Chaotic thermoacoustic oscillations in an aero-engine combustor with a liquid-fuelled turbulent diffusion flame

Yu Guan; Larry K.B. Li; Byeonguk Ahn; Kyu Tae Kim

Chaotic thermoacoustic oscillations in an aero-engine combustor with a liquid-fuelled turbulent diffusion flame

Yu Guan, Larry K.B. Li, Byeonguk Ahn, Kyu Tae Kim

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Abstract

We experimentally investigate the nonlinear dynamics of a thermoacoustically self-excited aero-engine combustion system featuring a turbulent swirling liquid-fuelled diffusion flame in a variable-length combustor. We characterize the steady-state dynamics of the system via time-resolved measurements of the acoustic pressure in the combustor. When the combustor length is increased after the onset of thermoacoustic instability, we find that the pressure signal transitions from a period-1 limit cycle to chaos via the Ruelle?Takens?Newhouse route. This shows that a liquid-fuelled diffusion-flame combustor can exhibit dynamics as complex as those of its gaseous-fuelled counterparts.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2019 - Fukuoka, Japan Duration: 1 Jul 2019 → 5 Jul 2019

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Conference	12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2019
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Fukuoka
Period	1/07/19 → 5/07/19

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemical Engineering
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Fuel Technology
Condensed Matter Physics

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Chaotic thermoacoustic oscillations in an aero-engine combustor with a liquid-fuelled turbulent diffusion flame. / Guan, Yu; Li, Larry K.B.; Ahn, Byeonguk et al.
2019. Paper presented at 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2019, Fukuoka, Japan.

Research output: Unpublished conference presentation (presented paper, abstract, poster) › Conference presentation (not published in journal/proceeding/book) › Academic research › peer-review

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