The Behavior of Liquid Fuel Sprays in Acoustically-Forced Air Swirler Flows

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wookyung Kim ◽  
Shiling Zhang ◽  
Paul Palies ◽  
Jeffrey Cohen ◽  
Scott Liljenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Flow ◽  
Liquid Fuel ◽  
Ambient Pressure ◽  
Stokes Number ◽  
Fuel Spray ◽  
Fuel Mass ◽  
Fuel Droplets ◽  
Air Mixing ◽  
Acoustic Forcing ◽  
Cfd Analyses

The effects of air flow forcing on fuel spray characteristics in a premixing swirler were assessed using ambient-pressure experiments and CFD (LES) analyses. Experimental measurements were performed using phase-locked Phase-Doppler Interferometry on two different swirler/mixer designs. The CFD analyses employed an advanced spray modeling technique to track the surface of the liquid fuel. The swirler designs chosen were representative of advanced low-emissions combustor concepts that emphasize thorough fuel/air mixing for Jet-A fuel. Significant post-processing of the results was performed in order to extract the response of the fuel spray mass flow rate fluctuations and fuel/air ratio to acoustic forcing. The results demonstrated that i) acoustic air forcing did not significantly change the atomization process, but did influence the unsteady transport of fuel droplets within the swirler flow field, ii) the level of fuel mass flow fluctuation was higher for one swirler and the level of fuel/air ratio fluctuations was higher for the other swirler and iii) the different behaviors between the two swirlers are primarily caused by the discrepant alignment of fuel and air distribution and the dissimilar droplet Stokes number which governs the unsteady transport. CFD results were interrogated to help understand the root causes of the observed phenomena. These showed that, for the swirler in which fuel mass flow fluctuations were observed, the swirl number was modulated by the acoustic forcing.

The response of the solid fuel ramjet combustor to the inflow excitations

2021 ◽  
pp. 095441002110534
Author(s):  
AmirMahdi Tahsini ◽  
Seyed Saeid Nabavi
Keyword(s):  
Mass Flow Rate ◽  
Mass Flow ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Solid Fuel ◽  
Ambient Pressure ◽  
Excitation Frequency ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Computational Domain ◽  
Rocket Motors ◽  
Fuel Mass

The response of the solid fuel ramjet to the imposed excitations of the ambient pressure is investigated using full part computation of the system including the intake, combustion chamber, and exhaust nozzle. The finite volume solver of the turbulent reacting compressible flow is used to simulate the flow field, where two grid blocks are considered for discretizing the computational domain. Both impulsive and oscillatory excitations are imposed to predict the response of the solid fuel mass flow rate. The results demonstrate that strong fuel flow overshoot occurs in the case of sudden impulsive excitation which is omitted for gradual impulsive excitations. In addition, the oscillatory excitations eventually lead to regular oscillatory response with frequencies similar to the imposed excitations and decrease the average fuel mass flow rate independent of the excitation frequency. But the amplitude of the response depends on the excitation frequency and amplification occurs in some frequencies. This behavior is not related to the combustion instabilities and is similar to the L-star instability in the solid rocket motors. In the design and analysis of the solid fuel ramjets, the coupling of the flight dynamics and the engine performance must be considered, and this study is the first step of such complete methodology to have more accurate predictions.

scholarly journals A comparison between a Coriolis meter and a combination method of a volumetric positive-displacement flowmeter and a densitometer in measuring liquid fuel mass flow at low flow rates

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 100321
Author(s):  
Kar-Hooi Cheong ◽  
Noriyuki Furuichi ◽  
Ryouji Doihara ◽  
Shouta Kamazawa ◽  
Shigenori Kasai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Flow ◽  
Liquid Fuel ◽  
Combination Method ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Fuel Mass ◽  
Positive Displacement

Evaluation of Mass Flow Rate Distribution in Diesel Fuel Spray by L2F

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keisuke Komada ◽  
Noritsune Kawaharada ◽  
Daisaku Sakaguchi ◽  
Hironobu Ueki ◽  
Masahiro Ishida
Keyword(s):  
Mass Flow Rate ◽  
Mass Flow ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Nozzle Exit ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Fuel Spray ◽  
Orifice Diameter ◽  
Dense Region ◽  
Fuel Mass

A laser 2-focus velocimeter (L2F) has been applied for measurements of velocity and size of droplets of diesel spray and an evaluation method of mass flow rate has been proposed. The L2F has a micro-scale probe which consists of two foci. The distance between two foci is 17μm. The data acquisition rate of the L2F has been increased to 15MHz in order to capture every droplet which appears in the measurement volume. The diesel fuel spray injected intermittently into the atmosphere was investigated. The orifice diameter of the injector nozzle was 0.113mm. The injection pressure was set at 40MPa by using a common rail system. Measurements were conducted on ten planes 5 to 25mm downstream from the nozzle exit. It was clearly shown that the velocity of droplet was the highest at the spray center. The size of droplet at the spray center decreased downstream within 15mm from the nozzle exit. The mass flow rate near the spray center was found to be larger than that in the spray periphery region. It was confirmed that the fuel mass per injection evaluated by the proposed method based on the L2F measurement was near to the injected mass in a plane further than 15mm from the nozzle exit. However, fuel mass was underestimated in a plane closer to the nozzle exit. The probability density of infinitesimal distance between surfaces of adjacent droplets increased remarkably near the spray center 5 and 12mm downstream from the nozzle exit. As infinitesimal distance can be thought as an indicator of a highly dense region, it is understood that underestimation of fuel mass near the nozzle exit is due to the highly dense region. The diameter of the region, where the highly dense region was observed, was estimated as an order of 0.2mm in a plane 5mm downstream from the nozzle.

Large Eddy Simulation of a Bluff-Body–Stabilized Flame With Close-Coupled Liquid Fuel Injection

2013 ◽  
Vol 136 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew G. Smith ◽  
Suresh Menon ◽  
Jeffery A. Lovett ◽  
Baris A. Sen
Keyword(s):  
Mass Flow ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Liquid Fuel ◽  
Bluff Body ◽  
Fuel Flow Rate ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Fuel Mass ◽  
Fuel Flow ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Mass Flow Rates

Large eddy simulations (LES) are performed of a bluff-body–stabilized flame with discrete liquid fuel injectors located just upstream of the bluff-body trailing edge in a so-called “close-coupled” configuration. Nonreacting and reacting simulations of the Georgia Tech single flameholder test rig [Cross et al., 2010, “Dynamics of Non-premixed Bluff Body-Stabilized Flames in Heated Air Flow,” Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo, Paper No. GT2010-23059] are conducted using an Eulerian–Lagrangian approach with a finite volume solver. Experimental data is first used to characterize the boundary conditions under nonreacting conditions before simulating reacting test cases at two different fuel mass flow rates. The two fuel mass flow rates not only result in different global equivalence ratios but different spatial distributions of fuel, especially in the near-field wake of the bluff body. The differing spatial distribution of fuel results in two distinct flame dynamics; at the high-fuel flow rate, large-scale sinusoidal Bérnard/von-Kármán (BVK) oscillations are observed, whereas a symmetric flame is seen under the low-fuel flow rate condition.

Spray Test of Fuel Nozzle for Lean Pre-Mixed Pre-Vaporized Combustor

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoyoshi Nakae ◽  
Masao Saigo ◽  
Akihiro Santo ◽  
Atsushi Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Fuel ◽  
Ambient Pressure ◽  
Droplet Size Distribution ◽  
Test Model ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Fuel Droplets ◽  
Fuel Flow ◽  
Fine Spray ◽  
Fuel Nozzle ◽  
Pdpa Measurement

An LPP (Lean Pre-mixed Pre-vaporized) combustor is one of the most promising systems to make it possible to reduce NOx emission drastically. To realize low NOx combustors using liquid fuel, uniformity and fine atomization of fuel droplets are essential requirements. Droplet diameters of a fuel nozzle designed for LPP combustor as determined by PDPA measurement system are presented in this paper. An annulus pre-mixing duct was employed for the LPP fuel nozzle test model. Spray tests were conducted at pressures from 0.18MPa to 0.53MPa. Pre-mixing air velocity was also varied. Data show that the test nozzle produces a fine spray. In this paper, fuel droplet size distribution and velocity are presented and effects of air pressure and velocity on atomization are discussed. SMD of fuel droplets increases with the increases of ambient pressure. This is inconsistent with the trend determined by other works. But when the effect of fuel flow rate (or fuel film thickness) is considered, these inconsistencies can be resolved.

NONEQUILIBRIUM DIFFUSION COMBUSTION OF LIQUID FUEL DROPLETS AND SPRAYS MODELING

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nickolay N. Smirnov ◽  
V. F. Nikitin ◽  
V. V. Tyurenkova
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Fuel ◽  
Diffusion Combustion ◽  
Fuel Droplets

scholarly journals Interactive Effects in Two-Droplets Combustion of RP-3 Kerosene under Sub-Atmospheric Pressure

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1229
Author(s):  
Hongtao Zhang ◽  
Zhihua Wang ◽  
Yong He ◽  
Jie Huang ◽  
Kefa Cen
Keyword(s):  
Burning Rate ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Ambient Pressure ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Propagation Time ◽  
High Speed Camera ◽  
Single Droplet ◽  
Fuel Droplets ◽  
Spacing Distance

To improve our understanding of the interactive effects in combustion of binary multicomponent fuel droplets at sub-atmospheric pressure, combustion experiments were conducted on two fibre-supported RP-3 kerosene droplets at pressures from 0.2 to 1.0 bar. The burning life of the interactive droplets was recorded by a high-speed camera and a mirrorless camera. The results showed that the flame propagation time from burning droplet to unburned droplet was proportional to the normalised spacing distance between droplets and the ambient pressure. Meanwhile, the maximum normalised spacing distance from which the left droplet can be ignited has been investigated under different ambient pressure. The burning rate was evaluated and found to have the same trend as the single droplet combustion, which decreased with the reduction in the pressure. For every experiment, the interactive coefficient was less than one owing to the oxygen competition, except for the experiment at L/D0 = 2.5 and P = 1.0 bar. During the interactive combustion, puffing and microexplosion were found to have a significant impact on secondary atomization, ignition and extinction.

The Role of Porous Media in Homogenization of High Pressure Diesel Fuel Spray Combustion

2013 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Navid Shahangian ◽  
Damon Honnery ◽  
Jamil Ghojel
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Fuel Spray ◽  
Compression Ignition Engines ◽  
System Pressure ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Air Mixing ◽  
The Media

Interest is growing in the benefits of homogeneous charge compression ignition engines. In this paper, we investigate a novel approach to the development of a homogenous charge-like environment through the use of porous media. The primary purpose of the media is to enhance the spread as well as the evaporation process of the high pressure fuel spray to achieve charge homogenization. In this paper, we show through high speed visualizations of both cold and hot spray events, how porous media interactions can give rise to greater fuel air mixing and what role system pressure and temperature plays in further enhancing this process.

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