Benefits
Fully Coupled Chemistry
Fully coupled for best results
CONVERGE's detailed chemical kinetics solver is a robust tool for modeling detailed chemistry in a variety of systems. The detailed chemistry solver is included in CONVERGE for all users at no extra cost, and it is fully coupled with the flow solver. This unique feature is pivotal to achieving accurate, efficient results.
Let's speed it up
We know that your computational resources are valuable, and CONVERGE employs a variety of acceleration strategies to make its detailed chemistry solver as efficient as possible. Setting up these acceleration strategies is a straightforward process, and you can combine different strategies.
Not only chemistry—automated meshing too!
In addition to fully coupled chemistry, CONVERGE contains automated meshing with Adaptive Mesh Refinement for on-the-fly refinement when and where it's needed. Our powerful meshing tools create an accurate and efficient mesh, which yields grid convergent results in a timely manner. This meshing approach is critical for making appropriate use of the detailed chemistry calculations.
Constantly Innovating
Convergent Science is dedicated to widespread improvements in combustion modeling. To support this goal, we founded the Computational Chemistry Consortium (C3), which brings together industry, academic, and government partners to develop detailed mechanisms that include PAH and NOx chemistry, to create tools for generating surrogate and multi-fuel mechanisms, improve reduction and merging tools, and to validate mechanisms using combustion vessel and engine data. Interested in C3? Learn more here.
Selected Bibliography
Georgia Southern University,
Army Research Laboratory
Abianeh, S.O. and Bravo, L., "A comparison study of predicted pressure-based ignition delay time of n-dodecane fuel using various skeletal kinetic mechanisms," 46th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, AIAA 2016-3961, Washington, D.C., United States, Jun 13-17, 2016. DOI: 10.2514/6.2016-3961
Georgia Southern University,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Wayne State University
Abianeh, S.O., Levins, M., and Chen, C.P., "Pressure-Based Ignition Delay Times Of Non-Premixed Turbulent Jet Flames Using Various Turbulence Models," Proceedings of the ASME 2016 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, ICEF2016-9307, Greenville, SC, United States, Oct 9-12, 2016.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Georgia Southern University,
University of Connecticut
Abianeh, S.O., Oehlschlaeger, M.A., and Sung, C.-J., "Turbulent spray combustion simulations based on a new skeletal mechanism for n-dodecane," ILASS Americas 27th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Raleigh, NC, United States, May 17-20, 2015.
Southwest Research Institute
Abidin, Z., Hoag, K., and Badain, N., "Dilute Combustion Assessment in Large Bore, Low Speed Engines," SAE Paper 2017-01-0580, 2017. DOI: 10.4271/2017-01-0580
Southwest Research Institute
Abidin, Z., Florea, R., and Callahan,, T., "Dual Fuel Combustion Study Using 3D CFD Tool," SAE Paper 2016-01-0595, 2016. DOI: 10.4271/2016-01-0595
For more CONVERGE papers, please check out the bibliography.
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