Welcome to OpenSMOKE++

OpenSMOKE++ is a general framework developed by the CRECK Modeling Lab for numerical simulations of reacting systems with detailed kinetic mechanisms, including thousands of chemical species and reactions.

User-friendly

OpenSMOKE++ framework can handle simulations of ideal reactors, shock-tubes, rapid compression machines, laminar 1D flames and multidimensional reacting flows

Fast

OpenSMOKE++ adopts advanced numerical techniques able to reduce the computational cost, without sacrificing the accuracy and the robustness of the calculations

Free

OpenSMOKE++ is completely free for Academic use! We only ask you to register on our website and cite OpenSMOKE++ in your publications

OpenSMOKE++ can handle simulations of ideal reactors, shock-tubes, rapid compression machines, 1D laminar flames and multidimensional reacting systems, and it provides useful numerical tools such as the sensitivity and rate of production analyses.

OpenSMOKE++ is distributed in three main packages.

OpenSMOKE++ Suite

Simulation of ideal reactors (batch, plug-flow, perfectly stirred reactors), shock-tubes, rapid compression machines, laminar 1D flames (freely propagating and burner stabilized flames, counter-flow diffusion flames)

OpenSMOKE++4OpenFOAM

Solvers for steady-state and unsteady reacting flows in arbitrarly complex multidimensional geometries with detailed kinetic mechanisms (based on OpenFOAM)

DoctorSMOKE++

Automatic reduction of detailed kinetic mechansims to a skeletal level, to allow their use in large scale CFD simulations. DoctorSMOKE++ is currently under testing. We plan to release it in a few months.

News from OpenSMOKE++

New paper on combustion of isolated fuel droplets

🌍🚀 Happy to share our latest publication on combustion of n-propylbenzene. The work is a collaboration between CRECK Modeling, Cornell University, Clemson University, and NASA Glenn Research Center!

New paper on modeling evaporation of suspended droplets

🎉 Congratulations to Edoardo Cipriano on his latest research publication! I’m happy to share this work, published in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
The work is a collaborative effort between CRECK Modeling and Prof. Popinet from Sorbonne Université in Paris, and it introduces a robust volume-of-fluid VOF model for simulating the evaporation of suspended droplets under various gravity conditions—essential for applications from combustion to microgravity studies. 🌍🚀

🔗 Open to the community: The framework is available on the open-source Basilisk platform, offering a valuable tool for researchers and engineers.

Explore the full paper and model here: https://l nkd.in/dptyFnP9

PhD Position available!

The CRECK Modeling Lab is looking for candidates for a PhD position for a research project in collaboration with Department of Energy on hydrogen combustion 🔥. The project aims at developing and optimizing new burners fed with hydrogen to enhance efficiency, ensure safety, and minimize pollutant emissions.

Publications

The OpenSMOKE++ tools are described in the following papers:

Cuoci, A., Frassoldati, A., Faravelli, T., Ranzi, E., Computer Physics Communications, 192, pp. 237-264 (2015), DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2015.02.014

Cuoci, A., Frassoldati, A., Faravelli, T., Ranzi, E., (2013) Energy and Fuels, 27 (12), pp. 7730-7753 (2013), DOI: 10.1021/ef4016334

Stagni, A., Cuoci, A., Frassoldati, A., Faravelli, T., Ranzi, E., Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 53 (22), pp. 9004-9016 (2016), DOI: 10.1021/ie403272f

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