Catalytically Stabilized Combustion of Methane

当包括详细、精确的化学动力学时，超级计算机对于流体动力学方程的数值解是必要的。在本研究中，甲烷在催化板表面的燃烧将进行数值研究，并与在其他货币上支持的实验程序并行。通过这种方式，这种现象的模型的有效性将以一种通用的方式进行测试，为预测燃烧技术提供了一个飞跃。可靠的燃烧预测技术将减轻未来设计人员传统的“切割和焊接”方法的负担和费用。催化反应尤其如此，因为它们有可能更有效地控制汽车和燃气涡轮发动机的燃烧。

When detailed, accurate chemical kinetics are included, supercomputers are necessary for the numerical solution of fluid dynamics equations. In the present study, the combustion of methane at the surface of a catalytic plate will be studied numerically, in parallel with an experimental program supported on other monies. In this manner, validity of the models for such phenomena will be tested in a generic fashion, providing a leap forward in predictive combustion techniques. Reliable combustion predictive techniques would relieve tomorrow's designers of the burden and expenses of the traditional "cut and weld" approach. This is especially true of catalytic reactions, as they have the potential for a more efficient control of combustion in automobile and gas turbine engines.