A review of aircraft subsonic and supersonic combustors

GAQ Abdulrahman, NAA Qasem, B Imteyaz… - Aerospace Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Combustion is an essential process for generating propulsion for most existing aircraft. The
combustion processes, such as ignition, flame propagation, and flame stability, are …

Large eddy simulation of flame propagation during the ignition process in an annular multiple-injector combustor

D Zhao, Y Xia, H Ge, Q Lin, G Wang - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present work, Large Eddy Simulation (LES) coupled with a detailed propane/air
mechanism and Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) is employed to simulate the ignition …

Combustion dynamics of annular systems

G Vignat, D Durox, T Schuller… - Combustion Science and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
New results on the dynamics of annular combustors during ignition and combustion
instabilities will be reviewed. Ignition dynamics is considered first by examining experiments …

Experimental investigation of the flame front propagation characteristic during light-round ignition in an annular combustor

Y Xia, C Linghu, Y Zheng, C Ye, C Ma, H Ge… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2019 - Springer
The light-round process in a transparent annular combustor which comprises 16 swirling
injectors injecting lean premixed propane/air mixtures is experimentally investigated. This …

Effect of spark location and laminar flame speed on the ignition transient of a premixed annular combustor

R Ciardiello, PM de Oliveira, AW Skiba… - Combustion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The flame expansion process (“light-round”) during the ignition transient in annular
combustors depends on a number of parameters such as equivalence ratio (and hence …

Experimental investigation on dynamics of spray atomization, ignition, and flame propagation in an annular combustor

Z Zhu, J Hou, C Ma, G Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The combustor employed in small and medium-sized turboshaft engines is characterized by
a small flame tube height and a large distance between adjacent burners, rendering it …

Analysis of flame propagation mechanisms during light-round in an annular spray flame combustor: the impact of wall heat transfer and two-phase flow

K Töpperwien, S Puggelli, R Vicquelin - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
Ignition in annular multi-burner combustors is marked by a succession of four phases,
ending with a characteristic flame expansion from burner to burner, often referred to as light …

Investigation of the partially premixed turbulent combustion through the PRECCINSTA burner by large eddy simulation

P Wang, SM Hashemi, H He, K Cheng - Aerospace Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The turbulent combustion processes within full annular PRECCINSTA combustor were
investigated numerically in the present study. Dynamic thickened flame model was …

Experimental investigation on the flame propagation pattern of a staged partially premixed annular combustor

W Gao, J Yang, F Liu, Y Mu, C Liu, G Xu - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
The transient ignition process of a staged partially premixed low-emission annular
combustor was investigated experimentally in this paper. This study focused on the …

Local flame and flow properties of propagating premixed turbulent flames during light-round process in a MICCA-type annular combustor

L Zhong, Y Yang, T Jin, Y Xia, Y Fang, Y Zheng… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, local flame and flow properties of propagating premixed turbulent propane/air
flames were derived by two-dimensional time-resolved Mie scattering and PIV methodology …