Advances and challenges in modeling high-speed turbulent combustion in propulsion systems

ED Gonzalez-Juez, AR Kerstein, R Ranjan… - Progress in Energy and …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Combustion environments in propulsion systems involve the interaction of a variety of
physics. In devices such as augmentors, ramjets and scramjets, such environments include …

Kerosene-fueled supersonic combustion modeling based on skeletal mechanisms

W Yao - Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2019‏ - Springer
A brief review of the recent advances in kerosene-fueled supersonic combustion modeling is
present by comparing the fuels, reviewing the kinetic mechanisms, and introducing recent …

Interaction of chemical reactions and turbulence in a jet in supersonic crossflow

S Sharma, J Singh, L Angelilli, V Raman - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
A sonic hydrogen jet issuing into a high-temperature Mach 2.48 crossflow is studied in order
to assess the interaction between chemical reactions and turbulence in high-speed …

Small skeletal kinetic reaction mechanism for ethylene–air combustion

N Zettervall, C Fureby, EJK Nilsson - Energy & Fuels, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Ethylene is a fuel considered for high-speed ram-and scramjet combustion applications,
mainly because of the short ignition delay time resulting from its high reactivity. Further …

Investigation of strut-ramp injector in a Scramjet combustor: Effect of strut geometry, fuel and jet diameter on mixing characteristics

RK Soni, A De - Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 2017‏ - Springer
The strut-based injector has been found to be one of the most promising injector designs for
a supersonic combustor, offering enhanced mixing of fuel and air. The mixing and flow field …

Full-scale detached eddy simulation of kerosene fueled scramjet combustor based on skeletal mechanism

W Yao, J Wang, Y Lu, X Li, X Fan - 20th AIAA International Space …, 2015‏ - arc.aiaa.org
Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of kerosene fueled scramjet combustor is generally scare in
the literature, due mainly to the formidable computational cost arisen by complex kerosene …

Scramjet engine flowpath that improves specific impulse using JP-7 fuel

Y Choi, JF Driscoll - Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2023‏ - arc.aiaa.org
A flowpath geometry was computed that improves the specific impulse of a dual-mode
scramjet engine in a generic X-51 hypersonic vehicle. Six parameters were varied: inlet …

Morphology of quasi-direct-current discharges collocated with fuel jets in a supersonic crossflow

BS Leonov, B Hedlund, A Houpt - Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2020‏ - arc.aiaa.org
This study is focused on the morphology of a quasi-DC discharge generated concurrently
with a jet of fuel injected normally into Mach 2 crossflow. It was observed that the filamentary …

Development of skeletal kerosene mechanisms and application to supersonic combustion

W Yao, K Wu, X Fan - Energy & Fuels, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
Small-size kerosene mechanisms suitable for supersonic combustion modelings are
generally scarce in the literature. This study presents five sets of skeletal kerosene …

Numerical investigation on mixing and combustion of transverse hydrogen jet in a high-enthalpy supersonic crossflow

C Liu, Z Wang, H Wang, M Sun - Acta Astronautica, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Mixing and combustion characteristics of a three-dimensional unsteady reacting flowfield
generated by transverse hydrogen jet into high-enthalpy supersonic crossflow are …