Thermoacoustic instability in combustors

AS Morgans, D Yang - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Thermoacoustic instability is a flow instability that arises due to a two-way coupling between
acoustic waves and unsteady heat release rate. It can cause damaging, large-amplitude …

Modeling and analysis of premixed flame dynamics by means of distributed time delays

W Polifke - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The unsteady response of a flame to acoustic or flow perturbations plays a crucial role in
thermoacoustic combustion instability. The majority of studies on this subject presents and …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of combustion instability limit cycle oscillations by combining flame describing function simulations with a thermoacoustic network model

X Han, J Li, AS Morgans - Combustion and Flame, 2015 - Elsevier
Accurate prediction of limit cycle oscillations resulting from combustion instability has been a
long-standing challenge. The present work uses a coupled approach to predict the limit …

Entropy noise: A review of theory, progress and challenges

AS Morgans, I Duran - International Journal of Spray and …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Combustion noise comprises two components: direct combustion noise and indirect
combustion noise. The latter is the lesser studied, with entropy noise believed to be its main …

Flame interactions in a stratified swirl burner: Flame stabilization, combustion instabilities and beating oscillations

X Han, D Laera, D Yang, C Zhang, J Wang, X Hui… - Combustion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present article investigates the interactions between the pilot and main flames in a novel
stratified swirl burner using both experimental and numerical methods. Experiments are …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical prediction of combustion instability limit cycle oscillations for a combustor with a long flame

J Li, Y **a, AS Morgans, X Han - Combustion and Flame, 2017 - Elsevier
A coupled numerical approach is investigated for predicting combustion instability limit cycle
characteristics when the combustor contains a long flame. The test case is the ORACLES …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting thermoacoustic stability characteristics of longitudinal combustors using different endpoint conditions with a low Mach number flow

X Zhao, D Zhao, L Cheng, CM Shelton, J Majdalani - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Combustion instability frequently occurs in propulsion and power generation systems. It is
characterized by large-amplitude acoustic oscillations leading to undesirable …

Flame describing function analysis of spinning and standing modes in an annular combustor and comparison with experiments

D Laera, T Schuller, K Prieur, D Durox… - Combustion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
This article reports a numerical analysis of combustion instabilities coupled by a spinning
mode or a standing mode in an annular combustor. The method combines an iterative …

Effects of liquid fuel/wall interaction on thermoacoustic instabilities in swirling spray flames

EL Schiavo, D Laera, E Riber, L Gicquel… - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
Computational prediction of thermoacoustic instabilities arising in gas turbine and aero-
engine combustors still remains a challenge especially if fuel is injected in a liquid spray …

A systematic study of nonlinear coupling of thermoacoustic modes in annular combustors

D Yang, D Laera, AS Morgans - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoacoustic instabilities in annular gas turbine combustors often involve modes which
vary in both the longitudinal and circumferential directions. Recent experimental studies …