The Sandia/ETH-Zurich CO/H 2 /N 2 non-premixed unconfined turbulent jet flame (named 'Flame A') is numerically simulated by solving the unsteady compressible reactive NavierStokes equations in a three-dimensional axisymmetric formulation, hence, in a formally twodimensional domain. The turbulent combustion closure model adopted is the Fractal Model, FM, developed as a subgrid scale model for Large Eddy Simulation. The fuel is injected from a straight circular tube and the corresponding Reynolds number is 16 700, while the air coflows. Since the thickness of the nozzle is 0.88 mm, and the injection velocity high, ∼104 m s −1 , capturing the stabilization mechanism of the actual flame requires high spatial resolution close to the injector. Results are first obtained on a coarse grid assuming a fast-chemistry approach for hydrogen oxidation and a single step mechanism for carbon monoxide oxidation. With this approach the flame is inevitably anchored. Then, to understand the actual flame stabilization a more complex chemical mechanism, including main radical species, is adopted. Since using this chemistry and the coarse grid of previous simulation the flame blows off numerically, attention is focused on understanding the actual flame stabilization mechanism by simulating a small spatial region close to the injection with a very fine grid. Then, analysing these results, an artificial anchoring mechanism is developed to be used in simulations of the whole flame with a coarse grid. Unsteady characteristics are shown and some averaged radial profiles for temperature and species are compared with experimental data.
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