Experimental study of vortex-flame interaction in a gas turbine model combustor

M Stöhr, I Boxx, CD Carter, W Meier - Combustion and flame, 2012 - Elsevier
The interaction of a helical precessing vortex core (PVC) with turbulent swirl flames in a gas
turbine model combustor is studied experimentally. The combustor is operated with air and …

Effects of Damköhler number on vortex–flame interaction in a gas turbine model combustor

M Stöhr, CM Arndt, W Meier - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2013 - Elsevier
The mechanisms of the interaction between a precessing vortex core (PVC) and a turbulent
swirl flame in a gas turbine model combustor are investigated experimentally using …

Formation and flame-induced suppression of the precessing vortex core in a swirl combustor: experiments and linear stability analysis

K Oberleithner, M Stöhr, SH Im, CM Arndt… - Combustion and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The precessing vortex core (PVC) is a coherent flow structure that is often encountered in
swirling flows in gas turbine (GT) combustors. In some swirl combustors, it has been …

Phase averaging of the precessing vortex core in a swirl burner under piloted and premixed combustion conditions

D Froud, T O'doherty, N Syred - Combustion and Flame, 1995 - Elsevier
The flow patterns produced in and past the exhaust of a 100-KW swirl burner have been
investigated experimentally under piloted premixed combustion conditions. The well-known …

Temporally resolved planar measurements of transient phenomena in a partially pre-mixed swirl flame in a gas turbine model combustor

I Boxx, M Stöhr, C Carter, W Meier - Combustion and Flame, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper presents observations and analysis of the time-dependent behavior of a 10kW
partially pre-mixed, swirl-stabilized methane–air flame exhibiting self-excited thermo …

Experimental study of unsteady flame structures of an oscillating swirl flame in a gas turbine model combustor

M Stöhr, R Sadanandan, W Meier - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2009 - Elsevier
Velocity fields and flame structures of a partially premixed swirl flame in a gas turbine model
combustor are measured in axial and transverse sections using simultaneous (Stereo-) PIV …

Phase-resolved characterization of vortex–flame interaction in a turbulent swirl flame

M Stöhr, R Sadanandan, W Meier - Experiments in fluids, 2011 - Springer
The relation between flow field and flame structure of a turbulent swirl flame is investigated
using simultaneous particle image velocimetry (PIV) and planar laser-induced fluorescence …

Investigations of swirl flames in a gas turbine model combustor: I. Flow field, structures, temperature, and species distributions

P Weigand, W Meier, XR Duan, W Stricker… - Combustion and flame, 2006 - Elsevier
A gas turbine model combustor for swirling CH4/air diffusion flames at atmospheric pressure
with good optical access for detailed laser measurements is discussed. Three flames with …

Helical vortex core dynamics and flame interaction in turbulent premixed swirl combustion: A combined experimental and large eddy simulation investigation

S Taamallah, Y Dagan, N Chakroun… - Physics of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
In this study, a combined experimental and Large Eddy Simulation (LES) investigation is
performed to identify the vortical structures, their dynamics, and interaction with a turbulent …

Combustion dynamics of turbulent swirling flames

C Külsheimer, H Büchner - Combustion and flame, 2002 - Elsevier
In the present paper the influence of a periodic excitation of the mass flow rate, varied in
frequency and in amplitude, on the isothermal flow field and on the flame characteristics of …