A review of aircraft subsonic and supersonic combustors

GAQ Abdulrahman, NAA Qasem, B Imteyaz… - Aerospace Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Combustion is an essential process for generating propulsion for most existing aircraft. The
combustion processes, such as ignition, flame propagation, and flame stability, are …

[HTML][HTML] Forced ignition of turbulent spray flames

E Mastorakos - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the current state of knowledge on the initiation of a flame in a spray
through the action of a spark or through local deposition of heat, and the subsequent flame …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of hydrogen addition on the amplitude and harmonic response of azimuthal instabilities in a pressurized annular combustor

T Indlekofer, B Ahn, YH Kwah, S Wiseman… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work introduces an annular combustion chamber operated at intermediate
pressures. The combustor is operated with CH 4-H 2 blends leading to a variety of azimuthal …

Direct numerical simulation of a pulverized coal jet flame employing a global volatile matter reaction scheme based on detailed reaction mechanism

T Hara, M Muto, T Kitano, R Kurose, S Komori - Combustion and Flame, 2015 - Elsevier
A two-step global reaction scheme for the volatile matter of coal is proposed, and the
unsteady coal particle and combustion behaviors in a turbulent pulverized coal jet flame are …

The thickened flame approach for non-premixed combustion: Principles and implications for turbulent combustion modeling

B Cuenot, F Shum-Kivan, S Blanchard - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
Modeling turbulent non-premixed combustion remains a challenge in the context of Large
Eddy Simulation (LES) in complex geometries and for realistic conditions, taking into …

Including real fuel chemistry in LES of turbulent spray combustion

A Felden, L Esclapez, E Riber, B Cuenot, H Wang - Combustion and Flame, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Large Eddy Simulation (LES) is progressively becoming a crucial design tool for the
next generation of aeronautical combustion chambers. However, further improvements of …

Ignition dynamics in an annular combustor for liquid spray and premixed gaseous injection

K Prieur, D Durox, J Beaunier, T Schuller… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - Elsevier
Ignition is of importance in many combustion applications and raises fundamental and
practical issues. The light-round process corresponding to the flame spreading phase in the …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation on spark ignition of annular premixed combustors

E Machover, E Mastorakos - Combustion and Flame, 2017 - Elsevier
The ignition behaviour of a multiple-burner annular combustion chamber consisting of 12 or
18 bluff-body premixed methane-air swirl burners was investigated experimentally. The …

Investigations and improvement of robustness of reduced-order models of reacting flow

C Huang, K Duraisamy, CL Merkle - AIAA Journal, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
The impact of chemical reactions on the robustness and accuracy of projection-based
reduced-order models (ROMs) of fluid flows is investigated. Both Galerkin and least squares …

Impact of direct integration of Analytically Reduced Chemistry in LES of a sooting swirled non-premixed combustor

A Felden, E Riber, B Cuenot - Combustion and Flame, 2018 - Elsevier
Large-eddy simulation (LES) of a swirl-stabilized non-premixed ethylene/air aero-engine
combustor experimentally studied at DLR is performed, with direct integration of Analytically …