Virtual Chemistry

A Platform for Sharing Virtual Chemical Mechanisms for Reactive Flow Simulations.

This is a lab-maintained hub for downloading validated kinetic schemes, browsing associated publications, and documenting model assumptions, validation ranges, and available file formats.

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Fuel covered · H2

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Schemes in action

Simplified detailed chemistry with virtual chemistry.

2-D laminar Bunsen flame - detailed chemistry (left) vs. this virtual scheme (right) Hydrogen-Air Virtual Scheme (EM2C-V-H2) →

Comparison of detailed/virtual averaged normalized heat release rate in the HYLON burner [1,2] for both attached and lifted flames. Details of the comparison is available in [3]. Experimental data are available in [4] Hydrogen-Air Virtual Scheme (EM2C-V-H2) →

The method

What is a virtual scheme?

A virtual scheme is is a compact set of real and virtual species and virtual reactions whose rate, thermodynamic and transport parameters are optimized to reproduces target flame quantities such as - laminar flame speed, temperature, heat release rate - computed from a reference detailed mechanism.

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Hydrogen-Air Virtual Scheme (EM2C-V-H2)

Hydrogen-air virtual scheme for computations of premixed and counterflow flame configurations.

H2Hydrogen - Air Virtual Scheme (EM2C-V-H2)

2026-03-02

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