Benchmark Spray Combustion Database
A benchmark experimental database was developed for input/validation of multiphase combustion models, calibration of instrument/sensors, and development of advanced diagnostics. Numerical simulations of the NIST facility are welcomed by interested parties.
Material available on this site
- Project Description
- Geometry and Initial/Boundary Conditions
- NIST Interagency Reports (NISTIRs) (available as PDF files)
- NISTIR 6458: Characterization of the Inlet Combustion air on NIST's Reference Spray Combustion Facility: Effect of Vane Angle and Reynolds Number
- NISTIR 6286: Benchmark Experimental Database for Multiphase Combustion Model Input and Validation: Baseline Case
- NISTIR 6370 Benchmark Experimental Database for Multiphase Combustion Model Input and Validation: Characterization of the Inlet Combustion Air
- Data available for download (provided in ZIP archives)
- Data described in NISTIR 6458 are available in three files: nist6458d1.zip, nist6458d2.zip, and nist6458d3.zip.
- Data described in NISTIR 6286 are available in two files: nist6286d1.zip, and nist6286d2.zip.
- Data described in Widmann and Presser, 2002 (
paper,
erratum
– see below) are provided in the file
c&f02.zip. This file includes the
following data:
Table Description 1 operating conditions 2 chamber wall temperatures 3 exit gas temperatures A1 uncertainty budget for the fuel flow rate A2 uncertainty budget for the combustion air flow rate A3 radial profiles of the combustion air velocity components near the inlet (z = 1.4 mm) - without the spray flame A4 radial profiles of the combustion air velocity components near the inlet (z = 1.4 mm) - with the spray flame A5 radial profiles of the combustion air velocity components downstream (z = 9.5 and 17.6 mm) - without the spray flame A6 radial profiles of the combustion air velocity components downstream (z = 9.5 and 17.6 mm) - with the spray flame A7 spray characteristics (Sauter mean diameter, number density, volume flux, spray angle) in the spray flame at z = 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65 mm. A8 mean axial and radial velocity components of the fuel droplets in the spray flame A9 concentration of CO, CO2, and methanol at the exit of the reactor - Additional data (inlet mean velocities and velocity size correlations at z - 5, 15 and 55 mm) is provided in file misc.zip.
Publications
Widmann, J.F.; Charagundla, S.R.; Presser, C., Aerodynamic study of a vane-cascade swirl generator, Chem. Eng. Sci., 2000, 55(22), 5311-5320. [ doi:10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00145-7 ]
Widmann, J.F.; Presser, C., A benchmark experimental database for multiphase combustion model input and validation, Combust. Flame, 2002, 129(1-2), 47-86. [ doi:10.1016/S0010-2180(01)00374-1 ]
Widmann, J.F.; Presser, C., Erratum to “A benchmark experimental database for multiphase combustion model input and validation”, Combust. Flame, 2002, 130(4), 386-390. [ doi:10.1016/S0010-2180(02)00450-9 ]
Presser, C., Application of a benchmark experimental database for multiphase combustion modeling, J. Propul. Power, 2006, 22(5), 1145-1149. [ doi:10.2514/1.21638 ]