Aerodynamic effect on atomization characteristics in a swirl cup airblast fuel injector

C Fang, Y Liu, S Wang, C Liu, F Liu, J Yang, K Wang… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
To investigate the influence of swirling air flow field on the spray characteristics and the
droplet behaviors of the swirl cup airblast fuel injector, a single swirler cup and a double …

Experimental investigation on dynamics of spray atomization, ignition, and flame propagation in an annular combustor

Z Zhu, J Hou, C Ma, G Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The combustor employed in small and medium-sized turboshaft engines is characterized by
a small flame tube height and a large distance between adjacent burners, rendering it …

Influence of dual-axial swirler configuration on hydrodynamic stability in combustor

L Xing, Y Li, M Zheng, T Gui, Q Zhang, W Li, J Zeng… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
To improve hydrodynamic stability in a combustor, an unsteady flow analysis method is
needed. Hence, the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) method based on a large eddy …

Insight into the flow dynamics of a high shear injector equipped with center-body: Suppression of precessing vortex core oscillations

S Kumar, S Basu - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
A precessing vortex core (PVC) is a self-excited helical instability that results from the
precession of the vortex core around the flow axis in the upstream region of a vortex …

POD and DMD analysis of dynamic flow structures in the recirculation region of an unconfined swirl cup

T Li, Y Wu, Y Wang, G Song, J Cui, Q Gao… - … Thermal and Fluid …, 2025 - Elsevier
The flow field of the swirl-stabilized combustor plays a significant role in fuel atomization and
flame stability. The experimental investigation of the non-reacting flow field downstream of a …

Effect of Co-and Counterswirl Air on Swirl Airblast Atomization

S Kumar Soni, M Bharti, Y Biswal… - Journal of Propulsion and …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
For swirl-stabilized gas turbine combustor, liquid fuel distribution in the near field dictates
local equivalence ratio, volumetric heat release, and heat transfer to the chamber wall, and …

Insights into the dynamics of full-scale sector combustor isothermal flow field

D Rathod, P Panda, S Basu - Experiments in Fluids, 2025 - Springer
An experimental investigation in a sector (\(20^\circ\)) of a full-scale annular gas turbine
combustor is performed. The sector combustor is optically accessible for the flow and flame …

Spray characteristics and flow topologies of high shear injector at high primary swirl

S Kumar, S Malavalli, S Chaudhuri, S Basu - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present detailed experimental measurements and analysis on the spray-
flow interaction emerging from a newly designed high shear injector. The injector consists of …

Swirling flow and spray atomization interactions in a swirl cup airblast fuel injector: Outer swirler effect

C Fang, K Wang, Y Liu, S Wang, F Liu, J Yang… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The swirl cup airblast fuel injector is widely used in modern low-emission gas turbine
combustors. It is important to understand the underlying physics in the interaction between …

Experimental investigation of performance of high-shear atomizer with discrete radial-jet fuel nozzle: mean and dynamic characteristics

S Kumar, DD Rathod, S Basu - Flow, 2022 - cambridge.org
The present study focuses on the performance of a novel high-shear atomizer with a discrete
radial-jet fuel nozzle to overcome the constraints associated with the simplex-pressure-swirl …