Thermoacoustic Instability in Combustors

AS Morgans, D Yang - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Thermoacoustic instability is a flow instability that arises due to a two-way coupling between
acoustic waves and unsteady heat release rate. It can cause damaging, large-amplitude …

Characterizing modal exponential growth behaviors of self-excited transverse and longitudinal thermoacoustic instabilities

D Zhao, Y Guan - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Self-excited thermoacoustic instabilities as frequently observed in rocket motors, gas
turbines, ramjets, and aeroengine afterburners are highly detrimental and undesirable for …

Exploration of combustion instability triggering using large eddy simulation of a multiple injector liquid rocket engine

A Urbano, L Selle, G Staffelbach, B Cuenot… - Combustion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This article explores the possibility of analyzing combustion instabilities in liquid rocket
engines by making use of Large Eddy Simulations (LES). Calculations are carried out for a …

Nonlinear interaction between a precessing vortex core and acoustic oscillations in a turbulent swirling flame

JP Moeck, JF Bourgouin, D Durox, T Schuller… - Combustion and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The interaction of a helical mode with acoustic oscillations is studied experimentally in a
turbulent swirl-stabilized premixed flame. In addition to a precessing vortex core (PVC), the …

Modal dynamics of self-excited thermoacoustic instabilities in even and odd numbered networks of lean-premixed combustors

K Moon, D Bae, KT Kim - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Can-to-can acoustic interactions in a circumferential network of lean-premixed combustors
have a prominent role in the development of complicated modal dynamics and large-scale …

A comprehensive investigation of LSTM-CNN deep learning model for fast detection of combustion instability

Z Lyu, X Jia, Y Yang, K Hu, F Zhang, G Wang - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose a deep learning model to detect combustion instability using high-
speed flame image sequences. The detection model combines Convolutional Neural …

Mutual synchronization of two lean-premixed gas turbine combustors: Phase locking and amplitude death

H Jegal, K Moon, J Gu, LKB Li, KT Kim - Combustion and Flame, 2019 - Elsevier
In a can-annular gas turbine combustion system, low-frequency self-excited combustion
instabilities can arise from coupled interactions between adjacent can combustors, rather …

Swirler effects on combustion instabilities analyzed with measured FDFs, injector impedances and damping rates

PR Soundararajan, D Durox, A Renaud, G Vignat… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The influence of the injection system on combustion instabilities is investigated on a
laboratory-scale combustor equipped with a single injector that is weakly-transparent to …

Cross-talk-interaction-induced combustion instabilities in a can-annular lean-premixed combustor configuration

K Moon, H Jegal, C Yoon, KT Kim - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
The prediction of self-excited combustion instabilities in a can-annular gas turbine
combustion system is a significant challenge, mainly because the instabilities originate from …

Combustion instability feedback mechanisms in a lean-premixed swirl-stabilized combustor

KT Kim - Combustion and Flame, 2016 - Elsevier
Constructive interference between heat release rate and acoustic perturbation is
responsible for the growth of acoustic pressure amplitudes, leading to high-amplitude …