1. Reaction Mechanism Convertion

DeepFlame uses yaml reaction mechanisms, which are compatible with Cantera. The following command lines can be used to convert chemkin mechanisms into yaml format.

conda create --name ct-env --channel conda-forge cantera
conda activate ct-env
ck2yaml --input=chem.inp --thermo=therm.dat --transport=tran.dat

Note

Users will need to create a new conda environment other than the one used for DeepFlame’s dependencies, and the channel needs to be conda-forge. Otherwise, there might be an error regarding shared library, libmkl_rt.so.2.

More detailed instruction of converting mechanisms can be found on Cantera official website.

2. Flame Speed

flameSpeed.C is another utility in DeepFlame. The flame is located at the maximum temperature gradient at a certain time, and its speed is equal to the maximum gradient porpagation speed subtracting the inlet speed. To use this utility, simply run the commands below after the simulation.

runApplication reconstructPar
flameSpeed

A log containing flame thickness, flame location, flame proagation speed, and flame speed at each time step will be presented.

Note

This utility only applies to one-dimensional cases. Similar logs can also exit when it is run for two or three dimensional cases, but results are not physical.