Rotating detonation combustors and their similarities to rocket instabilities

V Anand, E Gutmark - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Rotating detonation combustors (RDC) are at the forefront of pressure gain combustion
(PGC) research, utilizing one or more azimuthally spinning detonation waves, an intrinsically …

Propagation behavior of rotating detonation waves with premixed kerosene/air mixtures

XY Liu, MY Luan, YL Chen, JP Wang - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The propagation of multiple detonation waves in the two-dimensional modeled rotating
detonation combustor fueled by premixed kerosene/air mixtures is numerically investigated …

Self-sustained, high-frequency detonation wave generation in a semi-bounded channel

K Schwinn, R Gejji, B Kan, S Sardeshmukh… - Combustion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Combustion dynamics in a linear, semi-bounded channel were studied to characterize
injection, mixing, and ignition processes in a two dimensional analogue of a rotating …

Transducer installation effects on pressure measurements in PGC devices

RM Gejji, IV Walters, S Beard, A Lemcherfi… - 2018 AIAA aerospace …, 2018 - arc.aiaa.org
HE study of pressure gain combustion (PGC) devices necessitate accurate, high-speed
pressure measurements to fully characterize the inherently unsteady combustion processes …

Numerical research on kerosene/hydrogen/air rotating detonation engines with discrete injection strategies

F Wang, W Cao, C Weng - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The two-dimensional simulation of two-phase rotating detonation engines commonly adopts
the nozzle–wall configuration, which is inconsistent with the real configurations in …

Optical pressure sensing at MHz rates via collisional line broadening of carbon monoxide: uncertainty quantification in reacting flows

AP Nair, NQ Minesi, NM Kuenning, AR Keller… - Applied Physics B, 2023 - Springer
An optical method for high-speed line-of-sight pressure measurements using infrared laser
absorption spectroscopy is presented with detailed uncertainty analysis related to …

Time-resolved stagnation pressure measurement technique in a rotating detonation rocket combustor

K Dille, M Frederick, CD Slabaugh… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-1871. vid Megahertz rate schlieren
images are captured to visualize the time-varying spatial structure of underexpanded flow …

Non-ideal phenomena in rotating detonation combustors

F Chacon - 2020 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
The implementation and understanding of rotating detonation combustors (RDC) poses a
promising challenge. The successful implementation of RDCs into power generation …

Advancing Pressure Gain Combustion for Terrestrial Turbine Systems

SD Heister, CD Slabaugh - 2021 - osti.gov
The principal objectives of this project were to demonstrate the operability of a natural gas-
air RDE at gas turbine engine cycle conditions. To achieve these goals, our specific tasks …

Flow-field analysis and pressure gain estimation of a rotating detonation engine with striped distribution of reactants

XY Liu, MY Luan, YL Chen, JP Wang - AIAA Propulsion and Energy …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
The flow-field structure and pressure gain performance of the two-dimensional modeled
rotating detonation combustor with discrete distribution of reactants have been studied …