Spontaneous and explicit symmetry breaking of thermoacoustic eigenmodes in imperfect annular geometries

T Indlekofer, A Faure-Beaulieu, JR Dawson… - Journal of Fluid …, 2022 - cambridge.org
This article deals with the symmetry breaking of azimuthal thermoacoustic modes in annular
combustors. Using a nominally symmetric annular combustor, we present experimental …

Symmetry-breaking in thermoacoustics: theory and experimental validation on an annular system with electroacoustic feedback

SC Humbert, JP Moeck, CO Paschereit… - Journal of Sound and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigate experimentally the linear and nonlinear thermoacoustic
response of an annular combustor model with electroacoustic feedback to study the effects …

Flame transfer functions and dynamics of a closely confined premixed bluff body stabilized flame with swirl

HT Nygård, NA Worth - Journal of Engineering for …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The flame transfer function (FTF) and flame dynamics of a highly swirled, closely confined,
premixed flame is studied over a wide range of equivalence ratios and bulk velocities at a …

Combustion dynamics of annular systems

G Vignat, D Durox, T Schuller… - Combustion Science and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
New results on the dynamics of annular combustors during ignition and combustion
instabilities will be reviewed. Ignition dynamics is considered first by examining experiments …

[HTML][HTML] Azimuthal flame response and symmetry breaking in a forced annular combustor

HT Nygård, G Ghirardo, NA Worth - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
In the current study azimuthal forcing of an annular combustor with swirling flames has been
performed to present for the first time the Heat Release Rate (HRR) response to all possible …

Averaging of thermoacoustic azimuthal instabilities

G Ghirardo, F Gant - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2021 - Elsevier
We consider the acoustic flow field of rotationally symmetric systems, like an annular
combustor and the flow in a round duct, in absence of a mean azimuthal flow field. We focus …

Symmetry breaking in an experimental annular combustor model with deterministic electroacoustic feedback and stochastic forcing

SC Humbert, A Orchini… - … of Engineering for …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In this study, we use an annular combustor experimental model with electroacoustic
feedback to investigate systematically the effect of stochastic forcing and nonuniform flame …

[HTML][HTML] Symmetry breaking modelling for azimuthal combustion dynamics

G Ghirardo, HT Nygård, A Cuquel, NA Worth - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
Annular combustors can exhibit azimuthal thermoacoustic instabilities, which can rotate as a
spinning wave at the speed of sound in the azimuthal direction, oscillate as a standing wave …

Transient thermo-acoustic responses of methane/hydrogen flames in a pressurized annular combustor

B Ahn, T Indlekofer, J Dawson… - … of Engineering for …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The present article experimentally investigates the triggering and transient growth of
azimuthal instabilities in a pressurized laboratory-scale annular combustor featuring 12 …

[HTML][HTML] Tomographic reconstruction of an azimuthally forced flame in an annular chamber

D Govender, H Liu, F Peng, W Cai, NA Worth - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
Azimuthally forced spinning modes on a single ethylene-air swirl flame in an annular
combustor were investigated using phase-averaged three-dimensional (3D) Computed …