The conditional moment closure model

Abstract

The relatively recent Conditional Moment Closure methods for turbulent reacting flows have advanced from application to relatively well behaved, simple laboratory flames to complex flow geometries and flame conditions with intense turbulence-chemistry interactions. The progress on second order closures, double conditioning approaches, two-phase and premixed CMC is reviewed in the first part of this chapter, while the second part is largely dedicated to numerical methods to solve the CMC equations and to the model's capability to address questions of direct engineering interest such as the modelling of diesel engine combustion and the analysis of flame stabilization mechanisms. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011.