Dynamics of swirling flames

S Candel, D Durox, T Schuller… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
In many continuous combustion processes, such as those found in aeroengines or gas
turbines, the flame is stabilized by a swirling flow formed by aerodynamic swirlers. The …

Modeling and analysis of premixed flame dynamics by means of distributed time delays

W Polifke - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The unsteady response of a flame to acoustic or flow perturbations plays a crucial role in
thermoacoustic combustion instability. The majority of studies on this subject presents and …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of combustion instability limit cycle oscillations by combining flame describing function simulations with a thermoacoustic network model

X Han, J Li, AS Morgans - Combustion and Flame, 2015 - Elsevier
Accurate prediction of limit cycle oscillations resulting from combustion instability has been a
long-standing challenge. The present work uses a coupled approach to predict the limit …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Time domain simulations of nonlinear thermoacoustic behaviour in a simple combustor using a wave-based approach

J Li, AS Morgans - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2015 - Elsevier
Lean premixed combustion chambers are susceptible to combustion instabilities arising
from the coupling between the heat release rate perturbations and the acoustic …

Simulation of the flame describing function of a turbulent premixed flame using an open-source LES solver

X Han, AS Morgans - Combustion and Flame, 2015 - Elsevier
Numerical simulations were used to characterise the non-linear response of a turbulent
premixed flame to acoustic velocity fluctuations. The test flame simulated was the bluff body …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical prediction of combustion instability limit cycle oscillations for a combustor with a long flame

J Li, Y Xia, AS Morgans, X Han - Combustion and Flame, 2017 - Elsevier
A coupled numerical approach is investigated for predicting combustion instability limit cycle
characteristics when the combustor contains a long flame. The test case is the ORACLES …

Mixed acoustic–entropy combustion instabilities in gas turbines

E Motheau, F Nicoud, T Poinsot - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014 - cambridge.org
A combustion instability in a combustor terminated by a nozzle is analysed and modelled
based on a low-order Helmholtz solver. A large eddy simulation (LES) of the corresponding …

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 …