Journal article
Combustion dynamics of a low-swirl combustor
Combustion and flame, Vol.151(3), pp.412-425
2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2007.07.017
Abstract
The methodology for the measurement of dynamic combustor behavior has never been clearly established, due to the complexities associated with unsteady premixed flames and the difficulties in their measurement. The global and local distribution of Rayleigh index and the flame response functions are the main parameters normally employed to quantify and describe combustion dynamics. The Rayleigh index quantifies the thermoacoustic coupling, while the flame response function is a measure of the response of the system to outside disturbances. The primary objective of this work is to investigate the combustion dynamics of a commonly used low-swirl burner and to develop tools and methods for examining the dynamics of a combustion system. To this end, the effect of acoustic forcing at various frequencies on flame heat release behavior has been investigated. The current work uses OH–PLIF imaging of the flame region to produce phase-resolved measurements of flame behavior at each frequency. The response of the flame to the imposed acoustic field over the range of 22–400 Hz is then calculated from the processed images. This provides a starting point for an extension/extrapolation to practical acoustic ranges (∼5000 Hz). It was found that the thermoacoustic coupling was mainly evident in the shear mixing zone, producing a toroidal Rayleigh index distribution pattern. The phase shift of the flame fluctuation from the imposed acoustic wave seems to be very closely coupled to the vortices generated at the flame boundary due to shear mixing (Kelvin–Helmholtz instability), thus inducing the alternating toroidal structures. The peak value of the flame response function coincides with the peak absolute value of the Rayleigh index.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Combustion dynamics of a low-swirl combustor
- Creators
- D.M Kang - Department of Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAF.E.C Culick - Department of Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAA Ratner - Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Combustion and flame, Vol.151(3), pp.412-425
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.combustflame.2007.07.017
- ISSN
- 0010-2180
- eISSN
- 1556-2921
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2007
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984064586602771
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