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 …

Rijke tube: A nonlinear oscillator

K Manoj, SA Pawar, J Kurths, RI Sujith - Chaos: An Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Dynamical systems theory has emerged as an interdisciplinary area of research to
characterize the complex dynamical transitions in real-world systems. Various nonlinear …

Quenching and amplification of thermoacoustic oscillations in two nonidentical Rijke tubes interacting via time-delay and dissipative coupling

MH Doranehgard, V Gupta, LKB Li - Physical Review E, 2022 - APS
We numerically explore the quenching and amplification of self-excited thermoacoustic
oscillations in two nonidentical Rijke tubes interacting via time-delay and dissipative …

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 …

Thermoacoustics of can-annular combustors

G Ghirardo, C Di Giovine… - … of Engineering for …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Can-annular combustors consist of a set of independent cans, connected on the upstream
side to the combustor plenum and on the downstream side to the turbine inlet, where a …

Combustion dynamics of lean fully-premixed hydrogen-air flames in a mesoscale multinozzle array

T Lee, KT Kim - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
In the near future, lean-premixed hydrogen combustion technology for low-emission gas
turbine engines is expected to be crucial in the effort to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions …

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 …

Synchronization and chimeras in a network of four ring-coupled thermoacoustic oscillators

Y Guan, K Moon, KT Kim, LKB Li - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
We take a complex systems approach to investigating experimentally the collective
dynamics of a network of four self-excited thermoacoustic oscillators coupled in a ring. Using …

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-acoustic interactions through cross-talk area between adjacent model gas turbine combustors

K Moon, H Jegal, J Gu, KT Kim - Combustion and Flame, 2019 - Elsevier
Longitudinal-mode combustion instabilities in can-annular gas turbine combustion systems
are influenced by acoustic interactions between adjacent combustors; these interactions …