Transverse combustion instabilities: Acoustic, fluid mechanic, and flame processes

J O'Connor, V Acharya, T Lieuwen - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2015 - Elsevier
Thermoacoustic oscillations associated with transverse acoustic modes are routinely
encountered in combustion chambers. While a large literature on this topic exists for rockets …

Dynamics and stability of lean-premixed swirl-stabilized combustion

Y Huang, V Yang - Progress in energy and combustion science, 2009 - Elsevier
Combustion instability remains a critical issue limiting the development of low-emission,
lean-premixed (LPM) gas turbine combustion systems. The present work provides a …

Large eddy simulations of gaseous flames in gas turbine combustion chambers

LYM Gicquel, G Staffelbach, T Poinsot - Progress in energy and combustion …, 2012 - Elsevier
Recent developments in numerical schemes, turbulent combustion models and the regular
increase of computing power allow Large Eddy Simulation (LES) to be applied to real …

Large eddy simulation of combustion instabilities in a lean partially premixed swirled flame

B Franzelli, E Riber, LYM Gicquel, T Poinsot - Combustion and flame, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper investigates one issue related to Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of self-excited
combustion instabilities in gas-fueled swirled burners: the effects of incomplete mixing …

Experimental study of vortex-flame interaction in a gas turbine model combustor

M Stöhr, I Boxx, CD Carter, W Meier - Combustion and flame, 2012 - Elsevier
The interaction of a helical precessing vortex core (PVC) with turbulent swirl flames in a gas
turbine model combustor is studied experimentally. The combustor is operated with air and …

Acoustic modes in combustors with complex impedances and multidimensional active flames

F Nicoud, L Benoit, C Sensiau, T Poinsot - AIAA journal, 2007 - arc.aiaa.org
COMBUSTION oscillations are frequently encountered during the development of many
combustion chambers for gas turbines [1–4]. To date, these oscillations cannot be predicted …

Large Eddy Simulation of self excited azimuthal modes in annular combustors

G Staffelbach, LYM Gicquel, G Boudier… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - Elsevier
While most academic set ups used to study combustion instabilities are limited to single
burners and are submitted mainly to longitudinal acoustic modes, real gas turbines exhibit …

Towards the understanding of cyclic variability in a spark ignited engine using multi-cycle LES

O Vermorel, S Richard, O Colin, C Angelberger… - Combustion and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) has been used to analyze the occurrence and the causes of
cycle-to-cycle combustion variations in a spark ignited four-valve single cylinder engine …

Rotating detonation wave mechanics through ethylene-air mixtures in hollow combustors, and implications to high frequency combustion instabilities

V Anand, AS George, CF de Luzan… - Experimental Thermal and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent investigations into the rotating detonation phenomenon have involved its inception
and sustenance in hollow combustors, in contrast to the traditional annular rotating …

Comparison of LES, RANS and experiments in an aeronautical gas turbine combustion chamber

G Boudier, LYM Gicquel, T Poinsot, D Bissieres… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - Elsevier
Although Large Eddy Simulations (LES) have demonstrated their potential in simple
academic combustion chambers, their application to real gas turbine chambers requires …