Resolvent-based modelling of coherent structures in a turbulent jet flame using a passive flame approach

M Casel, K Oberleithner, F Zhang, T Zirwes… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Motivated by the recent success in finding coherent structures in turbulent flows and
describing their noise emission using the Resolvent Analysis (RA), the method is applied to …

Modelling the response of a turbulent jet flame to acoustic forcing in a linearized framework using an active flame approach

TL Kaiser, G Varillon, W Polifke, F Zhang, T Zirwes… - Combustion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study performs a linear mean field analysis of a turbulent reacting methane-air jet flame,
with the goal of predicting the response of the reacting flow to upstream acoustic actuation …

The role of the centerbody wake on the precessing vortex core dynamics of a swirl nozzle

A Mukherjee, N Muthichur… - … for Gas Turbines …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The precessing vortex core (PVC) phenomenon in swirling jets is a helical instability in the
flow driven by the coherent precession of the vortex breakdown bubble (VBB) around the …

FELiCS: a versatile linearized solver addressing dynamics in multi-physics flows

TL Kaiser, S Demange, JS Müller, S Knechtel… - AIAA Aviation 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-3434. vid This manuscript provides
a brief description of the linearized flow solver FELiCS and reviews six applications of the …

The effect of swirling injector geometry on the flow dynamics of precessing vortex core

J Zhu, Y Yang, Y Fang, G Wang, Y Zheng - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Precessing vortex core (PVC), a typical vortex structure, universally exists in swirling flow
fields and originates from the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability of the swirling shear layer. In the …

Impact of a centerbody on the unsteady flow dynamics of a swirl nozzle: Intermittency of precessing vortex core oscillations

S Gupta, S Shanbhogue… - … for Gas Turbines …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The precessing vortex core (PVC) is a self-excited flow oscillation state occurring in swirl
nozzles. This is caused by the presence of a marginally unstable hydrodynamic helical …

Impact of Hydrogen Addition on the Thermoacoustic Instability and Precessing Vortex Core Dynamics in a CH4/H2/Air Technically Premixed Combustor

A Datta, S Gupta, I Chterev… - … of Engineering for …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
We study the impact of H 2 enrichment on the unsteady flow dynamics and thermoacoustic
instability in the prediction and control of instabilities in industrial turbines (PRECCINSTA) …

The effect of diverging angle on flame dynamics of near lean blowout in a centrally staged spray combustor

M Han, Q Xu, J Wang, X Han, K Zheng - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This article focuses on the effect of diverging angle of the pilot stage on swirl spray flame
dynamics near lean blowout conditions in a centrally staged lean premixed pre-vaporized …

A global linearized framework for modelling shear dispersion and turbulent diffusion of passive scalar fluctuations

TL Kaiser, K Oberleithner - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
In the field of gas-turbine engineering, entropy waves and fluctuations in fuel–air mixing are
of significant importance. The impact of either mechanism on thermoacoustic stability of the …

Interacting Linear Modes in the Turbulent Flow of an Industrial Swirled Combustor

L Moczarski, NCW Treleaven, K Oberleithner… - AIAA Journal, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Swirled flows often feature global modes that become manifest as skew-symmetric helical
vortices, also known as precessing vortex cores, which dominate the flow dynamics. This …