NDLI: Acoustically Induced Flashback in a Staged Swirl-Stabilized Combustor

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Author	Lapeyre, Corentin J. Mazur, Marek Scouflaire, Philippe Richecoeur, Franck Ducruix, Sébastien Poinsot, Thierry
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	This paper describes a joint experimental and numerical investigation of the interaction between thermoacoustics and flashback mechanisms in a swirled turbulent burner. An academic air/propane combustor terminated by a choked nozzle is operated up to 2.5 bars. Experiments show that the flame can stabilize either within the combustion chamber or flashback inside the injection duct, intermittently or permanently. The present study focuses on the mechanisms leading to flashback: this phenomenon can occur naturally, depending on the swirl level which can be adjusted in the experiment by introducing axial flow through the upstream inlet. It can also be triggered by acoustic waves, either through acoustic forcing or self-excited thermoacoustic instability. Flashback is difficult to study experimentally, but it can be investigated numerically using LES: in a first configuration, the outlet of the chamber is treated as a non-reflecting surface through which harmonic waves can be introduced. In this case, a 20 kPa acoustic forcing is sufficient to trigger permanent flashback after a few cycles. When the LES computational domain includes the choked nozzle used experimentally, no forcing is needed for flashback to occur. Self-excited oscillations reach high levels rapidly, leading to flame flashback, as observed experimentally. These results also suggest a simple method to avoid flashback by using fuel staging, which is then tested successfully in both LES and experiments.
Starting Page	265
Ending Page	282
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13866184
Journal	Flow, Turbulence and Combustion
Volume Number	98
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15731987
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2016-06-04
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Flashback Flame stabilization Thermoacoustic instabilities Experimental combustion LES Engineering Fluid Dynamics Fluid- and Aerodynamics Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer Automotive Engineering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Physics and Astronomy Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Chemical Engineering

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