The climate crisis is arguably the most critical issue of our time. To develop effective solutions, such as green hydrogen-fueled gas turbines, complex physical phenomena must be fully understood. This is essential to develop models that accurately predict flame dynamics and pollutant formation in such novel systems. Besides time-consuming and costly experimental investigations, the urgent need for carbon-free fuels makes high-fidelity direct numerical simulations necessary to aid physical understanding and model development.
This team developed a highly scalable simulation code based on nekRS as part of the Center of Excellence in Combustion for the last three years and derived relevant simulation setups from the TU Darmstadt Hydrogen Multi Regime Burner (H2-MRB). These will push the boundaries of H2 mixture prediction and high-pressure simulation far beyond today's limits, enabling new industrial technology.
The team will have regular discussions with their industrial partners to bring our advances and findings into industrial production. Furthermore, the data will be shared with the International Workshop on Measurement and Computation of Turbulent Flames (TNF) to allow the entire scientific combustion community to benefit from the work and accelerate its maturation. Through these diverse dissemination channels, this project aims to make a substantial contribution to the European green transformation.
Mathis Bode, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany