In this study,the low emission combustion technology of Rich-Quench-Lean(RQL)has been applied in Trapped-Vortex Combustor(TVC),and the combinative RQL-TVC shows a promising low emissions performance.By utilizing a que...In this study,the low emission combustion technology of Rich-Quench-Lean(RQL)has been applied in Trapped-Vortex Combustor(TVC),and the combinative RQL-TVC shows a promising low emissions performance.By utilizing a quench orifice plate combined with a bluffbody,a lab-scale RQL-TVC was designed.The flow fields of RQL-TVC were measured by 2-D PIV and predicted by 3-D numerical simulation.Flow structures,radial profiles of normalized mean axial velocity,turbulence intensity and mixing level of the quench zone were analyzed.Results reveal that the dual-vortex and the single-vortex flow patterns both exist in cavities and quench zone of RQL-TVC,and the turbulence intensity is strong in the quench zone with some reverse flows.The spiral vortex was discussed by 3-D streamlines and the detail flow structures of the quench zone were analyzed based on the numerical results.The mixing level of the quench zone was determined,and results show that the quench device enhances the mixing level compared with TVC.Combustion efficiency and emissions performance were investigated experimentally,and results demon-strate that RQL-TVC has relatively higher combustion efficiency and lower emission index of CO,UHC and NO_xthan the same size lab-scale TVC in present work.展开更多
Limit Cycle Oscillation(LCO)quenching of a supercritical airfoil(NLR 7301)considering freeplay is investigated in transonic viscous flow.Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)based on Navier-Stokes equations is implemented...Limit Cycle Oscillation(LCO)quenching of a supercritical airfoil(NLR 7301)considering freeplay is investigated in transonic viscous flow.Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)based on Navier-Stokes equations is implemented to calculate transonic aerodynamic forces.A loosely coupled scheme with steady CFD and an efficient graphic method are developed to obtain the aerodynamic preload.LCO quenching phenomenon is observed from the nonlinear dynamic aeroelastic response obtained by using time marching approach.As the airspeed increases,LCO appears then quenches,forming the first LCO branch.Following the quenching region,LCO occurs again and sustains until the divergence of the response,forming the second LCO branch.The quenching of LCOs was addressed physically based on the aerodynamic preload and the linear flutter characteristic.An“island”of stable region is observed in the flutter boundary,i.e.the flutter speed versus the mean Angle of Attack(AoA).The LCO quenches when the aerodynamic preload crosses this stable region with the increasing of airspeed.The LCO quenching of this model in transonic flow is essentially induced by destabilizing effect from aerodynamic preload,since the flutter speed is sensitive to AoA due to aerodynamic nonlinearity.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51706103,51822605,51776181)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China,(Nos.CEPE2019010,30920031103)+1 种基金the Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization,Zhejiang University,China,(Nos.ZJU-CEU2017011)great support given by the China Scholarship Council(No.201906845024)。
文摘In this study,the low emission combustion technology of Rich-Quench-Lean(RQL)has been applied in Trapped-Vortex Combustor(TVC),and the combinative RQL-TVC shows a promising low emissions performance.By utilizing a quench orifice plate combined with a bluffbody,a lab-scale RQL-TVC was designed.The flow fields of RQL-TVC were measured by 2-D PIV and predicted by 3-D numerical simulation.Flow structures,radial profiles of normalized mean axial velocity,turbulence intensity and mixing level of the quench zone were analyzed.Results reveal that the dual-vortex and the single-vortex flow patterns both exist in cavities and quench zone of RQL-TVC,and the turbulence intensity is strong in the quench zone with some reverse flows.The spiral vortex was discussed by 3-D streamlines and the detail flow structures of the quench zone were analyzed based on the numerical results.The mixing level of the quench zone was determined,and results show that the quench device enhances the mixing level compared with TVC.Combustion efficiency and emissions performance were investigated experimentally,and results demon-strate that RQL-TVC has relatively higher combustion efficiency and lower emission index of CO,UHC and NO_xthan the same size lab-scale TVC in present work.
基金the financial support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12102317).
文摘Limit Cycle Oscillation(LCO)quenching of a supercritical airfoil(NLR 7301)considering freeplay is investigated in transonic viscous flow.Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)based on Navier-Stokes equations is implemented to calculate transonic aerodynamic forces.A loosely coupled scheme with steady CFD and an efficient graphic method are developed to obtain the aerodynamic preload.LCO quenching phenomenon is observed from the nonlinear dynamic aeroelastic response obtained by using time marching approach.As the airspeed increases,LCO appears then quenches,forming the first LCO branch.Following the quenching region,LCO occurs again and sustains until the divergence of the response,forming the second LCO branch.The quenching of LCOs was addressed physically based on the aerodynamic preload and the linear flutter characteristic.An“island”of stable region is observed in the flutter boundary,i.e.the flutter speed versus the mean Angle of Attack(AoA).The LCO quenches when the aerodynamic preload crosses this stable region with the increasing of airspeed.The LCO quenching of this model in transonic flow is essentially induced by destabilizing effect from aerodynamic preload,since the flutter speed is sensitive to AoA due to aerodynamic nonlinearity.
