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Le rayonnement joue un rôle fondamental dans les problèmes d'incendie puisque c'est le mode dominant de transfert de chaleur entre la flamme et le milieu environnant. Il contrôle la pyrolyse, et donc la puissance de flamme, et la vitesse de croissance de l'incendie. Étudier les flammes de diffusion contrôlées par les forces de flottabilité est une première étape pour comprendre et de prédire les incendies. Le principal objectif de ce travail est de modéliser le transfert radiatif et les processus de production/destruction de la suie dans ce type de flammes. Premièrement, différents modèles de propriétés radiatives des gaz ont été comparés dans des configurations tests. Il est apparu que le modèle FSCK couplé avec le schéma de mélange de Modest et Riazzi est le meilleur compromis entre précision et temps de calcul, ce modèle étant un bon candidat pour être implémenté dans des codes CFD traitant des problèmes d'incendie. Dans un second temps, un modèle de formation/oxydation des suies semi-détaillé, considérant l'acétylène et le benzène comme précurseurs, a été validé dans des flammes de diffusion laminaires de type coflow sur une large gamme d'hydrocarbures (C1-C3) et pour différentes conditions. Ensuite, le FSCK et le modèle de formation/destruction ont été appliqués pour simuler des feux de nappe de méthane et de propane aux échelles du laboratoire et intermédiaire. Les structures de flamme prédites ainsi que les flux radiatif transférés au milieu environnant ont montré un bon accord avec les résultats expérimentaux disponibles. Finalement, les interactions entre le rayonnement et la turbulence ont été quantifiées. / The radiative heat transfer plays an important role in fire problems since it is the dominant mode of heat transfer between flames and surroundings. It controls the pyrolysis, and therefore the heat release rate, and the growth rate of the fire. In the present work a numerical study of buoyant diffusion flames is carried out, with the main objective of modelling the thermal radiative transfer and the soot formation/destruction processes. In a first step, different radiative property models were tested in benchmark configurations. It was found that the FSCK coupled with the Modest and Riazzi mixing scheme was the best compromise in terms of accuracy and computational requirements, and was a good candidate to be implemented in CFD codes dealing with fire problems. In a second step, a semi-empirical soot model, considering acetylene and benzene as precursor species for soot nucleation, was validated in laminar coflow diffusion flames over a wide range of hydrocarbons (C1-C3) and conditions. In addition, the optically-thin approximation was found to produce large discrepancies in the upper part of these small laminar flames. Reliable predictions of soot volume fractions require the use of an advanced radiation model. Then the FSCK and the semi-empirical soot model were applied to simulate laboratory-scale and intermediate-scale pool fires of methane and propane. Predicted flame structures as well as the radiant heat flux transferred to the surroundings were found to be in good agreement with the available experimental data. Finally, the interaction between radiation and turbulence was quantified.

Os processos de conversão de energia tendem a considerar cada vez mais restrições econômicas e ambientais, tornando-se necessário o entendimento da interação entre combustão e turbulência. Esta tese tem como objetivo o desenvolvimento de soluções numéricas para chamas difusivas de metanol e etanol, sob forma de um jato turbulento considerando a formação de NO. Como resultado, obteve-se um mecanismo reduzido de 16 passos para combustão de metanol e outro de 21 passos para etanol, mediante aplicação de análise de sensibilidade para o mecanismo detalhado de Marinov (1999). Estes mecanismos reduzidos foram empregados na simulação, e os resultados foram satisfatórios quando comparados com valores encontrados na literatura. Para determinação da geração de NO na chama, empregou-se o mecanismo de Zel’dovich. Devido a cinética de formação de NO por este mecanismo ser consideravelmente mais lenta do que a taxa de oxidação do combustível principal, foi possível tratar os dois mecanismos separadamente. Os resultados obtidos para formação de NO comparam favoravelmente com dados da literatura. / The energy conversion processes increasingly tend to consider the economical and environmental constraints, making it necessary to understand the interaction between combustion and turbulence. This thesis aims the development of numerical solutions for diffusion flames of methanol and ethanol in the form of a turbulent jet, considering the formation of NO. As a result, a reduced mechanism of 16 steps for methanol combustion and another of 21 steps for etanol combustion was obtained by applying a sensitivity analysis to the detailed mechanism of Marinov (1999). These reduced mechanisms were used in the simulation, and the results were satisfactory when compared with data found in the literature. In order to determine the NO generation in the flame, the Zel’dovich mechanism was applied. Because the NO kinetics formation by this mechanism is considerably slower than the oxidation rate of the main fuel, it was possible to treat the two mechanisms separately. The results obtained for NO formation compare favorably with literature data.

Neste trabalho apresenta-se a modelagem de chamas difusivas na forma de jato, para baixo número de Mach e elevado número de Damköhler. O modelo é baseado na solução das equações na forma flamelet para a parte química e na fração de mistura para o fluxo. Este modelo descreve bem o comportamento de chamas difusivas, exceto na sua extremidade (ponta), onde geralmente surgem instabilidades. Resultados numéricos são apresentados para uma cinética química de uma e multietapas, utilizando a técnica LES (Large-Eddy Simulation) com o modelo de Smagorinsky para a viscosidade turbulenta. A discretização das equações governantes é feita em diferenças finitas, com a aplicação da técnica TVD (Total Variation Diminishing). Além disso, apresentamse mecanismos reduzidos multietapas para o metano, o metanol e o etanol, visando obter resultados realistas. A modelagem de chamas de metanol e etanol diferencia-se da modelagem de chamas de metano por ocorrer uma mudança de fase antes da combustão. Modela-se o efeito global das gotas usando uma descrição Lagrangeana que é incorporada à descrição Euleriana do escoamento, via termos fonte. Testes numéricos foram realizados para chamas difusivas de metano, metanol e etanol, e os resultados estão em concordância com os dados encontrados na literatura. / This work presents a model for a jet diffusion flame, for low Mach and high Damköhler numbers. The model is based on the solution of the flamelet equations for the chemistry and on the mixture fraction for the flow. This model describes well the behavior of diffusion flames, except at the flame tip, where instabilities can often occur. Numerical results are presented for an one-step and multi-step chemical kinetic models, using the LES (Large-Eddy Simulation) technique with the Smagorinsky model for the turbulent viscosity. The discretization of the governing equations follows the finite difference method, with the application of the TVD (Total Variation Diminishing) technique. Besides, multi-step reduced mechanisms for the methane, the methanol and the ethanol are employed, obtaining realistic results. The flame modeling of methanol and ethanol differs from the modeling of methane flames because of a phase change occurs before the combustion. The droplets global effect is modeled based on a Lagrangian description, which is incorporated into the Eulerian description of the flow through source terms. Numerical tests were carried out for methane, methanol and ethanol diffusion flames, and the results compare well with data in the literature.

Laminar axisymmetric syngas-air, syngas-methane mixture-air and biogas-air diffusion fames were studied over the pressure range of 5 to 20 atm to investigate the effect of pressure and dilution on soot formation. Spectral soot emission (SSE) optical diagnostic technique was used to measure the soot volume fraction and soot temperature in these flames. The fuel matrix consisted of three syngas fuels, two syngas-methane mixtures and two biogas fuels. In general, soot formation in syngas-methane mixtures and biogas diffusion flames showed strong pressure dependence at lower pressures but this dependence got weaker at elevated pressures. No soot was detected by SSE diagnostic technique in syngas-air flames at all pressures. The suppressive effect of carbon dioxide on soot formation prevailed at all pressures in syngas-methane mixtures and biogas flames.

Laminar axisymmetric syngas-air, syngas-methane mixture-air and biogas-air diffusion fames were studied over the pressure range of 5 to 20 atm to investigate the effect of pressure and dilution on soot formation. Spectral soot emission (SSE) optical diagnostic technique was used to measure the soot volume fraction and soot temperature in these flames. The fuel matrix consisted of three syngas fuels, two syngas-methane mixtures and two biogas fuels. In general, soot formation in syngas-methane mixtures and biogas diffusion flames showed strong pressure dependence at lower pressures but this dependence got weaker at elevated pressures. No soot was detected by SSE diagnostic technique in syngas-air flames at all pressures. The suppressive effect of carbon dioxide on soot formation prevailed at all pressures in syngas-methane mixtures and biogas flames.

Novel sequential and parallel computational fluid dynamic (CFD) codes based on method of lines (MOL) approach were developed for the numerical simulation of multi-component reacting flows using detailed transport and thermodynamic models. Both codes were applied to the prediction of a confined axisymmetric laminar co-flowing methane-air diffusion flame for which experimental data were available in the literature. Flame-sheet model for infinite-rate chemistry and one-, two-, and five- and ten-step reduced finite-rate reaction mechanisms were employed for methane-air combustion sub-model. A second-order high-resolution total variation diminishing (TVD) scheme based on Lagrange interpolation polynomial was proposed in order to alleviate spurious oscillations encountered in time evolution of flame propagation. Steady-state velocity, temperature and species profiles obtained by using infinite- and finite-rate chemistry models were validated against experimental data and other numerical solutions. They were found to be in reasonably good agreement with measurements and numerical results. The proposed difference scheme produced accurate results without spurious oscillations and numerical diffusion encountered in the classical schemes and hence was found to be a successful scheme applicable to strongly convective flow problems with non-uniform grid resolution. The code was also found to be an efficient tool for the prediction and understanding of transient combustion systems. This study constitutes the initial steps in the development of an efficient numerical scheme for direct numerical simulation (DNS) of unsteady, turbulent, multi-dimensional combustion with complex chemistry.

Neste trabalho apresenta-se a modelagem de chamas difusivas na forma de jato, para baixo número de Mach e elevado número de Damköhler. O modelo é baseado na solução das equações na forma flamelet para a parte química e na fração de mistura para o fluxo. Este modelo descreve bem o comportamento de chamas difusivas, exceto na sua extremidade (ponta), onde geralmente surgem instabilidades. Resultados numéricos são apresentados para uma cinética química de uma e multietapas, utilizando a técnica LES (Large-Eddy Simulation) com o modelo de Smagorinsky para a viscosidade turbulenta. A discretização das equações governantes é feita em diferenças finitas, com a aplicação da técnica TVD (Total Variation Diminishing). Além disso, apresentamse mecanismos reduzidos multietapas para o metano, o metanol e o etanol, visando obter resultados realistas. A modelagem de chamas de metanol e etanol diferencia-se da modelagem de chamas de metano por ocorrer uma mudança de fase antes da combustão. Modela-se o efeito global das gotas usando uma descrição Lagrangeana que é incorporada à descrição Euleriana do escoamento, via termos fonte. Testes numéricos foram realizados para chamas difusivas de metano, metanol e etanol, e os resultados estão em concordância com os dados encontrados na literatura. / This work presents a model for a jet diffusion flame, for low Mach and high Damköhler numbers. The model is based on the solution of the flamelet equations for the chemistry and on the mixture fraction for the flow. This model describes well the behavior of diffusion flames, except at the flame tip, where instabilities can often occur. Numerical results are presented for an one-step and multi-step chemical kinetic models, using the LES (Large-Eddy Simulation) technique with the Smagorinsky model for the turbulent viscosity. The discretization of the governing equations follows the finite difference method, with the application of the TVD (Total Variation Diminishing) technique. Besides, multi-step reduced mechanisms for the methane, the methanol and the ethanol are employed, obtaining realistic results. The flame modeling of methanol and ethanol differs from the modeling of methane flames because of a phase change occurs before the combustion. The droplets global effect is modeled based on a Lagrangian description, which is incorporated into the Eulerian description of the flow through source terms. Numerical tests were carried out for methane, methanol and ethanol diffusion flames, and the results compare well with data in the literature.

Os processos de conversão de energia tendem a considerar cada vez mais restrições econômicas e ambientais, tornando-se necessário o entendimento da interação entre combustão e turbulência. Esta tese tem como objetivo o desenvolvimento de soluções numéricas para chamas difusivas de metanol e etanol, sob forma de um jato turbulento considerando a formação de NO. Como resultado, obteve-se um mecanismo reduzido de 16 passos para combustão de metanol e outro de 21 passos para etanol, mediante aplicação de análise de sensibilidade para o mecanismo detalhado de Marinov (1999). Estes mecanismos reduzidos foram empregados na simulação, e os resultados foram satisfatórios quando comparados com valores encontrados na literatura. Para determinação da geração de NO na chama, empregou-se o mecanismo de Zel’dovich. Devido a cinética de formação de NO por este mecanismo ser consideravelmente mais lenta do que a taxa de oxidação do combustível principal, foi possível tratar os dois mecanismos separadamente. Os resultados obtidos para formação de NO comparam favoravelmente com dados da literatura. / The energy conversion processes increasingly tend to consider the economical and environmental constraints, making it necessary to understand the interaction between combustion and turbulence. This thesis aims the development of numerical solutions for diffusion flames of methanol and ethanol in the form of a turbulent jet, considering the formation of NO. As a result, a reduced mechanism of 16 steps for methanol combustion and another of 21 steps for etanol combustion was obtained by applying a sensitivity analysis to the detailed mechanism of Marinov (1999). These reduced mechanisms were used in the simulation, and the results were satisfactory when compared with data found in the literature. In order to determine the NO generation in the flame, the Zel’dovich mechanism was applied. Because the NO kinetics formation by this mechanism is considerably slower than the oxidation rate of the main fuel, it was possible to treat the two mechanisms separately. The results obtained for NO formation compare favorably with literature data.

Os processos de conversão de energia tendem a considerar cada vez mais restrições econômicas e ambientais, tornando-se necessário o entendimento da interação entre combustão e turbulência. Esta tese tem como objetivo o desenvolvimento de soluções numéricas para chamas difusivas de metanol e etanol, sob forma de um jato turbulento considerando a formação de NO. Como resultado, obteve-se um mecanismo reduzido de 16 passos para combustão de metanol e outro de 21 passos para etanol, mediante aplicação de análise de sensibilidade para o mecanismo detalhado de Marinov (1999). Estes mecanismos reduzidos foram empregados na simulação, e os resultados foram satisfatórios quando comparados com valores encontrados na literatura. Para determinação da geração de NO na chama, empregou-se o mecanismo de Zel’dovich. Devido a cinética de formação de NO por este mecanismo ser consideravelmente mais lenta do que a taxa de oxidação do combustível principal, foi possível tratar os dois mecanismos separadamente. Os resultados obtidos para formação de NO comparam favoravelmente com dados da literatura. / The energy conversion processes increasingly tend to consider the economical and environmental constraints, making it necessary to understand the interaction between combustion and turbulence. This thesis aims the development of numerical solutions for diffusion flames of methanol and ethanol in the form of a turbulent jet, considering the formation of NO. As a result, a reduced mechanism of 16 steps for methanol combustion and another of 21 steps for etanol combustion was obtained by applying a sensitivity analysis to the detailed mechanism of Marinov (1999). These reduced mechanisms were used in the simulation, and the results were satisfactory when compared with data found in the literature. In order to determine the NO generation in the flame, the Zel’dovich mechanism was applied. Because the NO kinetics formation by this mechanism is considerably slower than the oxidation rate of the main fuel, it was possible to treat the two mechanisms separately. The results obtained for NO formation compare favorably with literature data.