IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONDITIONAL MOMENT CLOSURE MODEL TO A NONPREMIXED METHANOLAIR FLAME STABILIZED ON A BLUFF-BODY

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Implementation of the conditional moment closure model to a nonpremixed methanol-air flame stabilized on a bluff-body

A turbulent nonpremixed flame of methanol air stabilized on a bluff body is simulated by the conditional moment closure(CMC) model. An elliptic, conservative formulation of the CMC is employed with the turbulent diffusion term modeled by the turbulent eddy viscosity. Results of flow, conditional temperature and species concentration profiles with respect to mixture fraction, and unconditional temperature, OH and NO fields are obtained. Reasonable agreement between experiments and predictions to show that the CMC model is capable to predicting the species concentration and temperature in turbulent nonpremixed combustion characterized by a finite reaction rate. Discrepancy on the rich side may partly be due to limitation of the singly conditional moment closure, substitution of the unconditional mean variables for the conditional ones, or lack of adequate chemical kinetics on the rich side of methanol air reaction.