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 …

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 …

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 …

Investigation of flame structure and precessing vortex core instability of a gas turbine model combustor with different swirler configurations

A Mardani, B Asadi, AA Beige - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Numerical simulation of a dual-swirl gas turbine model combustor is performed under cold
and reacting flow conditions using a three-dimensional unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier …

Effects of Damköhler number on vortex–flame interaction

K Ahn, HY Kenneth - Combustion and Flame, 2012 - Elsevier
Oscillating heat release associated with large-scale vortex structures in a dump combustor
was investigated experimentally. The objectives were to understand vortex–heat release …

Coupled interactions of a helical precessing vortex core and the central recirculation bubble in a swirl flame at elevated power density

R Zhang, I Boxx, W Meier, CD Slabaugh - Combustion and Flame, 2019 - Elsevier
The PRECCINSTA GTMC was studied at elevated pressure and power density with 6 kHz
stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (SPIV), OH* chemiluminescence (CL), and 100 kHz …

A review of oscillation mechanisms and the role of the precessing vortex core (PVC) in swirl combustion systems

N Syred - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the occurrence of the precessing vortex core (PVC) and other
instabilities, which occur in, swirl combustion systems whilst identifying mechanisms, which …

Studies of the precessing vortex core in swirling flows

MO Vigueras-Zuniga, A Valera-Medina… - Journal of applied …, 2012 - scielo.org.mx
Large scale coherent structures play an important role in the behavior of the combustion
regime inside any type of combustor stabilized by swirl, with special impact on factors such …

Phase-opposition control of the precessing vortex core in turbulent swirl flames for investigation of mixing and flame stability

F Lückoff, M Sieber… - … of Engineering for …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The precessing vortex core (PVC) is a helically shaped coherent flow structure that occurs in
reacting and nonreacting swirling flows undergoing vortex breakdown. In swirl-stabilized …

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 …