Today a new paper (Article Number 200701, January 2007) has been published in the IFRF Combustion Journal (http://www.journal.ifrf.net), entitled:

Scalar variance and the Beta Probability Density Function (PDF)

by: Eduardo A. Brizuela

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:

Eduardo A. Brizuela
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of La Plata
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Tel: (54-221) 423-6692
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This Rapid Communication deals with specific aspects of the modelling of turbulent diffusion flames where the Beta probability distribution is used. The unique aspect of this paper is that the author shows that traditional limiting values for the transport equations, which can cause problems in the iterative solution process, may not be necessary. The Combustion Journal publishes this paper as a Rapid Communication in an effort to make developments available to the scientific community as quickly as possible.

Summary:
This work applies especially to the modelling of turbulent diffusion flames when solving transport equations for a conserved scalar and its variance, and when adopting the Beta PDF as the assumed PDF, which is common practice. The solutions to the transport equations are limited to physically or mathematically valid ranges. However, setting limits to the temporary results during the iterative solution of the numerical model may lead to numerical difficulties, and it would be desirable to avoid them. This paper shows that in the present case there is no need for an upper limit to the variance equation.

Key Words:
turbulent diffusion flames, assumed Beta PDF, limits to moments, probability density function

FULL PAPER:
The full paper may be downloaded from the server, in the “New Papers” section (http://www.journal.ifrf.net/articles.html), by clicking on the Acrobat PDF icon alongside the title.

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