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    Combustion is often very sensitive to inlet boundary conditions. Poor IC may cause divergence due to the number and nonlinearity of the transport equations. Try to increase all URF's to as close to defaults as possible (and at least 0. For T, P-1, swirl and species)

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    Combustion is often very sensitive to inlet boundary conditions. Poor IC may cause divergence due to the number and nonlinearity of the transport equations. Try to increase all URF's to as close to defaults as possible (and at least 0. For T, P-1, swirl and species)

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    Combustion is often very sensitive to inlet boundary conditions. Poor IC may cause divergence due to the number and nonlinearity of the transport equations. Try to increase all URF's to as close to defaults as possible (and at least 0. For T, P-1, swirl and species)

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    Combustion is often very sensitive to inlet boundary conditions. Poor IC may cause divergence due to the number and nonlinearity of the transport equations. Try to increase all URF's to as close to defaults as possible (and at least 0. For T, P-1, swirl and species)

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    The document discusses guidelines and best practices for combustion modeling in Fluent, including considerations for mesh resolution, boundary conditions, initial conditions, discretization, turbulence modeling, and judging convergence.

    Guidelines provided include starting in 2D, determining applicable model physics, mesh resolution requirements, solution parameters and convergence settings, boundary conditions, initial conditions, underrelaxation factors, discretization, discrete phase modeling, spray modeling, chemical kinetics models, radiation modeling, and turbulence modeling.

    Factors that can affect convergence include underrelaxation factors, discretization, discrete phase modeling parameters, spray modeling parameters, chemical kinetics models, and turbulence modeling choices.

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    Combustion Guidelines
    Start in 2D
    Determine applicability of model physics Mesh resolution requirements (resolve shear layers) Solution parameters and convergence settings

    Boundary conditions
    Combustion is often very sensitive to inlet boundary conditions
    Correct velocity and scalar profiles can be critical

    Wall heat transfer is challenging to predict; if known, specify wall temperature instead of external convection/radiation BC

    Initial conditions
    While steady-state solution is independent of the IC, poor IC may cause divergence due to the number and nonlinearity of the transport equations Cold flow solution, then gas combustion, then particles, then radiation For strongly swirling flows, increase the swirl gradually
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    Combustion Guidelines
    Underrelaxation factors
    The effect of underrelaxation is highly non-linear
    Decrease the diverging residual URF in increments of 0.1 Underrelax density when using the mixture-fraction PDF model (0.5) Underrelax velocity for high buoyancy flows Underrelax pressure for high speed flows

    Once solution is stable, attempt to increase all URFs to as close to defaults as possible (and at least 0.9 for T, P-1, swirl and species)

    Discretization
    Start with first order, then converge with second order to improve accuracy Second order discretization especially important for tri/tet meshes

    Discrete Phase Model - to increase stability


    Increase number of stochastic tracks (or use particle cloud model) Decrease DPM URF and increase number of gas phase iterations per DPM
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    Combustion Guidelines
    Spray Model
    If particles are generated from atomizer use one of appropriate atomizer model. This will greatly speed up the problem setup process.

    Magnussen model
    Defaults to finite-rate/eddy-dissipation (Arrhenius/Magnussen)
    For nonpremixed (diffusion) flames turn off finite-rate Premixed flames require Arrhenius term so that reactants dont burn prematurely May require a high temperature initialization/patch

    Use temperature dependent cps to reduce unrealistically high temperatures

    Mixture fraction PDF model


    Model of choice if underlying assumptions are valid Use adequate numbers of discrete points in look-up tables to ensure accurate interpolation (no effect on run-time expense) Use beta PDF shape

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    Combustion Guidelines
    Detailed Chemistry Models (Laminar, EDC, PDF-transport)
    should be used when you are interested in simulating finite-rate chemical kinetic effects in turbulent reacting flows With an appropriate chemical mechanism, kinetically-controlled species such as CO and NOx, as well as flame extinction and ignition, can be predicted. start your modeling with small grids, and preferably in 2D. Use ISAT to speed up the calculation

    Radiation
    Enable WSGGM (domain based) for hydrocarbon combustion If optical thickness aL > 1, consider P-1 for most cost-effective radiation modeling
    Plot contours of absorption coefficient a to determine aL

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    Combustion Guidelines
    Turbulence
    Start with standard k- Switch to RNG k- , Realizable k- or RSM to obtain better agreement with data and/or to analyze sensitivity to the turbulence model

    Judging Convergence
    Residuals should be less than 10-3 except for T and P-1 and species, which should be less than 10-6 The mass and energy flux reports must balance Monitor variables of interest (e.g. mean temperature at the outlet) Ensure contour plots of field variables are smooth, realistic and steady

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    Summary
    Combustion modeling is considered a priority at Fluent, Inc. We have tremendous in-house expertise in combustion modeling.
    Industrial experience World-class developers and consultants

    The range of physical models for combustion applications continues to grow. We are dedicated to providing better service to our customers; we appreciate and encourage your feedback!

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