Accurate characterization of swirled flames is a key point in the development of more efficient and safer aeronautical engines. The task is even more challenging for spray injection systems. On the one side, spray interacts with both turbulence and flame, eventually affecting the flame dynamics. On the other side, spray flame structure is highly complex due to equivalence ratio inhomogeneities caused by the evaporation process. Introducing detailed chemistry in numerical simulations, necessary for the prediction of flame stabilization, ignition and pollutant concentration, is then essential but extremely expensive in terms of CPU time. In this context, tabulated chemistry methods, expressly developed to account for detailed chemistry at a reduced computational cost in Large Eddy Simulation of turbulent gaseous flames, are attractive. The objective of this work is to propose a first computation of a swirled spray flame stabilized in an actual turbojet injection system using tabulated chemistry. A Large Eddy Simulation of an experimental benchmark, representative of an industrial swirl two-phase air/kerosene injection system, is performed using a standard tabulated chemistry method. The numerical results are compared to the experimental database in terms of mean and fluctuating axial velocity. The reactive two-phase flow is deeper investigated focusing on the flame structure and dynamics.
The Effect of Fuel Volatility on Spray Flame Stabilization
