scholarly journals The effects of ring-shaped porous inert media on equivalence ratio oscillations in a self-excited thermoacoustic instability

2021 ◽  
pp. 175682772199177
Author(s):  
Cody Dowd ◽  
Joseph Meadows
Keyword(s):  
Equivalence Ratio ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Dynamic Pressure ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Feedback Mechanism ◽  
Abel Transformation ◽  
Thermoacoustic Instability ◽  
Thermoacoustic Instabilities ◽  
Spatially Resolved ◽  
Porous Inert Media

Gas turbine operation increasingly relies on lean premixed (LPM) combustion to reduce harmful emissions, which is susceptible to thermoacoustic instabilities. Most combustion systems are technically premixed and exhibit a degree of equivalence ratio inhomogeneity. Thermoacoustic pressure oscillations can couple with the heat release oscillations through the generation of equivalence ratio fluctuations at fuel injection sites, which are then convected to the flame front. Previous experimental studies have shown that porous inert media (PIM) can passively mitigate these instabilities by adding acoustic damping and by reducing the thermoacoustic feedback mechanism. To understand the role of PIM on these equivalence ratio oscillations, spatially resolved, phased averaged equivalence ratio fluctuations are measured using the ratio of OH*/CH* chemiluminescence. Spatial imaging of OH* or CH* radicals produce integrated line of sight intensity values and an Abel transformation is used to obtain spatially resolved values. Phase averaged images are synced with dynamic pressure measurements, and an axisymmetric atmospheric burner is used to study the effects of ring-shaped PIM on the spatially resolved equivalence ratio field with self-excited thermoacoustic instabilities. The results show that PIM significantly reduces these fluctuations, and the effects on the stability of the system are discussed.

Background-Oriented Schlieren of Fuel Jet Flapping Under Thermoacoustic Oscillations in a Sequential Combustor

2018 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Weilenmann ◽  
Yuan Xiong ◽  
Mirko Bothien ◽  
Nicolas Noiray
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Diagnostic Techniques ◽  
Feedback Mechanism ◽  
Injection Point ◽  
Thermoacoustic Instabilities ◽  
Fuel Jet ◽  
Secondary Fuel ◽  
New Type ◽  
Background Oriented Schlieren

This study deals with thermoacoustic instabilities in a generic sequential combustor. The thermoacoustic feedback involves two flames: the perfectly premixed swirled flame anchored in the first stage and the sequential flame established downstream of the mixing section, into which secondary fuel is injected in the vitiated stream from the first stage. It is shown that the large amplitude flapping of the secondary fuel jet in the mixing section plays a key role in the thermoacoustic feedback. This evidence is brought using high-speed background-oriented Schlieren (BOS). The fuel jet flapping is induced by the intense acoustic field at the fuel injection point. It has two consequences: first, it leads to the advection of equivalence ratio oscillations toward the sequential flame; second, it modulates the residence time of the ignitable mixture in the mixing section, which periodically triggers autoignition kernels developing upstream of the chamber. In addition, the BOS images are processed to quantify the flow velocity in the mixing section and these results are validated using particle image velocimetry (PIV). This study presents a new type of thermoacoustic feedback mechanism, which is peculiar to sequential combustion systems. In addition, it demonstrates how BOS can effectively complement other diagnostic techniques that are routinely used for the study of thermoacoustic instabilities.

Background Oriented Schlieren of Fuel Jet Flapping Under Thermoacoustic Oscillations in a Sequential Combustor

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Weilenmann ◽  
Yuan Xiong ◽  
Mirko Bothien ◽  
Nicolas Noiray
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Diagnostic Techniques ◽  
Feedback Mechanism ◽  
Injection Point ◽  
Thermoacoustic Instabilities ◽  
Fuel Jet ◽  
Secondary Fuel ◽  
New Type ◽  
Background Oriented Schlieren

This study deals with thermoacoustic instabilities in a generic sequential combustor. The thermoacoustic feedback involves two flames: the perfectly premixed swirled flame anchored in the first stage and the sequential flame established downstream of the mixing section, into which secondary fuel is injected in the vitiated stream from the first stage. It is shown that the large amplitude flapping of the secondary fuel jet in the mixing section plays a key role in the thermoacoustic feedback. This evidence is brought using high-speed Background Oriented Schlieren (BOS). The fuel jet flapping is induced by the intense acoustic field at the fuel injection point. It has two consequences: first, it leads to the advection of equivalence ratio oscillations toward the sequential flame; second, it modulates the residence time of the ignitable mixture in the mixing section, which periodically triggers autoignition kernels developing upstream of the chamber. In addition, the BOS images are processed to quantify the flow velocity in the mixing section and these results are validated using PIV. This study presents a new type of thermoacoustic feedback mechanism which is peculiar to sequential combustion systems. In addition, it demonstrates how BOS can effectively complement other diagnostic techniques that are routinely used for the study of thermoacoustic instabilities.

scholarly journals Numerical investigation of injection parameters and piston bowl geometries on emission and thermal performance of DI diesel engine

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikhtedar Husain Rizvi ◽  
Rajesh Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Equivalence Ratio ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Injection Nozzle ◽  
Piston Bowl ◽  
Injection Parameters ◽  
Nozzle Size ◽  
Engine Emission

AbstractTightening noose on engine emission norms compelled manufacturers globally to design engines with low emission specially NOx and soot without compromising their performance. Amongst various parameters, shape of piston bowls, injection pressure and nozzle diameter are known to have significant influence over the thermal performance and emission emanating from the engine. This paper investigates the combined effect of fuel injection parameters such as pressure at which fuel is injected and the injection nozzle size along with shape of piston bowl on engine emission and performance. Numerical simulation is carried out using one cylinder naturally aspirated diesel engine using AVL FIRE commercial code. Three geometries of piston bowls with different tumble and swirl characteristics are considered while maintaining the volume of piston bowl, compression ratio, engine speed and fuel injected mass constant along with equal number of variations for injection nozzle size and pressures for this analysis. The investigation corroborates that high swirl and large turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) are crucial for better combustion. TKE and equivalence ratio also increased as the injection pressure increases during the injection period, hence, enhances combustion and reduces soot formation. Increase in nozzle diameter produces higher TKE and equivalence ratio, while CO and soot emission are found to be decreasing and NOx formation to be increasing. Further, optimization is carried out for twenty-seven cases created by combining fuel injection parameters and piston bowl geometries. The case D2H1P1 (H1 = 0.2 mm, P1 = 200 bar) found to be an optimum case because of its lowest emission level with slightly better performance.

Influence of deforming of common rail diesel injectors parts on the fuel injection process

2021 ◽  
pp. 4-12
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressures ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Common Rail ◽  
Electronic Control ◽  
Fuel System ◽  
Fuel Supply ◽  
Injection Process ◽  
Injection Cycle

Experimental studies have revealed a significant impact of deformation of Сommon Rail injector parts on the fuel supply process. High pressures alter the structure of the fuel supply cy-cle. Theforward front of the fuel supply cycle begins with the stage of unloading the deformed parts of the injector. The rear front of the fuel supply cycle ends with the stage of deformation of the injector parts. The calculated and experimental determination of cyclic fuel supply gave similar results. The developed method of determining the duration of the injection cycle stages creates a basis for experimental verification of mathematical models. Keywords: injector, Common Rail, diesel, fuel system, electronic control, needle, fuel injection

Characteristics of injection of diesel fuel, rapeseed oil and their mixtures in diesel engines of various types

2021 ◽  
pp. 167-178
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Diesel Engines ◽  
Rapeseed Oil ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Fuel Injector ◽  
High Speed Diesel ◽  
Engine Type

The necessity of adapting diesel engines to work on vegetable oils is justified. The possibility of using rapeseed oil and its mixtures with petroleum diesel fuel as motor fuels is considered. Experimental studies of fuel injection of small high-speed diesel engine type MD-6 (1 Ch 8,0/7,5)when using diesel oil and rapeseed oil and computational studies of auto-tractor diesel engine type D-245.12 (1 ChN 11/12,5), working on blends of petroleum diesel fuel and rapeseed oil. When switching autotractor diesel engine from diesel fuel to rapeseed oil in the full-fuel mode, the mass cycle fuel supply increased by 12 %, and in the small-size high-speed diesel engine – by about 27 %. From the point of view of the flow of the working process of these diesel engines, changes in other parameters of the fuel injection process are less significant. Keywords diesel engine; petroleum diesel fuel; vegetable oil; rapeseed oil; high pressure fuel pump; fuel injector; sprayer

Experimental Investigation of Combustion Dynamics in a Turbulent Syngas Combustor

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikhil Ashokbhai Baraiya ◽  
Baladandayuthapani Nagarajan ◽  
Satynarayanan R. Chakravarthy
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Equivalence Ratio ◽  
Bluff Body ◽  
Dynamic Pressure ◽  
Fuel Mixture ◽  
High Amplitude ◽  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
Combustion Dynamics ◽  
Dynamic Pressure Measurement ◽  
Body Location

In the present work, the proportion of carbon monoxide to hydrogen is widely varied to simulate different compositions of synthesis gas and the potential of the fuel mixture to excite combustion oscillations in a laboratory-scale turbulent bluff body combustor is investigated. The effect of parameters such as the bluff body location and equivalence ratio on the self-excited acoustic oscillations of the combustor is studied. The flame oscillations are mapped by means of simultaneous high-speed CH* and OH* chemiluminescence imaging along with dynamic pressure measurement. Mode shifts are observed as the bluff body location or the air flow Reynolds number/overall equivalence ratio are varied for different fuel compositions. It is observed that the fuel mixtures that are hydrogen-rich excite high amplitude pressure oscillations as compared to other fuel composition cases. Higher H2 content in the mixture is also capable of exciting significantly higher natural acoustic modes of the combustor so long as CO is present, but not without the latter. The interchangeability factor Wobbe Index is not entirely sufficient to understand the unsteady flame response to the chemical composition.

scholarly journals Diagnostics of common rail components based on pressure curves in the fuel rail

2018 ◽  
Vol 173 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Mirosław KARCZEWSKI ◽  
Krzysztof KOLIŃSKI
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Dynamic Pressure ◽  
Common Rail ◽  
Injection System ◽  
Fuel Injector ◽  
Labview Software ◽  
Cr System ◽  
Data Acquisition Module ◽  
Pressure Changes

Majority of modern diesel engines is fitted with common-rail (CR) fuel systems. In these systems, the injectors are supplied with fuel under high pressure from the fuel rail (accumulator). Dynamic changes of pressure in the fuel rail are caused by the phenomena occurring during the fuel injection into the cylinders and the fuel supply to the fuel rail through the high-pressure fuel pump. Any change in this process results in a change in the course of pressure in the fuel rail, which, upon mathematical processing of the fuel pressure signal, allows identification of the malfunction of the pump and the injectors. The paper presents a methodology of diagnosing of CR fuel injection system components based on the analysis of dynamic pressure changes in the fuel rail. In the performed investigations, the authors utilized LabView software and a µDAC data acquisition module recording the fuel pressure in the rail, the fuel injector control current and the signal from the camshaft position sensor. For the analysis of the obtained results, ‘FFT’ and ‘STFT’ were developed in order to detect inoperative injectors based on the curves of pressure in the fuel rail. The performed validation tests have confirmed the possibility of identification of malfunctions in the CR system based on the pressure curves in the fuel rail. The ‘FFT’ method provides more information related to the system itself and accurately shows the structure of the signal, while the ’STFT’ method presents the signal in such a way as to clearly identify the occurrence of the fuel injection. The advantage of the above methods is the accessibility to diagnostic parameters and their non-invasive nature.

scholarly journals Experimental research of two stroke aircraft diesel engine

2019 ◽  
Vol 179 (4) ◽  
pp. 75-79
Author(s):  
Łukasz GRABOWSKI ◽  
Paweł KARPIŃSKI ◽  
Grzegorz BARAŃSKI
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Injection System ◽  
Temperature Control System ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
System Control ◽  
Fuel Injection System ◽  
Measurement Systems ◽  
New Type

This paper presents the results of experimental studies of the opposed-piston diesel engine. This engine was designed during one of the stages of the research on a new-type drive unit for gyrocopter applications. In order to conduct research, a special test stand as well as control and measurement systems were developed. As part of the work on the engine, the fuel injection system, engine temperature control system and measurement systems were designed. In addition, a computer program has been developed for the fuel injection system control (injectors, valves fuel pressure regulators). The paper presents the results of the preliminary tests for a single value of engine speed (1500 rpm) and three values of load defined by torque. The measured value of the indicated pressure made it possible to calculate the maximum pressure. The results obtained from the bench tests were analyzed.

Hybrid filters and feedback mechanism for wearable-based human-manipulator interface

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 485-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Zhang ◽  
Bei Li ◽  
Guanglong Du
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Measurement Errors ◽  
Unscented Kalman Filter ◽  
Robot Manipulator ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Feedback Mechanism ◽  
Content Type ◽  
System States ◽  
Noisy Measurements ◽  
Hybrid Filters

Purpose – This paper aims to develop a wearable-based human-manipulator interface which integrates the interval Kalman filter (IKF), unscented Kalman filter (UKF), over damping method (ODM) and adaptive multispace transformation (AMT) to perform immersive human-manipulator interaction by interacting the natural and continuous motion of the human operator’s hand with the robot manipulator. Design/methodology/approach – The interface requires that a wearable watch is tightly worn on the operator’s hand to track the continuous movements of the operator’s hand. Nevertheless, the measurement errors generated by the sensor error and tracking failure signicantly occur several times, which means that the measurement is not determined with sufficient accuracy. Due to this fact, IKF and UKF are used to compensate for the noisy and incomplete measurements, and ODM is established to eliminate the influence of the error signals like data jitter. Furthermore, to be subject to the inherent perceptive limitations of the human operator and the motor, AMT that focuses on a secondary treatment is also introduced. Findings – Experimental studies on the GOOGOL GRB3016 robot show that such a wearable-based interface that incorporates the feedback mechanism and hybrid filters can operate the robot manipulator more flexibly and advantageously even if the operator is nonprofessional; the feedback mechanism introduced here can successfully assist in improving the performance of the interface. Originality/value – The interface uses one wearable watch to simultaneously track the orientation and position of the operator’s hand; it is not only avoids problems of occlusion, identification and limited operating space, but also realizes a kind of two-way human-manipulator interaction, a feedback mechanism can be triggered in the watch to reflect the system states in real time. Furthermore, the interface gets rid of the synchronization question in posture estimation, as hybrid filters work independently to compensate the noisy measurements respectively.

Effects of Intrinsic Flame Instabilities On Thermoacoustic Oscillations in Lean Premixed Gas Turbines

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fangyan Li ◽  
Xiaotao Tian ◽  
Ming-long Du ◽  
Lei Shi ◽  
Jiashan Cui
Keyword(s):  
Heat Release ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Lewis Number ◽  
Acoustic Mode ◽  
Longitudinal Distribution ◽  
Unstable State ◽  
Rocket Motors ◽  
Thermoacoustic Instability ◽  
Thermoacoustic Instabilities ◽  
Lean Premixed

Abstract Thermoacoustic instabilities are commonly encountered in the development of aeroengines and rocket motors. Research on the fundamental mechanism of thermoacoustic instabilities is beneficial for the optimal design of these engine systems. In the present study, a thermoacoustic instability model based on the lean premixed gas turbines (LPGT) combustion system was established. The longitudinal distribution of heat release caused by the intrinsic instability of flame front is considered in this model. Effects of different heat release distributions and characteristics parameters of the premixed gas (Lewis number Le, Zeldovich Number and Prandtl number Pr) on thermoacoustic instability behaviors of the LPGT system are investigated based on this model. Results show that the LPGT system features with two kinds of unstable thermoacoustic modes. The first one corresponds to the natural acoustic mode of the plenum and the second one corresponds to that of the combustion chamber. The characteristic parameters of premixed gases have a large impact on the stability of the system and even can change the system from stable to unstable state.

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