Intrinsic thermoacoustic instabilities

CF Silva - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2023 - Elsevier
It is accepted that the thermoacoustic behavior of a given combustion system can be
analyzed by investigating how its natural acoustic modes are perturbed by the flame …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A framework for obtaining frequency-dependent stability maps to mitigate thermoacoustic instabilities

HF Ganji, V Kornilov, IL Arteaga, P de Goey… - Combustion and …, 2025 - Elsevier
This paper utilizes Cauchy's argument principle in the frequency domain to develop novel
stability maps, providing guidelines for measures which can be taken to mitigate …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced-order modelling of thermoacoustic instabilities in can-annular combustors

A Orchini, T Pedergnana, PE Buschmann… - Journal of Sound and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermoacoustic instabilities in stationary gas turbines may cause high-amplitude limit
cycles, leading to damaged components and costly down-time. To better understand the …

Perturbation theory of nonlinear, non-self-adjoint eigenvalue problems: simple eigenvalues

GA Mensah, A Orchini, JP Moeck - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2020 - Elsevier
The study of the vibrational modes and stability of a given physical system is strongly tied to
the efficient numerical evaluation of its eigenvalues. The operators governing the …

Interplay of clusters of acoustic and intrinsic thermoacoustic modes in can-annular combustors

GJJ Fournier, F Schaefer… - … for Gas Turbines …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Thermoacoustic systems can exhibit self-excited instabilities of two nature, namely cavity
modes or intrinsic thermoacoustic (ITA) modes. In heavy-duty land-based gas turbines with …

Degenerate perturbation theory in thermoacoustics: high-order sensitivities and exceptional points

A Orchini, L Magri, CF Silva, GA Mensah… - Journal of Fluid …, 2020 - cambridge.org
In this study, we connect concepts that have been recently developed in thermoacoustics,
specifically (i) high-order spectral perturbation theory,(ii) symmetry-induced degenerate …

The nonlinear thermoacoustic eigenvalue problem and its rational approximations: assessment of solution strategies

M Merk, PE Buschmann… - … of Engineering for …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Nonlinear eigenvalue problems (NLEVPs) arise in thermoacoustics by considering the
temporal evolution of small perturbations in the relevant governing equations. In this work …

Robust combustor design based on flame transfer function modification

JGR von Saldern, JM Reumschüssel… - … Journal of Spray …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Operation under stable conditions is an important prerequisite for gas turbine safety. While
recent studies have focused primarily on acoustic design to avoid thermoacoustic …

Robustness and reliability of state-space, frame-based modeling for thermoacoustics

M Cances, L Giraud, M Bauerheim, L Gicquel… - Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
The Galerkin modal expansion is a well-known method used to develop reduced order
models for thermoacoustics. A known issue is the appearance of Gibbs-type oscillations on …