Combustion machine learning: Principles, progress and prospects

M Ihme, WT Chung, AA Mishra - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2022 - Elsevier
Progress in combustion science and engineering has led to the generation of large amounts
of data from large-scale simulations, high-resolution experiments, and sensors. This corpus …

A compact skeletal mechanism for n-dodecane with optimized semi-global low-temperature chemistry for diesel engine simulations

T Yao, Y Pei, BJ Zhong, S Som, T Lu, KH Luo - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
A skeletal mechanism with 54 species and 269 reactions was developed to predict pyrolysis
and oxidation of n-dodecane as a diesel fuel surrogate involving both high-temperature …

Turbulent combustion of sprays: from dilute to dense

AR Masri - Combustion Science and Technology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents an overview of the current understanding of the structure of turbulent
sprays flames, both dilute and dense. Dilute sprays are addressed first with respect to recent …

Analysis of droplet evaporation in isotropic turbulence through droplet-resolved DNS

MS Dodd, D Mohaddes, A Ferrante, M Ihme - International Journal of Heat …, 2021 - Elsevier
Direct numerical simulations (DNS) of the evaporation of interface-resolved n-heptane fuel
droplets in forced homogeneous isotropic turbulence (HIT) are performed at 10 bar and 348 …

Large eddy simulation of an industrial gas turbine combustor using reduced chemistry with accurate pollutant prediction

T Jaravel, E Riber, B Cuenot, G Bulat - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2017 - Elsevier
Complying with stringent pollutant emission regulations requires a strong optimization of
modern gas turbine combustors, for which Large Eddy Simulation (LES) is a promising tool …

Compositional inhomogeneities as a source of indirect combustion noise

L Magri, J O'Brien, M Ihme - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - cambridge.org
The generation of indirect combustion noise by compositional inhomogeneities is examined
theoretically. For this, the compact-nozzle theory of Marble & Candel (J. Sound Vib., vol. 55 …

A global pathway selection algorithm for the reduction of detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms

X Gao, S Yang, W Sun - Combustion and Flame, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract A Global Pathway Selection (GPS) algorithm for the reduction of detailed kinetic
mechanisms is proposed and validated. The approach consists of (1) the construction of …

The role of separation of scales in the description of spray combustion

AL Sánchez, J Urzay, A Liñán - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2015 - Elsevier
The present paper deals with the description of the interacting multiscale processes
governing spray vaporization and combustion downstream from the near-injector …

The role of preferential evaporation on the ignition of multicomponent fuels in a homogeneous spray/air mixture

A Stagni, L Esclapez, P Govindaraju, A Cuoci… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - Elsevier
This work examines the importance of preferential evaporation and liquid species diffusion
on the ignition of multicomponent surrogate fuels in homogeneous mixtures. To this end, a …

LES of a turbulent lifted methanol spray flame using a novel spray flamelet/progress variable model

Y Wang, C Shao, K Luo, R Cai, T Jin, J Fan - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Turbulent spray flames are complex combustion configurations and are difficult to be
accurately simulated. In this paper, we focus on further development and validation of the …