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Bigongiari, A and Heckl, MA (2016) A Green's function approach to predict nonlinear thermoacoustic instabilities in combustors. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 798 (July 2). 970 - 996.

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Abstract

The prediction of thermoacoustic instabilities is fundamental for combustion systems such as domestic burners and industrial gas turbine engines. High-amplitude pressure oscillations cause thermal and mechanical stress to the equipment, leading to premature wear or even critical damage. In this paper we present a new approach to produce nonlinear (i.e. amplitude-dependent) stability maps of a combustion system as a function of various parameters. Our approach is based on the tailored Green’s function of the combustion system, which we calculate analytically. To this end, we assume that the combustor is one-dimensional, and we describe its boundary conditions through reflection coefficients. The heat release is modelled by a generalised law. This includes a direct-feedback term in addition to the usual time-lag term; moreover, its parameters (time lag, coupling coefficients) depend on the oscillation amplitude. The model provides new insight into the physical mechanism of the feedback between heat release rate and acoustic perturbations. It predicts the key nonlinear features of the thermoacoustic feedback, such as limit cycles, bistability and hysteresis. It also explains the frequency shift in the acoustic modes.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: acoustics; combustion; nonlinear instability
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions: Faculty of Natural Sciences > School of Computing and Maths
Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 20 Jul 2016 08:41
Last Modified: 11 Apr 2019 09:09
URI: http://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/2046

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