Validation of the RANS-SOM Combustion Model Using Direct Numerical Simulation of Incompressible Turbulent Reacting Flows

Abstract

The second-order moment combustion moGel, proposed by the authors is validated using the direct numerical simulation (DNS) of incRmpressible turbulent reacting Fhannel flows. The instantaneous DNS results show the near-wall strip structures of concentration and temperature fluctuations. The DNS statistical results give the budget of the terms in the correlation equations, showing that the production and dissipation terms are most important. The DNS statistical data are used to validate the closure model in RANS second-order moment (SOM) combustion model. It is found that the simulated diffusion and production terms are in agreement with the DNS data in most flow regions, except in the near-wall region, where the near-wall modification should be made, and the closure model for the dissipation term needs further improvement. The algebraic second-order moment (ASOM) combustion model is well validated by DNS.