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 …

Modeling and analysis of premixed flame dynamics by means of distributed time delays

W Polifke - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The unsteady response of a flame to acoustic or flow perturbations plays a crucial role in
thermoacoustic combustion instability. The majority of studies on this subject presents and …

The combined dynamics of swirler and turbulent premixed swirling flames

P Palies, D Durox, T Schuller, S Candel - Combustion and flame, 2010 - Elsevier
The dynamics of premixed confined swirling flames is investigated by examining their
response to incident velocity perturbations. A generalized transfer function designated as …

Nonlinear combustion instability analysis based on the flame describing function applied to turbulent premixed swirling flames

P Palies, D Durox, T Schuller, S Candel - Combustion and Flame, 2011 - Elsevier
Instability analysis of swirling flames is of importance in the design of advanced combustor
concepts for aircraft propulsion and powerplant for electricity production. Thermoacoustic …

Impact of swirl fluctuations on the flame response of a perfectly premixed swirl burner

T Komarek, W Polifke - 2010 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Combustion instabilities represent a long known problem in combustion technology. The
complex interactions between acoustics and turbulent swirling flames are not fully …

Black-box system identification for reduced order model construction

W Polifke - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
For the simulation of multi-physics, multi-scale phenomena, it is often advantageous to build
a comprehensive system-or process-model from a collection of sub-models, each of them …

Characterization of forced flame response of swirl-stabilized turbulent lean-premixed flames in a gas turbine combustor

KT Kim, JG Lee, HJ Lee, BD Quay, DA Santavicca - 2010 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Flame transfer function measurements of turbulent premixed flames are made in a model
lean-premixed, swirl-stabilized, gas turbine combustor. OH∗, CH∗, and CO 2∗ …

Numerical study on intrinsic thermoacoustic instability of a laminar premixed flame

CF Silva, T Emmert, S Jaensch, W Polifke - Combustion and Flame, 2015 - Elsevier
A study on the velocity sensitivity and intrinsic thermoacoustic stability of a laminar,
premixed, Bunsen-type flame is carried out. Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of the flame …

Experimental study on the effect of swirler geometry and swirl number on flame describing functions

P Palies, D Durox, T Schuller… - Combustion Science and …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This paper deals with the response of swirling flames submitted to acoustic velocity
disturbances when the rotation of the flow is produced by an axial or a radial swirler. The …

Large eddy simulation of the dynamics of lean premixed flames using global reaction mechanisms calibrated for CH4–H2 fuel blends

AM Garcia, S Le Bras, J Prager, M Häringer… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The effects of hydrogen addition on the flame dynamics of a bluff-body stabilized methane–
hydrogen turbulent flame are studied with large eddy simulation (LES). The LES is carried …