scholarly journals Design and Parametric Analysis of a Supersonic Turbine for Rotating Detonation Engine Applications

2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Noraiz Mushtaq ◽  
Gabriele Colella ◽  
Paolo Gaetani
Keyword(s):  
Parametric Analysis ◽  
Uniform Flow ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Rotating Detonation Engine ◽  
Pressure Gain Combustion ◽  
Detonation Engine ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Inlet Angle ◽  
First Time ◽  
Rotating Detonation

Pressure gain combustion is a promising alternative to conventional gas turbine technologies and within this class the Rotating Detonation Engine has the greatest potential. The Fickett–Jacobs cycle can theoretically increase the efficiency by 15% for medium pressure ratios, but the combustion chamber delivers a strongly non-uniform flow; in these conditions, conventionally designed turbines are inadequate with an efficiency below 30%. In this paper, an original mean-line code was developed to perform an advanced preliminary design of a supersonic turbine; self-starting capability of the supersonic channel has been verified through Kantrowitz and Donaldson theory; the design of the supersonic profile was carried out employing the Method of Characteristics; an accurate evaluation of the aerodynamic losses has been achieved by considering shock waves, profile, and mixing losses. Afterwards, an automated Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) based optimization process was developed to find the optimal loading condition that minimizes losses while delivering a sufficiently uniform flow at outlet. Finally, a novel parametric analysis was performed considering the effect of inlet angle, Mach number, reaction degree, peripheral velocity, and blade height ratio on the turbine stage performance. This analysis has revealed for the first time, in authors knowledge, that this type of machines can achieve efficiencies over 70%.

scholarly journals RDE research and development in Poland

Shock Waves ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Wolański
Keyword(s):  
International Cooperation ◽  
Rocket Engine ◽  
Combustion Regime ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Liquid Fuels ◽  
Rotating Detonation Engine ◽  
Pressure Gain Combustion ◽  
Detonation Engine ◽  
Basic And Applied Research ◽  
Rotating Detonation

AbstractA very short survey of research conducted in Poland on the development of the rotating detonation engine (RDE) is presented. Initial studies conducted in cooperation with Japanese partners lead to development of a joint patent on RDE. Then, an intensive basic and applied research was started at the Institute of Heat Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology. One of the first achievements was the demonstration of performance of the rocket engine with an aerospike nozzle utilizing continuously rotating detonation (CRD), and research was directed into development of a small turbofan engine utilizing such a combustion regime. These activities promoted international cooperation and stimulated RDE development not only in Poland but also in other countries. A research directed to measure and calculate flow parameters as well as to analyze the use of liquid fuels was conducted. In the Institute of Aviation in Warsaw, research on the application of the CRD to turbine engines as well as rocket, ramjet, and combined cycle engines was carried out. In the paper, a special emphasis is given to international cooperation in this area with partners from many countries engaged in the development of the pressure gain combustion to propulsion systems.

Numerical Modeling of the RDE

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Folusiak ◽  
Karol Swiderski ◽  
Piotr Wolański
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Chamber ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Rotating Detonation Engine ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Detonation Combustion ◽  
Detonation Engine ◽  
Innovative Economy ◽  
Turboshaft Engine ◽  
The University ◽  
Rotating Detonation

AbstractThe idea of using the phenomenon of rotating detonation to propulsion has its roots in fifties of the last century in works of Adamson et al. and Nicholls et al. at the University of Michigan. The idea was recently reinvented and experimental research and numerical simulations on the Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) are carried in numerous institutions worldwide, in Poland at Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) since 2004. Over the period 2010-2014 WUT and Institute of Aviation (IOA) jointly implemented the project under the Innovative Economy Operational Programme entitled ‘Turbine engine with detonation combustion chamber’. The goal of the project was to replace the combustion chamber of turboshaft engine GTD-350 with the annular detonation chamber.This paper is focused on investigation of the influence of a geometry and flow conditions on the structure and propagation stability of the rotating detonation wave. Presented results are in majority an outcome of the aforementioned programme, in particular authors’ works on the development of the in-house code REFLOPS USG and its application to simulation of the rotating detonation propagation in the RDE.

Propulsive Performane of Cylindrical Rotating Detonation Engine with Propellant Injection Cooing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keisuke Goto ◽  
Kosei Ota ◽  
Akira Kawasaki ◽  
Hiroaki Watanabe ◽  
Nobotu Itouyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rotating Detonation Engine ◽  
Detonation Engine ◽  
Rotating Detonation
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