TY  - EJOU
AU  - Oyewola, O. M. 
AU  - Ismail, O. S. 
AU  - Bosomo, J. O. 

TI  - NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF THE EFFECT OF TURBULENCE IN  THE THERMAL-RADIATION FLOW FIELD
T2  - Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer

PY  - 2021
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
SN  - 2151-8629

AB  - This paper investigates possible inherent modifications of the radiative heat source term due to the influence of turbulence in the thermal radiation field 
of a gas turbine combustor flame. Adapting a flame temperature of 2000[K], COMSOL Multiphysics software was utilized to numerically simulate the 
process, assuming a gray gas participating medium with absorption coefficient of 0.03[m<sup>-1</sup>]. The analysis of the results for five (5) different radial cut 
sections of the simulated combustor chamber shows that turbulence-radiation interactions cause radiative heat losses from the flame, with the 
divergence of the radiative heat flux having a deviation factor of 3.48, and a 1.43% reduction in the local flame temperature, as observed at a critical 
radial section of the combustor chamber.
KW  - Radiative heat source term
KW  -  gas turbine combustor
KW  -  flame temperature
KW  -  turbulence-radiation interactions

DO  - 10.5098/hmt.17.8