C3MechLite: An integrated component library of compact kinetic mechanisms for low-carbon, carbon neutral and zero-carbon fuels

Based on our latest detailed chemical reaction mechanism, C3MechV4.0, we have developed two reduced reaction mechanisms—C3MechLite and C3MechCore—targeting C 0 –C 3 chemical species including NH₃. C3MechLite (61 species), contains a number of species comparable to GRI-Mech (53 species), that can accurately predict the combustion characteristics of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, ammonia, methane, natural gas, nitrogen oxides, and their mixtures for a wide range of conditions. C3MechCore (118 species) targets a more comprehensive range of C 0 –C 3 fuels, including ammonia, methanol, ethanol, and dimethyl ether. Both mechanisms demonstrate predictive accuracy comparable to C3MechV4.0 for the combustion characteristics of the target fuels. C3MechLite is designed with a component library structure, enabling further reduction in mechanism size depending on the fuel(s) of interest for 2D/3D numerical simulations. Various combinations of component libraries were validated, and the average prediction error remains within 1 % compared to C3MechLite. Furthermore, the mechanism was applied to 3D LES simulations of H 2 lifted flames and was confirmed to reproduce flame characteristics with high accuracy. C3MechLite and its component library structure enable high-fidelity and computationally efficient chemical kinetic mechanisms, paving the way for application in more complex combustion simulations. An integrated component library of compact kinetic mechanism is created based on C3MechV4.0, a comprehensive detailed chemical kinetic mechanism. The component library allows users to flexibly control the size of a mechanism to reduce computational costs without losing prediction accuracy. A new reduced chemical kinetic mechanism, C3MechLite, has a comparable number of chemical species (61 species) compared to GRI-Mech (53 species) and is applicable to a wider range of conditions (fuel blends, temperature and pressure) than GRI-Mech, with a comparable level of prediction accuracy as the detailed mechanism. The proposed component library and C3MechLite can be utilized in various simulation types and provide more accurate information of complex combustion phenomena.