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 …

Modal dynamics of self-excited thermoacoustic instabilities in even and odd numbered networks of lean-premixed combustors

K Moon, D Bae, KT Kim - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Can-to-can acoustic interactions in a circumferential network of lean-premixed combustors
have a prominent role in the development of complicated modal dynamics and large-scale …

Numerical simulations on the effect of swirler installation angle on outlet temperature distribution in gas turbine combustors

K Wang, F Li, T Zhou, D Wang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The higher demand for temperature rises and low-pollution combustion methods make it
more problematic to regulate the outlet temperature distribution (OTD) of advanced gas …

Low-order modeling of collective dynamics of four ring-coupled turbulent thermoacoustic oscillators

Y Liao, Y Guan, P Liu, K Moon, KT Kim - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
We investigate the low-order modeling of collective dynamics in a can-annular combustor
consisting of four ring-coupled turbulent lean-premixed combustors. Each combustor is …

Experimental studies on suppressing thermoacoustic oscillations by secondary gas injection in a premixed swirl combustor

W Cao, K Yang, Y Ren, K Guo, Y Tong, W Huang… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Effects of secondary gas injection on flame shape and combustion stability of a premixed
swirl methane/air flame were investigated experimentally. Without secondary gas injection …

Acoustics of can-annular combustors: Experimental characterisation and modelling of a lab-scale multi-can setup with adjustable geometry

SC Humbert, A Orchini - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2023 - Elsevier
In can-annular combustors, a narrow can-turbine junction leads to an acoustic coupling
between the cans, yielding unique features that greatly impact the (thermo) acoustic …

Amplitude death in ring-coupled network with asymmetric thermoacoustic oscillators and nonlocal time-delay interactions

L Zheng, Y Liao, KT Kim, J Zhou, Y Guan - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
This numerical study examines the pressure amplitude distribution, focusing on amplitude
death, in a ring-coupled network of nonlocally coupled asymmetric thermoacoustic …

Numerical analysis of high frequency transverse instabilities in a can-type combustor

S Jella, M Füri, V Katsapis - … of Engineering for …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Dry low emissions (DLE) systems are well-known to be susceptible to thermoacoustic
instabilities. In particular, transverse, spinning modes of high frequency may appear, and …

Weakly nonlinear analysis of thermoacoustic oscillations in can-annular combustors

A Orchini, JP Moeck - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
Can-annular combustors feature clusters of thermoacoustic eigenvalues, which originate
from the weak acoustic coupling between coupled oscillators. Each oscillator represents the …

Computational Investigation on Collective Dynamical Behaviors of Flickering Laminar Buoyant Diffusion Flames in Circular Arrays

T Yang, Y Ma, P Zhang - arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.02018, 2023 - arxiv.org
The emergence of collective dynamical behaviors in a complex system has distinct
properties that its individuals do not have on their own. In the study, a series of circular …