Global Sensitivity Analysis in Non-premixed Counterflow Flames

Project Information

Discipline
Mechanical and Related Engineering (109) 
Orientation
Research 
Abstract

Numerical simulation of critical reacting flow features of hypersonic propulsion devices requires accurate representation of finite-rate chemical kinetics. However, the detailed kinetic models that are being developed for practical fuels of interest are rather complex, typically involve over hundreds of species in thousands of elementary reactions, and cannot be used in multi-dimensional simulation codes in the foreseeable future. The fundamental chemical kinetic parameters of detailed models are known to have significant level of uncertainties due to the limited experimental data available. For this reason, detailed models continue to evolve with new experimental data as well as improved optimization algorithms. In particular, the problem of understanding the non-linear coupling between thousands of reactions that are being optimized can be addressed by using Global Sensitivity Analysis (GSA) techniques. Although work has already been done in ignition and flame propagation, the purpose of the proposed research is to accelerate the understanding of reactions coupling and their importance, in particular by including non-premixed flames in GSA.

Intellectual Merit

Studying combustion properties of engines

Broader Impacts

More efficient engines

Project Contact

Project Lead
Katherine Holcomb (kholcomb) 
Project Manager
Katherine Holcomb (kholcomb) 

Resource Requirements

Hardware Systems
  • alamo (Dell optiplex at TACC)
  • hotel (IBM iDataPlex at U Chicago)
  • india (IBM iDataPlex at IU)
  • sierra (IBM iDataPlex at SDSC)
 
Use of FutureGrid

This project requires thousands of runs to study the parameter space.

Scale of Use

Approximately 10K CPU hours

Project Timeline

Submitted
07/02/2013 - 15:45 
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