Nonidealities in rotating detonation engines

V Raman, S Prakash, M Gamba - Annual Review of Fluid …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
A rotating detonation engine (RDE) is a realization of pressure-gain combustion, wherein a
traveling detonation wave confined in a chamber provides shock-based compression along …

Experimental study on suppressing pressure feedback and combustion product backflow of the rotating detonation engine

X Yang, F Song, Y Wu, J Zhou, X Chen, J Kang… - Aerospace Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
To further improve the feedback suppression effect of rotating detonation engines (RDEs),
an optimized Tesla valve inlet structure (TVI-II) was designed on the basis of the previous …

Simultaneous 100-kHz acetone planar laser-induced fluorescence and OH* chemiluminescence in a linear non-premixed detonation channel

ZM Ayers, A Lemcherfi, EW Plaehn, RM Gejji… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Reactant mixing and combustion are investigated in an optically accessible, self-excited
linear detonation combustor. The mixing field is captured using 100 kHz planar laser …

Experimental study on tesla valve and bypass manifold to suppress feedback of rotating detonation engine fuel by kerosene

X Yang, F Song, Y Wu, J Zhou, Z Yang, Y Kou - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effects of the Tesla valve intake structure with or without bypass manifold
on suppressing pressure feedback and combustion product backflow in rotating detonation …

Liquid fuel refill dynamics in a rotating detonation combustor using megahertz planar laser-induced fluorescence

MW Hoeper, AM Webb, V Athmanathan… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
The highly dynamic response of a continuously injected liquid fuel jet to rotating detonation
waves is a critical parameter in the design, performance optimization, and modeling of a …

Methane-oxygen rotating detonation exhaust thermodynamics with variable mixing, equivalence ratio, and mass flux

AP Nair, DD Lee, DI Pineda, J Kriesel… - Aerospace Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Time-resolved in situ measurements of thermodynamic properties (pressure, temperature
and species density) were performed in the annular exhaust of a methane-oxygen rotating …

Experimental investigation of rotating detonation rocket engines for space propulsion

RD Smith, SB Stanley - Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
The performance (specific impulse, I sp) of a modular, 150-lb f-class rotating detonation
rocket engine (RDRE) was measured with three gaseous fuels (methane, ethane, and …

Self-excited wave stabilization in a linear detonation combustor

M Ullman, S Prakash, D Jackson, V Raman… - Combustion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Detonative combustors, such as rotating detonation engines, have increasingly been viewed
as next-generation propulsion and power generation systems because they offer higher …

Two-dimensional temperature in a detonation channel using two-color OH planar laser-induced fluorescence thermometry

SW Grib, CA Fugger, PS Hsu, N Jiang, S Roy… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work demonstrates single-shot, two-dimensional temperature measurements in a
premixed linear detonation channel using two-color OH planar laser-induced fluorescence …

Analysis of weak secondary waves in a rotating detonation engine using large-eddy simulation and wavenumber-domain filtering

G Vignat, D Brouzet, M Bonanni, M Ihme - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
Rotating detonation engines (RDEs) are pressure-gain combustion devices which allow for
a compact and mechanically simple engine design with improved thermodynamic efficiency …