A review of aircraft subsonic and supersonic combustors

GAQ Abdulrahman, NAA Qasem, B Imteyaz… - Aerospace Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Combustion is an essential process for generating propulsion for most existing aircraft. The
combustion processes, such as ignition, flame propagation, and flame stability, are …

Systematic analysis strategies for the development of combustion models from DNS: A review

P Trisjono, H Pitsch - Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 2015 - Springer
Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulent combustion is a research area becoming ever
more important and has been established as a powerful tool in combustion science to …

Ignition dynamics in an annular combustor for liquid spray and premixed gaseous injection

K Prieur, D Durox, J Beaunier, T Schuller… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - Elsevier
Ignition is of importance in many combustion applications and raises fundamental and
practical issues. The light-round process corresponding to the flame spreading phase in the …

Strong azimuthal combustion instabilities in a spray annular chamber with intermittent partial blow-off

K Prieur, D Durox, T Schuller… - … of Engineering for …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This article reports experiments carried out in the MICCA-spray combustor developed at
EM2C laboratory. This system comprises 16 swirl spray injectors. Liquid n-heptane is …

Effect of primary hole position and ignition position on the ignition performance of a reverse flow combustor

C Tang, Q Yao, W Jin, J Li - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the influence of the primary hole position and ignition
position on the flow field and ignition performance of the reverse flow combustor. Igniters of …

Large eddy simulation of flame propagation during the ignition process in an annular multiple-injector combustor

D Zhao, Y Xia, H Ge, Q Lin, G Wang - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present work, Large Eddy Simulation (LES) coupled with a detailed propane/air
mechanism and Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) is employed to simulate the ignition …

Large eddy simulation of light-round in an annular combustor with liquid spray injection and comparison with experiments

T Lancien, K Prieur, D Durox… - … for Gas Turbines …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The light-round is defined as the process by which the flame initiated by an ignition spark
propagates from burner to burner in an annular combustor, eventually leading to a stable …

Combustion dynamics of annular systems

G Vignat, D Durox, T Schuller… - Combustion Science and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
New results on the dynamics of annular combustors during ignition and combustion
instabilities will be reviewed. Ignition dynamics is considered first by examining experiments …

Experimental investigation of the flame front propagation characteristic during light-round ignition in an annular combustor

Y Xia, C Linghu, Y Zheng, C Ye, C Ma, H Ge… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2019 - Springer
The light-round process in a transparent annular combustor which comprises 16 swirling
injectors injecting lean premixed propane/air mixtures is experimentally investigated. This …

Experimental investigation on dynamics of spray atomization, ignition, and flame propagation in an annular combustor

Z Zhu, J Hou, C Ma, G Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The combustor employed in small and medium-sized turboshaft engines is characterized by
a small flame tube height and a large distance between adjacent burners, rendering it …