Traversing Hot-Jet Ignition in a Constant-Volume Combustor

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2014-04
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Hot-jet ignition of a combustible mixture has application in internal combustion engines, detonation initiation, and wave rotor combustion. Numerical predictions are made for ignition of combustible mixtures using a traversing jet of chemically active gas at one end of a long constant-volume combustor (CVC) with an aspect ratio similar to a wave rotor channel. The CVC initially contains a stoichiometric mixture of ethylene or methane at atmospheric conditions. The traversing jet issues from a rotating prechamber that generates gaseous combustion products, assumed at chemical equilibrium for estimating major species. Turbulent combustion uses a hybrid eddy-breakup model with detailed finite-rate kinetics and a two-equation k-ω model. The confined jet is observed to behave initially as a wall jet and later as a wall-impinging jet. The jet evolution, vortex structure, and mixing behavior are significantly different for traversing jets, stationary centered jets, and near-wall jets. Pressure waves in the CVC chamber affect ignition through flame vorticity generation and compression. The jet and ignition behavior are compared with high-speed video images from a prior experiment. Production of unstable intermediate species like C2H4 and CH3 appears to depend significantly on the initial jet location while relatively stable species like OH are less sensitive.

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Karimi, A., Rajagopal, M., & Nalim, R. (2014). Traversing Hot-Jet Ignition in a Constant-Volume Combustor. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 136(4), 041506.
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