Dynamics of lean blowout of a swirl-stabilized flame in a gas turbine model combustor

M Stöhr, I Boxx, C Carter, W Meier - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2011 - Elsevier
Lean blowout (LBO) of a partially premixed swirl flame is studied using chemiluminescence
imaging and simultaneous stereo-PIV and OH-PLIF measurements at repetition rates up to …

Coupled dynamics of lift-off and precessing vortex core formation in swirl flames

Q An, WY Kwong, BD Geraedts, AM Steinberg - Combustion and Flame, 2016 - Elsevier
The lift-off mechanism of swirl stabilized premixed flames was investigated using high
repetition rate OH planar laser induced fluorescence (PLIF), particle image velocimetry …

Flame transfer function saturation mechanisms in a swirl-stabilized combustor

BD Bellows, MK Bobba, A Forte, JM Seitzman… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - Elsevier
An understanding of the amplitude dependence of the flame response to harmonic acoustic
excitation is required in order to predict and/or correlate combustion instability amplitudes …

Bifurcation of flame structure in a lean-premixed swirl-stabilized combustor: transition from stable to unstable flame

Y Huang, V Yang - Combustion and Flame, 2004 - Elsevier
The present work addresses unsteady flame dynamics in a lean-premixed swirl-stabilized
combustor, with attention focused on the transition of flame structure from a stable to an …

Mixing and stabilization study of a partially premixed swirling flame using laser induced fluorescence

D Galley, S Ducruix, F Lacas, D Veynante - Combustion and Flame, 2011 - Elsevier
A laboratory-scale swirling burner, presenting many similarities with gas turbines
combustors, has been studied experimentally using planar laser induced fluorescence …

Turbulent flame stabilization modes in premixed swirl combustion: Physical mechanism and Karlovitz number-based criterion

S Taamallah, SJ Shanbhogue, AF Ghoniem - Combustion and Flame, 2016 - Elsevier
Modern low-emission, lean premixed gas turbine combustion systems often rely on confined
swirling flows associated with sudden expansions to enhance flame anchoring. Through the …

Parametric study of vortex structures and their dynamics in swirl-stabilized combustion

AM Steinberg, CM Arndt, W Meier - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2013 - Elsevier
The dynamics of major flow structures were studied in a gas turbine model combustor for
perfectly premixed swirl-stabilized flames under a variety of reacting and non-reacting …

Fuel effects on lean blow-out in a realistic gas turbine combustor

L Esclapez, PC Ma, E Mayhew, R Xu, S Stouffer… - Combustion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Towards the implementation of alternative jet fuels in aviation gas turbines, testing in
combustor rigs and engines is required to evaluate the fuel performance on combustion …

Bistable swirled flames and influence on flame transfer functions

S Hermeth, G Staffelbach, LYM Gicquel… - Combustion and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Large Eddy Simulations (LES) are used to study a lean swirl-stabilized gas turbine
burner where the flow exhibits two stable states. In the first one, the flame is attached to the …

Nonlinear flame transfer function characteristics in a swirl-stabilized combustor

BD Bellows, MK Bobba, JM Seitzman, T Lieuwen - 2007 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
An understanding of the amplitude dependence of the flame response to acoustic excitation
is required in order to predict and/or correlate combustion instability amplitudes. This paper …