Inlet temperature driven supercritical bifurcation of combustion instabilities in a lean premixed prevaporized combustor
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Journal Article
Abstract
The present article reports experimental observation and analyses of a supercritical bifurcation of combustion instabilities triggered by the air inlet temperature (). The studies are performed with a pressurised kerosene fuelled Lean Premixed Prevaporized (LPP) combustor operated under elevated temperature. Unlike some previous studies, starting from an unstable condition of the system, the amplitude of combustion instabilities suddenly decrease when exceeds a critical value of = 570 K. When the temperature is lowered back the system returns to being unstable without featuring any hysteresis behaviour, as expected in case of a supercritical bifurcation. The unstable flames feature a periodic axial motion of lift-off and re-ignition, characterized as Helmholtz mode. The phase difference between chemiluminescence and pressure signals is found to increase with , exceeding 90 degrees (out of phase) for temperatures higher than 570 K. A low order network framework is conducted, illustrating that when is increased a stability shift of this mode is predicted at near 570 K, in good agreement with the experimental observations. The impact of on the spray characteristics is also examined, finding that higher promotes fuel evaporation and reduces equivalence ratio fluctuation at the exit of the swirler.
Date Issued
2019-12
Date Acceptance
2019-06-18
Citation
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2019, 109
ISSN
0894-1777
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Journal / Book Title
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
Volume
109
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Grant Number
772080
Subjects
Mechanical Engineering & Transports
09 Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
109857
Date Publish Online
2019-07-02