Interaction among flame structures and thermoacoustic instabilities in a centrally staged combustor

P Fu, Q Wen, L Hou, J Li, H Ma - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The centrally staged combustor is an effective way to reduce pollutant emissions. However,
combustion instability is one of the prominent and unavoidable problems for lean premixed …

The effect of diverging angle on flame dynamics of near lean blowout in a centrally staged spray combustor

M Han, Q Xu, J Wang, X Han, K Zheng - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This article focuses on the effect of diverging angle of the pilot stage on swirl spray flame
dynamics near lean blowout conditions in a centrally staged lean premixed pre-vaporized …

Supercritical bifurcations and nonlinear mode interactions of combustion instabilities in a centrally-staged swirl spray combustor

J Zhang, X Hui, X Xue, L Li, J Wang, CJ Sung - Applied Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
Centrally-staged combustors, characterized by a center pilot flame surrounded by an annual
main stage flame, are widely used in modern aeroengines to achieve low NO x emissions …

Understanding the heat release fluctuations and combustion noise characteristics of non-premixed co/counter-swirl syngas flames at MILD conditions

A Dolai, RV Ravikrishna - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
The heat release fluctuations and combustion noise of co/counter-swirl non-premixed
syngas (mixture of CO and H 2) and air flames at moderate or intense low-oxygen dilution …

Large eddy simulation of non-premixed flame behavior and NOx emission characteristics in a staged combustor with multi-swirling flows

T Zhou, F Li - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract This study utilizes Large Eddy Simulation (LES) to investigate flame characteristics
and NOx emission generation in a concentric staged combustor with three distinct pilot …

Influence of momentum ratio on heat release rate and noise of co/counter-swirl non-premixed diluted CO/H2 flames

A Dolai, RV Ravikrishna - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2025 - Elsevier
Understanding co/counter-swirl or twin-swirl flames remains challenging due to the complex
interaction of two swirling streams. In the present study, we investigate the heat release …

Attenuation of thermoacoustic instabilities in a swirl-stabilized NH3–CH4–air combustor with secondary air injection

C Liu, H Yang, X Li, C Ruan, L Yu, X Lu - Experiments in Fluids, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Ammonia–methane (NH3–CH4) mixtures have potentials to serve as low-carbon
fuels for gas turbines. Recent studies demonstrated that secondary air injection was an …

Injection height impact on combustion instability in a centrally staged combustor

J Wang, X Yan, X Wang, M Han, Y Wang, X Han… - Physics of …, 2025 - pubs.aip.org
Centrally staged lean premixed pre-vaporized (LPP) combustors are widely applied in
aeroengines to reduce pollutant emissions. However, combustion instability represents a …

Experimental Observation of the Turbulent Jet Ignition for Extending the Lean Combustion Tolerance with Carbon Dioxide Diluted Mixture

K Xie, L Zhong, P Liu, H Wei, L Zhou - Combustion Science and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) technology is widely employed to reduce NOx
emissions from engine combustion, and a major challenge of this technology is to achieve …

Measurement of jet gas–liquid interface fluctuations based on ultrasonic scattering

X Liu, X Yu, X Yu, H Zhou, S Zhang, J Li, L Yang - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Aero-engines and rocket engines regularly experience unstable combustion phenomena. In
order to reveal the complex mechanism, it is necessary to measure the jet gas–liquid …