Recent combustion strategies in gas turbines for propulsion and power generation toward a zero-emissions future: Fuels, burners, and combustion techniques

M Stefanizzi, T Capurso, G Filomeno, M Torresi… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The effects of climate change and global warming are arising a new awareness on the
impact of our daily life. Power generation for transportation and mobility as well as in …

Accumulation of errors in numerical simulations of chemically reacting gas dynamics

NN Smirnov, VB Betelin, VF Nikitin, LI Stamov… - Acta Astronautica, 2015 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study is to investigate problems of numerical simulations precision
and stochastic errors accumulation in solving problems of detonation or deflagration …

Hydrogen fuel rocket engines simulation using LOGOS code

NN Smirnov, VB Betelin, RM Shagaliev… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Computer aided design of new effective and clean hydrogen rocket engines needs
mathematical tools for supercomputer modeling of hydrogen–oxygen components mixing …

Rotating detonation in a ramjet engine three-dimensional modeling

NN Smirnov, VF Nikitin, LI Stamov… - Aerospace Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A rotating detonation engine (RDE) combustion chamber fed by hydrogen–air mixtures of
different composition was modeled numerically using 3D geometry. The RDE is a new type …

Modeling and simulation of hydrogen combustion in engines

NN Smirnov, VF Nikitin - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Hydrogen being an ecological fuel is very attractive now for engines designers. It is already
actively used in rocket engines. There exist plans to use hydrogen in pulse detonation …

Detonation engine fed by acetylene–oxygen mixture

NN Smirnov, VB Betelin, VF Nikitin, YG Phylippov… - Acta Astronautica, 2014 - Elsevier
The advantages of a constant volume combustion cycle as compared to constant pressure
combustion in terms of thermodynamic efficiency has focused the search for advanced …

Formation of multiple detonation waves in rotating detonation engines with inhomogeneous methane/oxygen mixtures under different equivalence ratios

Z Luan, Y Huang, S Gao, Y You - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
The performance of rotating detonation engines is strongly affected by the multiple
detonation waves that occur, although the reason for their formation has not yet been fully …

Onset of detonation in hydrogen-air mixtures due to shock wave reflection inside a combustion chamber

NN Smirnov, OG Penyazkov, KL Sevrouk, VF Nikitin… - Acta Astronautica, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydrogen fuel, as for now, is the most energy efficient and clean fuel for aviation engines. At
present time RAM engines based on chemical burning of fuels and accelerating exhaust …

Detonation onset following shock wave focusing

NN Smirnov, OG Penyazkov, KL Sevrouk, VF Nikitin… - Acta Astronautica, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of the present paper is to study detonation initiation due to focusing of a shock wave
reflected inside a cone. Both numerical and experimental investigations were conducted …

Numerical investigation on the shock wave transition in a three-dimensional scramjet isolator

W Huang, Z Wang, M Pourkashanian, L Ma… - Acta Astronautica, 2011 - Elsevier
The scramjet isolator, which is used to prevent the hypersonic inlet from disturbances that
arise from the pressure rise in the scramjet combustor due to the intense turbulent …