Modeling of turbulent dilute spray combustion

P Jenny, D Roekaerts, N Beishuizen - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2012 - Elsevier
In a real turbulent spray flame, dispersion, continuous phase turbulence modification,
dispersed phase inter-particle collisions, evaporation, mixing and combustion occur …

[HTML][HTML] Forced ignition of turbulent spray flames

E Mastorakos - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the current state of knowledge on the initiation of a flame in a spray
through the action of a spark or through local deposition of heat, and the subsequent flame …

Lean blow-out prediction in an industrial gas turbine combustor through a LES-based CFD analysis

PC Nassini, D Pampaloni, R Meloni, A Andreini - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of lean premixed flames to control combustion temperature and limit nitric oxides
(NO x) formation is a common practice in all the applications of land-based gas turbines …

A comparison of the blow-off behaviour of swirl-stabilized premixed, non-premixed and spray flames

DE Cavaliere, J Kariuki, E Mastorakos - Flow, turbulence and combustion, 2013 - Springer
Confined short turbulent swirling premixed and non-premixed methane and heptane spray
flames stabilized on an axisymmetric bluff body in a square enclosure have been examined …

Laser ignition for aerospace propulsion

SA O'Briant, SB Gupta, SS Vasu - Propulsion and Power Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Renewed interest in the use of high-speed ramjets and scramjets and more efficient lean
burning engines has led to many subsequent developments in the field of laser ignition for …

Large eddy simulations of forced ignition of a non-premixed bluff-body methane flame with conditional moment closure

A Triantafyllidis, E Mastorakos, R Eggels - Combustion and Flame, 2009 - Elsevier
Large Eddy Simulations (LES) of forced ignition of a bluff-body stabilised non-premixed
methane flame using the Conditional Moment Closure (CMC) turbulent combustion model …

Experimental investigation of the ignition process in a separated dual-swirl spray flame

S Yang, C Zhang, Y Lin, X Xue, X Gan - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
Centrally staged lean premixed pre-evaporation combustion technology has been used in
aero engines for its capability in effectively reducing NOx emissions while still providing …

Simulations of laminar flame propagation in droplet mists

A Neophytou, E Mastorakos - Combustion and Flame, 2009 - Elsevier
In order to clarify the conditions conducive to propagation of premixed flames in quiescent
sprays, a one-dimensional code with detailed chemistry and transport was used. n-Heptane …

Large eddy simulation of forced ignition of an annular bluff-body burner

V Subramanian, P Domingo, L Vervisch - Combustion and Flame, 2010 - Elsevier
The optimization of the ignition process is a crucial issue in the design of many combustion
systems. Large eddy simulation (LES) of a conical shaped bluff-body turbulent nonpremixed …

Investigations of the effect of the primary hole on ignition performance of a three-dome model combustor with RP-3 liquid aviation fuel

K Yao, X He, Y Jin, Y Huang, Y Wang… - Aerospace Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The primary hole exerts a substantial influence on the ignition performance of gas turbine
combustors. The current investigation delves into the effect of primary hole jets on the …