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A Skeletal Mechanism for MILD Combustion of n-Heptane/Air Mixtures

cam.depositDate2021-12-07
cam.issuedOnline2022-05-22
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dc.contributor.authorLi, Z
dc.contributor.authorChen, JY
dc.contributor.authorSwaminathan, N
dc.contributor.orcidSwaminathan, N [0000-0003-3338-0698]
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-09T00:31:44Z
dc.date.available2021-12-09T00:31:44Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.updated2021-12-07T15:13:25Z
dc.description.abstractModerate, Intense or Low Dilution (MILD) Combustion has many at- tributes such as low emissions, noiseless combustion with high thermal efficiency which are attractive for greener combustion systems. Past studies investigated flow and chemical kinetics effects in establishing this combustion mode for methane-air mixtures. Many of the practical fuels are large hydrocarbons and hence this study aims to develop a skeletal mechanism suitable for turbulent MILD combustion simulations of n-heptane/air. Computer Assisted Reduction Mechanism approach is employed to develop a mechanism involving 36 species and 205 reactions, which is validated for wide range of conditions using measurements or results obtained from a comprehensive mechanism. This mechanism is found to be excellent for predicting both ignition delay times and flame speeds for MILD conditions. The OH∗ and CH∗ obtained using quasi-steady state assumptions agree well with those obtained using the comprehensive mechanism with these chemiluminescent species. The performance of the skeletal mechanism for turbulent MILD combustion simulation is tested using Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) simulations with a finite-rate chemistry model. The computed statistics of temperature and OH number density agree quite well with measurements for highly diluted combustion cases.
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.78740
dc.identifier.eissn1563-521X
dc.identifier.issn0010-2202
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/331293
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Engineering
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00102202.2022.2075700
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectn-heptane
dc.subjectcombustion kinetics
dc.subjectskeletal mechanism
dc.subjectcomputer assisted reduction mechanism (CARM)
dc.subjectMILD combustion
dc.subjectfinite rate chemistry model
dc.titleA Skeletal Mechanism for MILD Combustion of n-Heptane/Air Mixtures
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-12-06
prism.publicationNameCombustion Science and Technology
pubs.funder-project-idEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/S025650/1)
pubs.licence-display-nameApollo Repository Deposit Licence Agreement
pubs.licence-identifierapollo-deposit-licence-2-1
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
rioxxterms.versionVoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1080/00102202.2022.2075700

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