In order to effectively widen the high-altitude operating limits of the multi-swirl staged combustor,the ignition and lean blow-out(LBO)performances of the model combustor were experimentally acquired under the condit...In order to effectively widen the high-altitude operating limits of the multi-swirl staged combustor,the ignition and lean blow-out(LBO)performances of the model combustor were experimentally acquired under the conditions of room temperature and sub-atmospheric pressure with the altitude ranging from 0 km to 12 km.Moreover,the isothermal flow fields inside a staged model combustor with different sub-atmospheric conditions were simulated.Experimental results show that the minimum ignition and LBO fuel-air ratio(FAR)increase rapidly with the increase of simulated altitude.In addition,as the relative pressure drop of injector increases from1%to 3%,the ignition and LBO performances are gradually improved.Side visualization of the flame by high-speed camera shows that the time-averaged flames under stable combustion have a similar distribution pattern under different pressure drops.The luminous intensity is stratified into dim-bright-dim layers along axial direction.The flame near LBO shrinks to the outlet of pilot stage with a great reduction in luminous intensity.The numerical results reveal that with the decrease of air pressure,the air mass flow rate involved in atomization and combustion is significantly reduced,and the aerodynamic shear force of swirling air is weakened,which are adverse to atomization and fuel-air mixing for airblast atomizer and further lead to the deterioration of ignition and LBO performances.展开更多
The interaction mechanism of internally-staged-swirling stratified flame is complex,and the pilot flame has a manifest influence on flame stability.To study this,a series of experimental investigations for the pilot f...The interaction mechanism of internally-staged-swirling stratified flame is complex,and the pilot flame has a manifest influence on flame stability.To study this,a series of experimental investigations for the pilot flame has been carried out in a model swirl combustor by only supplying the pilot fuel.The CH*chemiluminescence images of the pilot flame are acquired by a high-speed camera with a CH*bandpass filter,whose dynamic characteristics are identified by image statistical analysis and proper orthogonal decomposition(POD)analysis.And the fast algorithm based on matrix theory proposed in this paper increases the operation efficiency and operability of POD.With the pilot equivalence ratioΦincrease,the pilot flame gradually shows an unstable state,whose POD energy distribution is significantly different.In the unstable state,the flame dynamics include three modes—spiral motion mode,flame shedding mode,and axial oscillation mode,whose formation reasons have also been further analyzed in combination with the experimental characteristics.And the fast Fourier transform(FFT)analysis of the time coefficients for the first four POD modes indicates all the dominant frequency is 280 Hz,which means the model combustor is in resonance.In addition,a sensitivity analysis based on the different image resolutions further reveals the robustness of the POD method and its optimization direction.These results emphasize the important influence of the pilot fuel flow rate on the stability of the pilot flame.展开更多
基金supported by National Science and Technology Major Project with Project No.2017-Ⅲ-0007-0032。
文摘In order to effectively widen the high-altitude operating limits of the multi-swirl staged combustor,the ignition and lean blow-out(LBO)performances of the model combustor were experimentally acquired under the conditions of room temperature and sub-atmospheric pressure with the altitude ranging from 0 km to 12 km.Moreover,the isothermal flow fields inside a staged model combustor with different sub-atmospheric conditions were simulated.Experimental results show that the minimum ignition and LBO fuel-air ratio(FAR)increase rapidly with the increase of simulated altitude.In addition,as the relative pressure drop of injector increases from1%to 3%,the ignition and LBO performances are gradually improved.Side visualization of the flame by high-speed camera shows that the time-averaged flames under stable combustion have a similar distribution pattern under different pressure drops.The luminous intensity is stratified into dim-bright-dim layers along axial direction.The flame near LBO shrinks to the outlet of pilot stage with a great reduction in luminous intensity.The numerical results reveal that with the decrease of air pressure,the air mass flow rate involved in atomization and combustion is significantly reduced,and the aerodynamic shear force of swirling air is weakened,which are adverse to atomization and fuel-air mixing for airblast atomizer and further lead to the deterioration of ignition and LBO performances.
基金Youth Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51806219)National Science and Technology Major Project(2017-V-0010)。
文摘The interaction mechanism of internally-staged-swirling stratified flame is complex,and the pilot flame has a manifest influence on flame stability.To study this,a series of experimental investigations for the pilot flame has been carried out in a model swirl combustor by only supplying the pilot fuel.The CH*chemiluminescence images of the pilot flame are acquired by a high-speed camera with a CH*bandpass filter,whose dynamic characteristics are identified by image statistical analysis and proper orthogonal decomposition(POD)analysis.And the fast algorithm based on matrix theory proposed in this paper increases the operation efficiency and operability of POD.With the pilot equivalence ratioΦincrease,the pilot flame gradually shows an unstable state,whose POD energy distribution is significantly different.In the unstable state,the flame dynamics include three modes—spiral motion mode,flame shedding mode,and axial oscillation mode,whose formation reasons have also been further analyzed in combination with the experimental characteristics.And the fast Fourier transform(FFT)analysis of the time coefficients for the first four POD modes indicates all the dominant frequency is 280 Hz,which means the model combustor is in resonance.In addition,a sensitivity analysis based on the different image resolutions further reveals the robustness of the POD method and its optimization direction.These results emphasize the important influence of the pilot fuel flow rate on the stability of the pilot flame.