OpenFOAM is an open-source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) platform, widely used for the complex fluid flows involving chemical reactions, turbulence, multi-phase, and heat transfer, etc. At the Kurose laboratory, extensive extensions on combustion modeling of gas, solid, and spray fuel flames have been implemented. Some achievements obtained using the in-house solvers and modules developed based on OpenFOAM are as follows.
| Z. An,R. Wang, J. Xing, M. Zhang, R. Kurose. "An experimental and numerical investigation of a liquid ammonia jet flame: spray characteristics close to nozzle and flame structure", Journal of Ammonia Energy, Accepted. | |
| Z. An,R. Wang, R. Mao, et al. "Flame stability and emission characteristics of oxygen-enriched ammonia combustion in a swirl combustor[J]". Energy,135829, (2025). | |
| J. Xing, Z. An, X. Liang, R. Kurose. "Autoignition of Oxygen-Enriched Ammonia Combustion in a Turbulent Mixing Layer under Gas-Turbine-like Conditions", Energy Fuels, 39, 7, 3627–3637, (2025). | |
| J. Xing, Z. An, R. Kurose. "Analysis and flamelet modeling of preferential evaporation in SAF/Jet A spray flames", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 40, 105707, (2024). | |
| J. Xing, K. Luo, R. Kurose. "A direct numerical simulation study on combustion and NO formation of coal/ammonia co-firing flames", Advanced Powder Technology, 35, 104484, (2024). | |
| Z. An, J. Xing, A. L. Pillai, R. Kurose. "Extended flamelet-based models for liquid ammonia combustion and their evaluation in a temporally evolving mixing layer", Fuel, 371, 131964, (2024). | |
| Z. An, W. Zhang, M. Zhang, J. Xing, R. Kai, W. Lin, R. Wang, J. Wang, Z. Huang, R. Kurose. "Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Combustion Characteristics of Cracked Ammonia Flames", Energy & Fuels, 38, 7412-7430, (2024). | |
| Z. An, J. Xing, A. L. Pillai, R. Kurose. "Numerical study on spherical flame propagation in dispersed liquid ammonia droplets", Fuel, 357, 129660, (2024). | |
| J. Xing, A. L. Pillai, R. Kurose. "Heat release rate surrogate for ammonia–hydrogen premixed flames under various conditions", Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 15, 100193, (2023). | |
| J. Xing, Z. An, Y. Zhang, R. Kurose. "Reduced Reaction Mechanisms for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF): Isoparaffinic Alcohol-to-Jet Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (AtJ-SPK) and Its Blends with Jet A", Energy & Fuels, 37, 12274-12290, (2023). | |
| Z. An, J. Xing, R. Kurose. "Numerical study on the phase change and spray characteristics of liquid ammonia flash spray", Fuel, 345, 128229, (2023). | |
| J. Xing, K. Luo, R. Kurose, J. Fan. "An extended flamelet/progress variable model for coal/biomass co-firing flame", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 39, 3227-3237, (2023). |