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DOE OSTI2012

Impact of Feed Injection Strategies on Fluidization Dynamics for Biomass Thermochemical Conversion

To better understand some of the key parameters that control biomass conversion processes in dense granular beds, an efficient computational framework for large-scale simulations of dense, reactive particulate flows using a Lagrange-Euler approach has been developed. This framework is applied here to the investigation of feed injection in a hot fluidized bed reactor, and how it may impact the biomass conversion dynamics. A simple, pseudo-two dimensional configuration is adopted to facilitate the parametric study. Chemical processes are modeled using global kinetics that accurately reproduce particle mass loss and gas release. A posteriori analysis of particle heating rate, mixing and segregation, along with products distribution and residence time inside the reactor is performed for different injection strategies, and compared to non-reactive cases. Results highlight some non-trivial coupling between chemistry and flow dynamics.

09 BIOMASS FUELS↗
DOE OSTI2015

Mixed-Precision Spectral Deferred Correction: Preprint

Convergence of spectral deferred correction (SDC), where low-order time integration methods are used to construct higher-order methods through iterative refinement, can be accelerated in terms of computational effort by using mixed-precision methods. Using ideas from multi-level SDC (in turn based on FAS multigrid ideas), some of the SDC correction sweeps can use function values computed in reduced precision without adversely impacting the accuracy of the final solution. This is particularly beneficial for the performance of combustion solvers such as S3D [6] which require double precision accuracy but are performance limited by the cost of data motion.

97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING↗
DOE OSTI2014

Direct Numerical Simulation of Particle Behaviour in a Gas-Solid Three Dimensional Plane Jet

In this paper, direct numerical simulations (DNS) of a three-dimensional (3D), non-reacting, temporally evolving planar jet laden with mono-dispersed solid particles in the two-way coupling (TWC) regime are performed. Three different particles Stokes numbers (St = 0.1, 1, 10) have been considered. This has been achieved by varying the particle diameter while keeping the particle mass loading (fm = 1) and the jet Reynolds number (Rejet = 2000) unchanged. The objective is to study the effect of the particle Stokes number TWC regime on the temporal development of the planar jet. Two-way coupled momentum and heat transfer has been studied by investigating mean relative velocity and temperature. Results indicate that the relative parameters are more pronounced on the edges of the jet and decrease in time in general. At the center of the jet however, the mean value first increases and then decreases again. Additionally, lighter particles spread farther than heavier particles from the center of the jet. Furthermore, the heavier particles delay the development of the jet due to TWC effects.

97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING↗
DOE OSTI2018

Fuel Property Characterization and Prediction

This presentation describes the progress made over the last year on the Fuel Property Characterization and Prediction tasks as part of the CoOptima program under the Vehicle Technologies Office. The tasks reviewed are: Fuel Property Blending Model (F.1.2.2 and F.1.2.3), the Heat of Vaporization Measurement for Full Boiling Range Fuels (F.1.3.2), and the Flow Reactor Autoignition Kinetic Mechanism Development and Validation (F.2.1.4) tasks.

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS↗
DOE OSTI2019

Numerical Simulations of the Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Round Turbulent Jet

We explore the fundamental connection between properties of a supercritical fluid and observed behavior of the flow by comparing simulations of a supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) round jet to canonical simulations using an ideal gas model. sCO2 has desirable behavior that can improve power density compared to traditional fluids for applications involving closed-cycle gas turbines, heat transmission, and hydraulic fracturing while facilitating carbon sequestration. While literature exists focusing on the prospects of sCO2 in various industries, the quantities of interest studied tend to be application specific whereas our investigation generalizes across multiple applications. The Soave-Redlich-Kwong equation of state is utilized to close our system of equations; we use a second order finite volume method in conjunction with adaptive mesh refinement as implemented in PeleC. The jet is at p=10 MPa and T=600 K in order to maintain a single-phase fluid. Quantities of interest for this study include the mean axial velocity and Reynolds stresses.

97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING↗