A computational facility for reacting flow science

A computational facility for reacting flow science

We discuss recent developments in the application of high-order adaptive mesh refinement constructions in reacting flow computations. We present results pertaining to the time integration of coupled diffusive-convective terms in this context using a stabilized explicit Runge-Kutta-Chebyshev scheme. We also discuss chemical model reduction strategies, with a focus on the utilization of computati...

Reacting Nozzle Flow

The two limits, “frozen” and “equilibrium” flow share an important property: both are isentropic flows (if we ignore friction or heat losses). This is because, in the frozen case no chemical change during expansion), there are no rate processes at all occurring, the molecules preserving their identity all the way, while in the equilibrium case, in which reactions do occur, their rate is so high...

Implicit Methods for Computing Chemically Reacting Flow

Numerical Methods for Reacting Gas Flow Simulations

In this study, various numerical schemes for transient simulations of 2D laminar reacting gas flows, as typically found in chemical vapor deposition reactors, are proposed and compared. These systems are generally modeled by means of many stiffly coupled elementary gas phase reactions between a large number of reactants and intermediate species. The purpose of this study is to develop robust an...

AMR for low Mach number reacting flow

We present a summary of recent progress on the development and application of adaptive mesh refinement algorithms for low Mach number reacting flows. Our approach uses a form of the low Mach number equations based on a general equation of state that discretely conserves both mass and energy. The discretization methodology is based on a robust projection formulation that accommodates large densi...