Flame Database

This page contains experimental and numerical datasets for comparison between simulations and experiments. Feel free to download and use the data, but make sure you cite the studies as explained below.

Please note that some downloads are password protected. For access contact: Oliver T. Stein.

CRIEPI jet flame experiment (Hwang et al. 2005)

The following experimental reference data is available for download:

  • Measured velocity, species and temperature data:
    CRIEPIjet_exp_20150221.xls
    Hwang, S.M., Kurose, R., Akamatsu, F., Tsuji, H., Makino, H., Katsuki, M.: Application of optical diagnostics techniques to a laboratory-scale turbulent pulverized coal flame. Energy and Fuels 19, 382–392 (2005), link.

  • Soot measurements:
    CRIEPIjet-Soot-PCI2013.xlsx
    Hayashi, J., Hashimoto, N., Nakatsuka, N., Tsuji, H., Watanabe, H., Makino, H., Akamatsu, F.: Soot formation characteristics in a lab-scale turbulent pulverized coal flame with simultaneous planar measurements of laser induced incandescence of soot and Mie scattering of pulverized coal, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 34, 2435-2443 (2013), link.

    CRIEPIjet-Soot-JTST2016.xlsx
    Hashimoto, N., Hayashi, J., Nakatsuka, N., Tainaka, K., Umemoto, S., Tsuji, H., Akamatsu, F., Watanabe, H., Makino, H.: Primary soot particle distributions in a combustion field of 4kW pulverized coal jet burner measured by time resolved laser induced incandescence (Tire-LII), Journal of Thermal Science and Technology, 11, 16-00387 (2016), link.  

     

For numerical simulations of the CRIEPI flame the following data is provided:

Simulation data is associated with the following publication:

O.T. Stein, G. Olenik, A. Kronenburg, F. Cavallo Marincola, B.M. Franchetti, A.M. Kempf, M. Ghiani, M. Vascellari, C. Hasse, “Towards comprehensive coal combustion modelling for LES”, Flow Turb. Combust. 90:859-884 (2013), link. 


Please cite the studies listed above in any publication using the data. 

 

Cambridge coal burner experiment (Balusamy et al. 2013)

To download the Cambridge coal burner data and for further information regarding the experiment please visit this website

https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.96660

The website contains a detailed description of the geometry and operating conditions of the burner as well as a database of velocity measurements. Please cite the studies listed in the references section in any publication using the data.  

 

Carrier-phase DNS of pulverized coal particle ignition and volatile burning in a turbulent mixing layer (Rieth et al. 2018)

Below we provide carrier-phase direct numerical simulation data of pulverized coal particle ignition and volatile burning in a turbulent mixing layer. The data corresponds to the following papers.

M. Rieth, A.M. Kempf, A. Kronenburg, O.T. Stein, Carrier-phase DNS of pulverized coal particle ignition and volatile burning in a turbulent mixing layer, Fuel 212, 3644 -374 (2018), link.

M. Rieth, A.M. Kempf, A. Kronenburg, O.T. Stein, Corrigendum to "Carrier-phase DNS of pulverized coal particle ignition and volatile burning in a turbulent mixing layer" [Fuel 212 (2018) 364-374], Fuel 315, 123261 (2022), link.

If you are interested in using this data please read the guidelines and send an email to Oliver T. Stein,  to obtain access to the files provided below.

Two sample python scripts that show how to read the data and to calculate some derived quantities can be downloaded here:

python.tar.gz

(Note: 'Data at time =  0 ms' is the data after one timestep; use 'Initial data' for actual initial conditions.)

Data (2.6GB each file)

Initial data

Data at time = 3 ms

Data at time = 7 ms

Data at time =11 ms

Data at time = 0 ms

Data at time = 4 ms

Data at time = 8 ms

Data at time =12 ms

Data at time = 1 ms

Data at time = 5 ms

Data at time = 9 ms

Data at time =13 ms

Data at time = 2 ms

Data at time = 6 ms

Data at time =10 ms

Data at time =14 ms

 

Data without char conversion, i.e. pyrolysis and volatile combustion (2.6GB each file)

Data at time = 0 ms

Data at time = 4 ms

Data at time = 8 ms

Data at time =12 ms

Data at time = 1 ms

Data at time = 5 ms

Data at time = 9 ms

Data at time =13 ms

Data at time = 2 ms

Data at time = 6 ms

Data at time =10 ms

Data at time =14 ms

Data at time = 3 ms

Data at time = 7 ms

Data at time =11 ms

  

 

KIT iron-air Bunsen flame

Details on the burner design, main/coflow conditions and recommended boundary conditions for numerical simulations of the KIT iron-air Bunsen flame are available here.

https://doi.org/10.48328/tudatalib-1250

Mesh, inflow conditions, and numerical reference results will be made available soon.

Further information on the experimental campaign is available in

M. Fedoryk, B. Stelzner, S. Harth, and D. Trimis, “Experimental investigation of the laminar burning velocity of iron-air flames in a tube burner,” Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, vol. 13, p. 100111, Mar. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaecs.2022.100111