Reduced-Order Kinetic Models for Real Fuels Applicable to High-Pressure Turbulent Flows

Gas turbine combustion plays an important role in a range of Army systems critical to fulfilling the Armys strategic mission. Since high-performance gas turbine propulsion systems operate under highly turbulent high-pressure flow conditions, reliable computational design support tools are used to supplement expensive experimental and flight test programs. In order to provide the desired predictive capabilities on system performance, accurate yet computationally-tractable kinetic models validated at these extreme turbulent conditions play a critical role in the application of these computational design support tools. Under this program, CRAFT Tech and the University of Virginia will develop methodologies and procedures to generate reduced-order kinetic models for JP-8-like fuels suitable for large scale computational analysis that account for the effect of turbulent flame interactions on chemical kinetic pathways. These kinetic models will be implemented into self-contained modules to facilitate portability via an Application Programming Interface (API).