The influence of cooling air jets on the premixed flame structure and stability of air-cooled bluff-body flameholder

Y Chen, Y Fan, Q Han, X Shan, Y Bi, Y Deng - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
An air jet cooling method is adopted to reduce the temperature of the trailing edge wall of a
bluff-body flameholder. The added cooling air jets would rebuild the flow field and reduce …

Blowoff of bluff body flames: Transient dynamics and three dimensional effects

RM Kumar, S Adhikari, B Emerson, CA Fugger… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work examines the dynamics of confined bluff body flames in the process of lean
blowoff (LBO) using simultaneous stereo-PIV (particle image velocimetry), OH PLIF (planar …

Mean pressure gradient effects on the performance of ramjet cavity stabilized flames

AJ Morales, DM Smerina, MR Thornton… - Aerospace Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Premixed cavity stabilized flames are experimentally investigated in a high-speed ramjet
engine under the influence of varying mean pressure gradients. The ramjet cavity …

Experimental study on combustion and flow resistance characteristics of an afterburner with air-cooled bluff-body flameholder

Y Chen, Y Fan, XS Bai, L Xu, X Shan, Y Bi… - Aerospace Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the afterburner assembled with an air-cooled bluff-body flameholder, cooling air is directly
injected into the recirculation zone behind the bluff-body, which can reduce the local …

Investigation of the applicability of conditioned particle image velocimetry under conditions close to lean blow-off

X Wang, K Liu, C Fu, J Yu, Y Gao - Experiments in Fluids, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, conditioned particle image velocimetry (CPIV) has attracted much attention
for flame front extraction. It is an economical and straightforward technique because the …

Pressure gradient tailoring effects on vorticity dynamics in the near-wake of bluff-body premixed flames

SHR Whitman, TJ Souders, MA Meehan… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
We investigate the role of mean streamwise pressure gradients in the development of a bluff-
body-stabilized premixed flame in the near-wake of the bluff body. To this end, a triangular …

The role of flow confinement on turbulent kinetic energy transfer across premixed flames

AJ Morales, M Thornton, TGM Tonarely Jr… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The interaction between turbulent flows and premixed flames remains a significant topic of
interest for improved modeling efforts and the advancement of clean and efficient …

Production and transport of turbulent kinetic energy from premixed flames subjected to mean pressure gradients

AJ Morales, MK Geikie, KA Ahmed - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2023 - Elsevier
The influence of mean favorable pressure gradients on the production and transport of
turbulent kinetic energy is experimentally investigated in a premixed bluff-body combustor …

Curvature effects on a bluff-body wake

B Sukuroglu, Y Yalcinkaya, AG Gungor - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This paper prioritizes advancing the understanding of curvature effects on bluff-body wakes
to address the possible influence of wake and vorticity dynamics of non-reacting flows inside …

Investigation of Lean Blow Off Limits of a Spray Flame in a Laboratory-Scale RQL-Type Burner

J Nagao… - … Expo: Power for …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This experimental study explores the stability of an ethanol spray flame under conditions
close to lean blow-off (LBO) in a rich-quench-lean (RQL)-type combustor. The combustor …