Sensitivity and nonlinearity of thermoacoustic oscillations

MP Juniper, RI Sujith - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Nine decades of rocket engine and gas turbine development have shown that
thermoacoustic oscillations are difficult to predict but can usually be eliminated with …

Linear flow analysis inspired by mathematical methods from quantum mechanics

L Magri, PJ Schmid, JP Moeck - Annual Review of Fluid …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Since its birth in the 1920s, quantum mechanics has motivated and advanced the analysis of
linear operators. In this effort, it significantly contributed to the development of sophisticated …

Understanding the role of flow dynamics in thermoacoustic combustion instability

J O'Connor - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermoacoustic combustion instability is one of the most challenging operational issues in
several high-performance, low-emissions combustion technologies, including gas turbines …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of hydrogen addition on the amplitude and harmonic response of azimuthal instabilities in a pressurized annular combustor

T Indlekofer, B Ahn, YH Kwah, S Wiseman… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work introduces an annular combustion chamber operated at intermediate
pressures. The combustor is operated with CH 4-H 2 blends leading to a variety of azimuthal …

Large eddy simulation of combustion instability in a subcritical hydrogen peroxide/kerosene liquid rocket engine: Intermittency route to period-2 thermoacoustic …

Y Liu, P Liu, Z Wang, W Ao, Y Guan - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents the first numerical evidence of an intermittency route to period-2
thermoacoustic instability in a subcritical singleelement liquid rocket engine burning …

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 …

Adjoint methods as design tools in thermoacoustics

L Magri - Applied Mechanics Reviews, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In a thermoacoustic system, such as a flame in a combustor, heat release oscillations couple
with acoustic pressure oscillations. If the heat release is sufficiently in phase with the …

Effects of liquid fuel/wall interaction on thermoacoustic instabilities in swirling spray flames

EL Schiavo, D Laera, E Riber, L Gicquel… - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
Computational prediction of thermoacoustic instabilities arising in gas turbine and aero-
engine combustors still remains a challenge especially if fuel is injected in a liquid spray …

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 …

Thermoacoustic modes of intrinsic and acoustic origin and their interplay with exceptional points

A Orchini, CF Silva, GA Mensah, JP Moeck - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
We propose a general classification of all the modes of a given thermoacoustic system into
two sets: one of acoustic origin and one of intrinsic thermoacoustic (ITA) origin. To do this …