Validation case for combustion model using fluent

Mesh

Computational domain

Models

Sr no Model
1 Space
2 Time
3 Viscous
4 Wall Treatment
5 Heat Transfer
6 Species
Settings
Axisymmetric
Unsteady, 1st-Order Implicit
Standard k-epsilon turbulence model
Enhanced Wall Treatment
Enabled
Non-Premixed Combustion (CH4, N2, O2, CH2,O, CO, CO2, H,
H2, H2O, OH, HO2, HONO,O, H2O2, C<s>, HCOOH, C2H6,
CHO, HCO, HOCO.)

Relaxation

Sr no Variable Relaxation Factor

1 Pressure 0.3
2 Density 0.9
3 Body Forces 1
4 Momentum 0.7
5 Turbulent Kinetic Energy 0.8
6 Turbulent Dissipation Rate 0.8
7 Turbulent Viscosity 0.9
8 Energy 0.8
9 Temperature 1
10 Mean Mixture Fraction 0.8
11 Mixture Fraction Variance 0.8

Pressure-Velocity Coupling Type PISO

 0.7

0.6

0.5
mixture fraction (f)

0.4

x-0.095m
0.3
x-0.175m
x-0.246m
0.2 x-1.375m

0.1

0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1
r (m)

Radial variation of mixture fraction at different locations

 80

70

60
molar concentration (%)

Nitrogen
50
Water
40
Carbon-dioxide
30

20

10

0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.12
r (m)

Radial distribution of molar concentration of different species at x = 1.375m

 0.7

0.6

x-0.095m
x-0.175m
x-0.246m
0.5
x-0.327m
x-0.398m
x-0.632m
mixture fraction : f

0.4 x-1.375m

0.3

0.2

0.1

0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1
r (m)
 18

16 Oxygen
Methane
14
Carbon-di-oxide
molar concentration (%)

12 Water

10 Hydrogen
Carbon-mono-oxide
8

0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1
r (m)
 90

80

70

molar concentration (%)

60

Nitrogen* 50

40

30

20

10

0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1
r (m)
 50000

45000

40000
Total surface heat flux (w/m^2)

35000

30000

25000

20000

15000

10000

5000

0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6
x (m)

Variation of Total surface heat flux at the top wall along axial direction
Contour's of mixture fraction
 vortex formation in the domain

 Reattachment length 0.360578 m

 Initial peak of Total surface heat flux at 0.268 m and the value is 40880.1 w/m2
 Total surface heat flux drops to a value of 30054.1 w/m2 at 0.5588 m
 2400

2100

1800

1500
Temperature (K)

1200

900

600

300

0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8
x (m)

Temperature variation along the axis of the combustion chamber

 2250

2000

1750

1500
Temperature (K)

1250

1000

750

500

250

0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2
x (m)

Temperature variation along the stoichiometry mixture fraction

 1
0.95
0.9
0.85
0.8
0.75
0.7
0.65
mixture fraction (f)

0.6
0.55
0.5
0.45
0.4
0.35
0.3
0.25
0.2
0.15
0.1
0.05
0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6
x (m)

Variation of mixture fraction ratio along the axis

 0.9
0.8
0.7
mixture fraction (f)

0.6
x-0.095m
0.5
x-0.175 m
0.4
0.3 x-0.246m

0.2 x-1.375m

0.1
0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1
r (m)

case I

0.8

0.7

0.6
mixture fraction (f)

0.5 x-0.095m
0.4 x-0.175 m
0.3 x-0.246m
0.2 x-1.375m
0.1

0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1
r (m)

case II
Variation of Total surface heat flux at the top wall along axial direction for different cases
Temperature variation along the axis of the combustion chamber for different cases
 2500

2000
Temperature (K)

1500

1000

500

0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
mixture fraction (f)

Maximum of Mean Temperature (K) is 2240.19 and occurs at Mean Mixture Fraction of 0.0056.