pages 104-111

  • Receive Date 14 April 2021
  • Revise Date 06 May 2021
  • Accept Date 13 June 2021

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