Physical mechanisms that cause intermittency that presages combustion instability and blowout in a turbulent lifted jet flame combustor

References

• Ben-Dov, G., and Cohen, J. 2007. Critical Reynolds number for a natural transition to turbulence in pipe flows. Phys. Rev. Lett., 98(6), 064503.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Biswas, S., Kopp-Vaughn, K., Renfro, M.W., and Cetegen, B.M. 2013. Phase resolved characterization of conical premixed flames near and far from blowoff. Combust. Flame, 160(12), 2843.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Candel, S. 2002. Combustion dynamics and control: Progress and challenges. Proc. Combust. Inst., 29, 1.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chakravarthy, S.R., Shreenivasan, O.J., Boehm, B., Dreizler, A., and Janicka, J. 2007. Experimental characterization of onset of acoustic instability in a nonpremixed half-dump combustor. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 122(1), 120.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Coats, C.M. 1996. Coherent structures in combustion. Prog. Energy Combust. Sci., 22(5), 427.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Driscoll, J.F. 2008. Turbulent premixed combustion: Flamelet structure and its effect on turbulent burning velocities. Prog. Energy Combust. Sci., 34(1), 91.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fiedler, H.E. 1987. Coherent structures. In Advances in Turbulence, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
   Google Scholar
• Gotoda, H., Shinoda, Y., Kobayashi, M., and Okuno, Y. 2014. Detection and control of combustion instability based on the concept of dynamical system theory. Phys. Rev. E, 89(2), 022910.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hussain, A.F. 1983. Coherent structures—Reality and myth. Phys. Fluids, 26, 2816.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hussain, A.F. 1986. Coherent structures and turbulence. J. Fluid Mech., 173, 303.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jeong, J., and Hussain, A.F. 1995. On the identification of vortex. J. Fluid Mech., 285, 69.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kabiraj, L., and Sujith, R.I. 2012. Nonlinear self-excited thermoacoustic oscillations: Intermittency and flame blowout. J. Fluid Mech., 713, 376.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kumara Gurubaran, R. 2005. Experimental investigation of airblast atomizer. Master’s thesis. IIT, Madras, India.
   Google Scholar
• Lieuwen, T.C. 2002. Experimental investigation of limit-cycle oscillations in an unstable gas turbine combustor. J. Propul. Power, 18(1), 61.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lieuwen, T.C. 2012. Unsteady Combustor Physics, Cambridge University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Lyons, K.M. 2007. Toward an understanding of the stabilization mechanisms of lifted turbulent jets flames: Experiments. Prog. Energy Combust. Sci., 33(2), 211.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mariappan, S. 2011. Theoretical and experimental investigation of the non-normal nature of thermoacoustic interactions. PhD thesis. IIT, Madras, India.
   Google Scholar
• Medwell, P.R., and Bassam, B.D. 2012. Experimental observation of lifted flames in a heated and diluted coflow. Energy Fuels, 26(9), 5519.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mcmanus, K.R., Poinsot, T., and Candel, S.M. 1993. A review of active control of combustion instabilities. Prog. Energy Combust. Sci., 16, 1.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Muruganandam, T.M., Nair, S., Neumeier, Y., Lieuwen, T., and Seitzman, J.M. 2002. Optical and acoustic sensing of lean blowout precursors. Paper AIAA-2002-3732. Presented at the 38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 07–10 July 2002, Indianapolis, Indiana.
   Google Scholar
• Muruganandam, T.M., and Seitzman, J.M. 2012. Fluid mechanics of lean blowout precursors in gas turbine combustors. Int. J. Spray Combust. Dyn., 4(1), 29.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nair, S., and Lieuwen, T.C. 2005. Acoustic detection of blowout in premixed flames. J. Propul. Power, 21(1), 32.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nair, S., and Lieuwen, T.C. 2007. Near blow-off dynamics of a bluff-body stabilized flame. J. Propul. Power, 23(2), 421.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nair, V. 2014. Role of intermittency in the onset of combustion instability. PhD thesis. IIT, Madras, India.
   Google Scholar
• Nair, V., and Sujith, R.I. 2013. Identifying homoclinic orbits in the dynamics of intermittent signals through recurrence quantification. Chaos, 23(3), 033136.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nair, V., and Sujith, R.I. 2014. Multifractality in combustion noise: Predicting an impending instability. J. Fluid Mech., 747, 635.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nair, V., Thampi, G., and Sujith R.I. 2014. Intermittency route to thermoacoustic instability in turbulent combustors. J. Fluid Mech., 756, 470.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peters, N. 2000. Turbulent Combustion, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
   Google Scholar
• Poinsot, T.J., Trouve, A.C., Veynante, D.P., Candel, S.M., and Esposito, E.J. 1987. Vortex-driven acoustically coupled combustion instabilities. J. Fluid Mech., 177, 265.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pomeau, Y., and Manneville, P. 1980. Intermittent transition to turbulence in dissipative dynamical systems. Commun. Math. Phys., 74(2), 189.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rasmussen, C.C., and Driscoll J.F. 2008. Blowout limits of flames in high-speed airflows: Critical Damkohler number. Paper AIAA 2008-4571. Presented at the 44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 21 – 23 July 2008, Hartford, CT.
   Google Scholar
• Roehle, I., Schodl, R., Voigt, P., and Willert, C. 2000. Recent developments and applications of quantitative laser light sheet measuring techniques in turbomachinery components. Meas. Sci. Technol., 11(7), 1023.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rogers, D.E. 1956. A mechanism for high-frequency oscillation in ramjet combustors and afterburners. J. Jet Prop., 26(6), 456.
   Google Scholar
• Schadow, K.C., Gutmark, E., Parr, T.P., Parr, D.M., Wilson, K.J., and Crump, J.E. 1989. Large-scale coherent structures as drivers of combustion instability. Combust. Sci. Technol., 64(4–6), 167.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schlichting, H., and Gersten, K. 2000. Boundary-Layer Theory, Springer Science & Business Media.
   Google Scholar
• Searby, G. 1992. Acoustic instability in premixed flames. Combust. Sci. Technol., 81(4–6), 221.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Searby, G., and Rochwerger, D. 1991. A parametric acoustic instability in premixed flames. J. Fluid Mech., 231, 529.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shanbhogue, S.J., Husain, S., and Lieuwen, T. 2009. Lean blowoff of bluff body stabilized flames: Scaling and dynamics. Prog. Energy Combust. Sci., 35(1), 98.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smith, D.A., and Zukoski, E.E. 1985. Combustion instability sustained by unsteady vortex combustion. Paper AIAA-85-1248. Presented at the AIAA/SAE/ASME/ASEE 21st Joint Propulsion Conference, 8 – 10 July 1985, Monterey California.
   Google Scholar
• Strahle, W. 1978. Combustion noise. Prog. Energy Combust. Sci., 4(3), 157.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thampi, G., and Sujith, R.I. 2015. Intermittent burst oscillations—The signature prior to flame blowout in a swirl stabilized combustor. J. Propul. Power., 31(6), 1661–1671.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Unni, V.R., Nair, V., and Sujith, R.I. 2013. System and method for detecting precursors to control blowout in combustion systems, WO2015068176A2, PCT/IN2014/000714, Published: May 14, 2015, Priority date: Nov 8, 2013.
   Google Scholar
• Unni, V.R., and Sujith, R.I. 2015a. Multifractal characterization of combustion dynamics. Presented at the 51st AIAA/SAE/ASME/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, 27–29 July, 2015, Orlando, FL.
   Google Scholar
• Unni, V.R., and Sujith, R.I. 2015b. Multifractal characteristics of combustor dynamics close to blowout. J. Fluid Mech., 784, 30.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Unni, V.R., and Sujith, R.I. 2016. Flame dynamics during intermittency in a turbulent combustor. Proc. Combust. Inst., 36(3), 3791.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wilke, C.R. 1950. A viscosity equation for gas mixtures. J. Chem. Phys., 18, 517.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wu, X., Wang, M., Moin, P., and Peters, N. 2003. Combustion instability due to the nonlinear interaction between sound and flame. J. Fluid Mech., 497, 23.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yu, K.H., Trouve, A., and Daily, J.W. 1991. Low-frequency pressure oscillations in a model RAMJET combustor. J. Fluid Mech., 232, 47.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar