Journal
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE
Volume 38, Issue 3, Pages 3769-3776Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.283
Keywords
Non-premixed detonations; Rotating detonation engines; Detailed kinetics
Funding
- DOE UTSR Grant [DE-FE0025315]
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The study found that the detonation engine has combustion regions ahead of the detonation wavefront, and the injectors recover unstably as the high-pressure flow expands, leading to a mixing process before the next cycle. This resulting flow structure not only promotes mixing between product and reactant gases, but also increases the likelihood of autoignition.
High-fidelity simulations of an experimental rotating detonation engine with an axial air inlet were conducted. The system operated with hydrogen as fuel at globally stoichiometric conditions. Instantaneous data showed that the detonation front is highly corrugated, and is considerably weaker than an ideal Chapman-Jouguet wave. Regions of deflagration are present ahead of the wave, caused by mixing with product gases from the previous cycle, as well as the injector recovery process. It is found that as the post-detonation high pressure flow expands, the injectors recover unsteadily, leading to a transient mixing process ahead of the next cycle. The resulting flow structure not only promotes mixing between product and reactant gases, but also increases likelihood of autoignition. These results show that the detonation process is very sensitive to injector design and the transient behavior during the detonation cycle. Phase-averaged statistics and conditionally averaged data are used to understand the overall reaction structure. Comparisons with available experimental data on this configuration show remarkable good agreement of the predicted reacting flow structure. (c) 2020 The Combustion Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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