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 …

Recent progress, development trends, and consideration of continuous detonation engines

JZ Ma, MY Luan, ZJ Xia, JP Wang, S Zhang, S Yao… - AIAA Journal, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
The continuous detonation engine (CDE) is based on detonation waves and is a new jet
engine concept that is expected to bring a technical revolution to current aviation and …

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 …

Numerical research on kerosene/air rotating detonation engines under different injection total temperatures

F Wang, C Weng, Y Wu, Q Bai, Q Zheng… - Aerospace Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, an improved κ-CNI scheme CE/SE Euler solver with chemical source terms is
applied to investigate the propagation characteristics and propulsive performance of …

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 …

Bifurcation in rotating detonation engine operation with continuously variable fuel injection location

EW Plaehn, IV Walters, RM Gejji… - Journal of Propulsion and …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
Sensitivity of rotating detonation engine operation and performance to the location of fuel
injection was characterized using continuous variation of the injector geometry during an …

Experimental investigation of rotating detonation rocket engines for space propulsion

RD Smith, SB Stanley - Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
The performance (specific impulse, I sp) of a modular, 150-lb f-class rotating detonation
rocket engine (RDRE) was measured with three gaseous fuels (methane, ethane, and …

Descending modal transition dynamics in a large eddy simulation of a rotating detonation rocket engine

A Batista, MC Ross, C Lietz, WA Hargus Jr - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) exhibit various unsteady phenomena,
including modal transitions, that significantly affect their operation, performance and stability …

Operability of a natural gas–air rotating detonation engine

IV Walters, CL Journell, A Lemcherfi, RM Gejji… - Journal of Propulsion …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
A combustor was developed to operate with natural gas and air as the primary propellants at
elevated chamber pressures and air preheat temperatures representative of land-based …

Investigation of counter-rotating shock wave phenomenon and instability mechanisms of rotating detonation engine with hollow combustor and Laval nozzle

G Rong, M Cheng, Z Sheng, X Liu, J Wang - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The counter-rotating shock wave phenomenon and instability mechanisms in the hollow
rotating detonation combustor with a Laval nozzle are investigated. The in-house solver …