TY - GEN
T1 - Comparative analysis of chemical kinetic models using the Alternate Species Elimination (ASE) approach
AU - Peters, Nathan D.
AU - Akih-Kumgeh, Ben
AU - Bergthorson, Jeffrey M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 by ASME.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - A major thrust in combustion research is the development of chemical kinetic models for computational analysis of various combustion processes. Significant deviations can be seen when comparing predictions of these models against experimentally determined combustion properties over a wide range of operating conditions and mixture strengths. However, these deviations vary from one model to another. It would be insightful in such circumstances to elucidate the species and sub chemistry models which lead to the varying prediction ability in various models. In this work we apply the Alternate Species Elimination (ASE) method to selected mechanisms in order to analyze their predictive ability with respect to propane and syngas combustion. ASE is applied to a homogeneous reactor undergoing ignition. The ranked species of each model are compared based on their Normalized Change. We further provide skeletal versions of the various models for propane and syngas combustion analysis. It is observed that this approach provides an easy way to determine the chemical species which are central to predictive performance of a model in their order of importance. It also provides a direct way to compare the relative importance of chemical species in the models under consideration. Further development and indepth analysis could provide more information and guidance for model improvement.
AB - A major thrust in combustion research is the development of chemical kinetic models for computational analysis of various combustion processes. Significant deviations can be seen when comparing predictions of these models against experimentally determined combustion properties over a wide range of operating conditions and mixture strengths. However, these deviations vary from one model to another. It would be insightful in such circumstances to elucidate the species and sub chemistry models which lead to the varying prediction ability in various models. In this work we apply the Alternate Species Elimination (ASE) method to selected mechanisms in order to analyze their predictive ability with respect to propane and syngas combustion. ASE is applied to a homogeneous reactor undergoing ignition. The ranked species of each model are compared based on their Normalized Change. We further provide skeletal versions of the various models for propane and syngas combustion analysis. It is observed that this approach provides an easy way to determine the chemical species which are central to predictive performance of a model in their order of importance. It also provides a direct way to compare the relative importance of chemical species in the models under consideration. Further development and indepth analysis could provide more information and guidance for model improvement.
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U2 - 10.1115/GT2014-25805
DO - 10.1115/GT2014-25805
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84961299993
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo
BT - Combustion, Fuels and Emissions
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME Turbo Expo 2014: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition, GT 2014
Y2 - 16 June 2014 through 20 June 2014
ER -