HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SUPPORT FOR UNITED KINGDOM CONSORTIUM ON TURBULENT REACTING FLOWS (UKCTRF)
Lead Research Organisation:
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Department Name: Mechanical Engineering
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Kai Luo (Principal Investigator) | |
| Edward Richardson (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Zhang YR
(2019)
Regimes of Head-On Collisions of Equal-Sized Binary Droplets.
in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Zeng W
(2019)
Modelling of Sub-Grid Scale Reaction Rate Based on a Novel Series Model: Application to a Premixed Bluff-Body Stabilised Flame
in Combustion Science and Technology
Yao T
(2018)
Direct numerical simulation study of hydrogen/air auto-ignition in turbulent mixing layer at elevated pressures
in Computers & Fluids
Yao T
(2017)
Compact Chemical Mechanism for Autoignition and Combustion of Methylcyclohexane under Engine Relevant Conditions
in Energy & Fuels
Xiao G
(2019)
A molecular dynamics study of fuel droplet evaporation in sub- and supercritical conditions
in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
Wang X
(2019)
Response of heat release to equivalence ratio variations in high Karlovitz premixed H2/air flames at 20 atm
in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
| Description | Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulent premixed flames have been conducted, with realistic chemistry and detailed transport. The main findings: 1. At high turbulent Reynolds numbers and high Karlovitz numbers, there is a regime change in combustion mode; 2. At elevated pressures, cellular flame structures are observed due to flame instabilities. 3. Turbulence changes the chemical pathways. The work contributed to the continuation of the consortium under the EPSRC grant No. EP/R029369/1. |
| Exploitation Route | The findings have significant implications for the design and operation of gas turbine combustors. The results may be exploited with industrial partners Rolls-Royce and Siemens Industrial Gas Turbines. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Energy Environment Transport |
| URL | https://www.ukctrf.com/ |
| Description | Joint exploitation of the research with Southeast University and Jiangsu Yanxin Sci-Tech Co. Ltd. (http://en.chinayanxin.com/) has resulted in the development of a low-NOx combustor for the petrochemical industry. The new design was guided and optimised through detailed CFD predictions for the flow, temperature, and NOx distributions. The improved combustors have seen a 50% increase in annual sales worth an extra ¥40M (£5M) for the company. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
| Sector | Chemicals,Energy,Environment,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | Addressing Challenges Through Effective Utilisation of High Performance Computing - a case for the UK Consortium on Turbulent Reacting Flows (UKCTRF) |
| Amount | £501,644 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R029369/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 01/2023 |