Stability analysis of a swirl spray combustor based on flame describing function

Spray Flame and Exhaust Jet Characteristics of a Pressurized Swirl Combustor

Title of Document: SPRAY FLAME AND EXHAUST JET CHARACTERISTICS OF A PRESSURIZED SWIRL COMBUSTOR Martin Brendan Linck, Doctor of Philosophy, 2006 Directed By: Professor Ashwani K. Gupta Department of Mechanical Engineering This work describes an investigation of swirl-stabilized flames, created in a combustor featuring co-annular swirling airflows, under unenclosed, enclosed, and submerged condi...

Droplet Transport in a Swirl-Stabilized Spray Flame

Droplet transport processes that occur in fuel sprays and spray flames were examined using laser velocimetry, phase Doppler interferometry, and laser sheet beam photography. Droplet size and velocity (axial and radial) distributions were obtained in a swirl-stabilized, pressure-atomized kerosene spray under nonburning and burning conditions. The results show that the introduction of swirl to th...

CFD Insight of the Flow Dynamics and Velocity Fields in a Gas Turbine Combustor with a Swirl Flame

The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of gas turbine combustor were performed for CH4<span st...

Optimal Control of a Swirl Stabilized Spray Combustor Using System Identification Approach

Bifurcation of flame structure in a lean-premixed swirl-stabilized combustor: transition from stable to unstable flame

The present work addresses unsteady flame dynamics in a lean-premixed swirl-stabilized combustor, with attention focused on the transition of flame structure from a stable to an unstable state. It was found that the inlet temperature and equivalence ratio are the two most important variables determining the stability characteristics of the combustor. A slight increase in the inlet mixture tempe...