(UKCTRF) UK Consortium on Turbulent Reacting Flows
Lead Research Organisation:
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
Department Name: Mechanical Engineering
Abstract
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Publications
Sewerin F
(2018)
An LES-PBE-PDF approach for predicting the soot particle size distribution in turbulent flames
in Combustion and Flame
Koniavitis P
(2018)
Reduction of a detailed chemical mechanism for a kerosene surrogate via RCCE-CSP
in Combustion and Flame
Elbahloul S
(2015)
Rate-Controlled Constrained Equilibrium (RCCE) simulations of turbulent partially premixed flames (Sandia D/E/F) and comparison with detailed chemistry
in Combustion and Flame
Koniavitis P
(2017)
A methodology for derivation of RCCE-reduced mechanisms via CSP
in Combustion and Flame
Liu A
(2019)
A conservative method for numerical solution of the population balance equation, and application to soot formation
in Combustion and Flame
Fredrich D
(2019)
The stochastic fields method applied to a partially premixed swirl flame with wall heat transfer
in Combustion and Flame
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
Fredrich D
(2018)
Application of the Eulerian subgrid Probability Density Function method in the Large Eddy Simulation of a partially premixed swirl flame
in Combustion Science and Technology
Sewerin F
(2019)
Algorithmic Aspects of the LES-PBE-PDF Method for Modeling Soot Particle Size Distributions in Turbulent Flames
in Combustion Science and Technology
Xia Y
(2019)
Numerical prediction of the Flame Describing Function and thermoacoustic limit cycle for a pressurised gas turbine combustor
in Combustion Science and Technology
| Description | This is a consortium utilising the HPC computer, Archer to study turbulent reacting flows. Since around 95% of current energy generation and transport is fuelled by the combustion of fossil fuels, a large proportion of which are, in future, likely to be be replaced by renewable fuels - a situation that is likely to remain for the foreseeable future - the subject has wide ranging and practically important applications. |
| Exploitation Route | Through publications in the archival scientific literature and via presentations at conferences and Symposia. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Energy Transport |
| URL | Http://www.ukctrf.co.uk |
| Description | The stochastic fields method for solving the evolution equation for the joint pdf of the chemical species mass fractions needed to describe reaction in a turbulent flow has been adopted by Rolls-Royce Aero-engines and incorporated into their in-house Large Eddy simulation code PRECIS-UNS. THe method has also be used in conjunction with the in-house CFD code Boffin-LES by Siemens Industrial Gas Turbines and GE(Switzerland). The method provides an accurate means of accounting for turbulence-chemistry that is needed in the design of efficient low pollutant emissions gas turbine combustion chambers. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Energy |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | Advanced Gas Turbine cycles for high efficiency and sustainable future conventional generation |
| Amount | £971,987 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/M015300/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2015 |
| End | 11/2018 |
| Description | Clear Skies: Dreamcode |
| Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | SP1-JTI-CS-2013-01-620143 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 11/2014 |
| End | 11/2016 |
| Description | LES of industrial gas turbines |
| Amount | £200,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Siemens AG |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Germany |
| Start | 11/2011 |
| End | 10/2015 |
| Description | Combustion LES |
| Organisation | General Electric |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Simulation of Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers |
| Collaborator Contribution | The provision of experimental results |
| Impact | Scientific publications |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Compressible LES |
| Organisation | Siemens AG |
| Department | Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The development of a compressible LES method for simulatinf Therm-acoustic instabilities |
| Collaborator Contribution | The provision of measured data |
| Impact | Scientific publications |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Nano Particles in Turbulent Flow |
| Organisation | ETH Zurich |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Simulations of turbulent flows laden with nano particles |
| Collaborator Contribution | A complementary experimental study is being undertaken |
| Impact | None to date |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Soot Formation |
| Organisation | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Simulation of Soot formation in Turbulent Flames |
| Collaborator Contribution | A complementary study of soot formation is being undertaken |
| Impact | None to date |
| Start Year | 2018 |