Enhancing detonation propulsion with jet in cross-flow: A comprehensive review

B Zhang - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Compared with traditional deflagration-based systems, detonation-based propulsion
systems offer significant potential benefits in terms of efficiency and specific impulses in the …

Recent combustion strategies in gas turbines for propulsion and power generation toward a zero-emissions future: Fuels, burners, and combustion techniques

M Stefanizzi, T Capurso, G Filomeno, M Torresi… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The effects of climate change and global warming are arising a new awareness on the
impact of our daily life. Power generation for transportation and mobility as well as in …

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 …

On the distributions of fuel droplets and in situ vapor in rotating detonation combustion with prevaporized n-heptane sprays

Q Meng, N Zhao, H Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Rotating detonation combustion fueled with partially prevaporized n-heptane sprays is
studied with the Eulerian–Lagrangian method. A flattened two-dimensional domain with …

Numerical research on two-phase kerosene/air rotating detonation engines

F Wang, C Weng - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
The present paper numerically investigates the propagation and propulsive performance of
an ideal three-dimensional gas-liquid two-phase kerosene/air rotating detonation engine …

Experimental investigation of the hydrogen-air rotating detonation engine with cat-ear-shaped film cooling holes

J Yu, S Yao, J Li, J Li, Y Lei, R Wang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
We conduct an experimental investigation on the implementation of cat-ear-shaped film
cooling holes for thermal protection in a hydrogen-air rotating detonation engine (RDE). The …

Characterization of wave modes in a kerosene-fueled rotating detonation combustor with varied injection area ratios

G Xu, Y Wu, Q Xiao, C Ding, Y Xia, Q Li… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rotating detonation engine (RDE) is an innovative and practical pressure-gain device for
rocket and ramjet propulsion, and has been widely investigated. The present work aims to …

Experimental research on the detonation behavior in annular combustors utilizing liquid hypergolic propellants

Y Yan, Z Wang, H Hu, L Hong - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of rotating detonation engine utilizing hypergolic propellants is necessary
for practical application of detonation-based rocket engines, but this liquid-liquid rotating …

Effects of slot injection on detonation wavelet characteristics in a rotating detonation engine

C Yan, H Teng, HD Ng - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
Two-dimensional numerical simulations are performed to investigate the effects of spatially
discrete slot injection of reactants on the features of detonation wavelets in a rotating …

Propagation mode analysis of rotating detonation waves fueled by liquid kerosene

H Meng, Q Zheng, C Weng, Y Wu, W Feng, G Xu… - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
The propagation modes of rotating detonation waves supplied with liquid kerosene and
oxygen-enriched air were experimentally investigated. Experiments were conducted while …