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Zhuyin Ren¹, Stephen B Pope

¹Sibley School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. zr26@cornell.edu

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Area of Science:

Chemical Engineering
Computational Chemistry
Combustion Science

Background:

Detailed chemical kinetics involve numerous species and timescales, posing computational challenges for reactive flow simulations.
Dimension-reduction techniques simplify complex chemical systems by using fewer variables, reducing computational burden.
Complex dynamics in reactive flows require rigorous validation of dimension-reduction methods.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate the capability of the Invariant Constrained-equilibrium Edge Pre-Image Curve (ICE-PIC) dimension-reduction method.
To validate ICE-PIC using calculations of CO/H2 mixture oxidation in a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR).
To assess ICE-PIC's ability to reproduce complex dynamics and predict reaction boundaries.

Main Methods:

Utilized the Invariant Constrained-equilibrium Edge Pre-Image Curve (ICE-PIC) dimension-reduction method.
Performed calculations for CO/H2 mixture oxidation in a CSTR at low pressure.
Employed a detailed chemical kinetic model with 11 species and 33 reactions.

Main Results:

The ICE-PIC method, using five represented species, quantitatively reproduced complex dynamics like oscillatory ignition and glow.
The reduced description accurately predicted the boundaries between slow reaction, oscillatory ignition, and steady ignited states.
Demonstrated the effectiveness of ICE-PIC for dimension reduction in chemically reactive flows with complex dynamics.

Conclusions:

The ICE-PIC method is a capable tool for reducing the complexity of detailed chemical kinetics in reactive flows.
ICE-PIC accurately captures and predicts complex dynamic behaviors, including oscillations and reaction regime boundaries.
This study validates ICE-PIC as a rigorous method for analyzing challenging reactive flow systems.