Nonidealities in rotating detonation engines

V Raman, S Prakash, M Gamba - Annual Review of Fluid …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
A rotating detonation engine (RDE) is a realization of pressure-gain combustion, wherein a
traveling detonation wave confined in a chamber provides shock-based compression along …

On the effects of reactant stratification and wall curvature in non-premixed rotating detonation combustors

V Athmanathan, J Braun, ZM Ayers, CA Fugger… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The optimization of non-premixed rotating detonation combustors (RDCs) requires improved
understanding of the coupled effects of reactant stratification, fluid property gradients, and …

Thermodynamic performance results for rotating detonation rocket engine with distributed heat addition using cantera

JR Burr, E Paulson - AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2021 Forum, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-3682. vid A new performance
model of rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) is developed in this study to investigate …

High-bandwidth absorption-spectroscopy measurements of temperature, pressure, CO, and HO in the annulus of a rotating detonation rocket engine

GC Mathews, MG Blaisdell, AI Lemcherfi… - Applied Physics B, 2021 - Springer
The development and application of two laser-absorption-spectroscopy diagnostics capable
of performing high-bandwidth measurements of (1) temperature, pressure, and CO, and (2) …

Performance characterization of a natural gas–air rotating detonation engine

IV Walters, A Lemcherfi, RM Gejji, SD Heister… - Journal of Propulsion …, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
An experimental study of a rotating detonation engine (RDE) operating with natural gas and
air at elevated chamber pressures and air preheat temperatures was conducted to quantify …

High-speed diagnostics in a natural gas–air rotating detonation engine

CL Journell, RM Gejji, IV Walters, AI Lemcherfi… - Journal of Propulsion …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
A natural-gas-fueled rotating detonation engine was operated at flow conditions typical of
gas turbine engines. High-speed broadband chemiluminescence images, particle image …

Simultaneous 100-kHz acetone planar laser-induced fluorescence and OH* chemiluminescence in a linear non-premixed detonation channel

ZM Ayers, A Lemcherfi, EW Plaehn, RM Gejji… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Reactant mixing and combustion are investigated in an optically accessible, self-excited
linear detonation combustor. The mixing field is captured using 100 kHz planar laser …

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 …

Investigation of flow field characteristics and performance of carbon–hydrogen/oxygen-rich air rotating detonation engine

G Rong, M Cheng, Y Zhang, Z Sheng, J Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Numerical simulations were conducted to investigate the flow field characteristics and
performance of a carbon–hydrogen/oxygen-rich air rotating detonation engine (RDE). Three …

Effect of injection dynamics on detonation wave propagation in a linear detonation combustor

A Lemcherfi, RM Gejji, ZM Ayers, EW Plaehn… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
The effect of reactant injection and mixing on detonation wave propagation is studied in a
self-excited, optically-accessible linear detonation combustor operated with natural gas and …