Numerical analysis of dilute methanol spray flames in vitiated coflow using extended Flamelet Generated Manifold model

TL;DR

This study employs an extended Flamelet Generated Manifold model within LES to accurately simulate and analyze turbulent dilute methanol spray flames in vitiated coflow, revealing detailed flame structures and dynamics.

Contribution

The paper introduces a modified FGM model with an additional secondary oxidizer parameter for better simulation of spray flames, validated against experimental data.

Findings

Accurately captures droplet statistics and lift-off flame heights.

Identifies dominant frequencies and vortical structures in flame dynamics.

Reveals flame propagation linked to vortical structures.

Abstract

The present work focuses on the large eddy simulation (LES) and the study of turbulent dilute methanol spray flames in vitiated coflow using the secondary oxidizer Flamelet Generated Model (FGM). The modified FGM model uses an additional secondary oxidizer parameter in addition to the three other parameters previously used for spray flames progress variable, mixture fraction, and enthalpy. The results for gas phase and droplet properties are validated against the dilute methanol spray flame database for varying fuel injection amounts. The droplet statistics and the lift-off flame heights are accurately captured for all the cases. A proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) of the scalar fluctuating hydroxyl radical (OH) field and velocity-temperature field capture the flame structures in the downstream region of ignition kernels. The detailed POD analysis reveals that the base frequency of the dominant OH field equals that of the dominant vortical structure of 67.3 Hz. The flame propagation happens around these dominant vortical structures because of the less-strained fluid mixing.