Journal Article FZJ-2023-02965

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Impact of the injector lateral offset on the dynamics of a lean premixed flame and the thermoacoustic stability of a burner

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2023
Elsevier Science Amsterdam [u.a.]

Combustion and flame 256, 112995 () [10.1016/j.combustflame.2023.112995]

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Abstract: The response of a laminar lean premixed flame to excitations based on its position in the combustion chamber and the stability of a burner are numerically investigated. A finite-volume large-eddy simulation method is used to solve the compressible Navier-Stokes equations and a combined G-equation progress variable approach is used to model the flame. Various injector positions in the combustion chamber are investigated in a computational setup with an acoustically non-reflecting outflow boundary condition to analyze the impact on the response of the flame to an external excitation. Due to the changes in the flow field the shape of the flames depends on the displacement offset of the injector. Consequently, the instantaneous, local distribution of the heat release rate fluctuations which is caused by wrinkles on the flame surface is determined by the position of the injector. The heat release rate fluctuations are the dominant source of sound in the investigated configurations. Due to the discrepancies in the local heat release rate fluctuations the flame response to an excitation depends on the lateral offset of the injector. The overall trend of the integrated heat release is the same in most configurations, however, the phase is significantly altered. Since the phase angle of the response of the flame to an excitation determines the stability of a burner, self-excited instabilities can be avoided by adjusting the position of the injector. This is demonstrated using a modified computational domain with an acoustically reflecting outflow boundary condition, which causes the burner to have an acoustic quarter-wave eigenmode. Based on the results of the previous analysis of the flame responses, two injector positions in the combustion chamber are chosen such that the response of the flames is mutually phase-shifted by approximately pi. Therefore, it is expected that one of the configurations will lead to a stable burner while the other one exhibits a self-excited instability. The results show that the injector position determines the stability of the burner configuration for the investigated flames.

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  1. Jülich Supercomputing Center (JSC)
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  1. 5111 - Domain-Specific Simulation & Data Life Cycle Labs (SDLs) and Research Groups (POF4-511) (POF4-511)
  2. 5112 - Cross-Domain Algorithms, Tools, Methods Labs (ATMLs) and Research Groups (POF4-511) (POF4-511)

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