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Chapter 1 Introduction of self-sustained thermoacoustic instability |
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1 | (112) |
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1.1 Introduction of thermoacoustic instability phenomena |
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1 | (3) |
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1.2 Basic physics of combustion instabilities and review of Rayleigh criterion |
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4 | (2) |
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1.3 Generation mechanisms of combustion instability |
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6 | (6) |
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1.3.1 Mathematical description |
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6 | (4) |
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1.3.2 Physical description |
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10 | (2) |
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1.4 Stability prediction of longitudinal and circumferential eigenmodes in choked thermoacoustic combustor |
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12 | (18) |
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1.4.1 Physical configuration and geometry of the chocked combustor |
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13 | (2) |
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1.4.2 Description of the analytical modeled combustor |
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15 | (3) |
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1.4.3 Linearized Euler equation method |
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18 | (4) |
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1.4.4 Longitudinal and circumferential eigenmodes stability estimation |
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22 | (7) |
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29 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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1.5 Mean flow effect on entropy generation in a thermoacoustic combustor |
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30 | (13) |
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1.5.1 Description of the modeled combustor and governing equations |
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31 | (2) |
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1.5.2 Transfer function analysis of entropy-acoustics-heat coupling |
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33 | (2) |
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1.5.3 Low-order thermo-acoustic model |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (6) |
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42 | (1) |
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1.6 Thermodynamics-acoustics coupling studies on self-excited combustion oscillations maximum growth rate |
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43 | (16) |
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1.6.1 Generation mechanism of combustion-excited acoustics |
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43 | (7) |
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1.6.2 Stability behaviors and maximum growth rate prediction |
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50 | (5) |
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1.6.3 Experimental studies |
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55 | (4) |
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59 | (1) |
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1.7 Heat flux and acoustic power in a convection-driven T-shaped thermoacoustic combustor |
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59 | (19) |
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1.7.1 Numerical model of a T-shaped thermoacoustic combustor |
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60 | (3) |
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1.7.2 Effects of inlet flow velocity, heat source location and heat flux |
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63 | (8) |
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1.7.3 Experimental studies |
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71 | (5) |
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76 | (2) |
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1.8 Effects of time delay, acoustic losses, combustion-flow interaction index on stability behaviors of a Rijke-type combustor |
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78 | (10) |
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1.8.1 Description of the thermoacoustic model |
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79 | (2) |
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1.8.2 Stability analysis of the time-delayed thermoacoustic model |
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81 | (2) |
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1.8.3 Effects of time delay, acoustic losses, and interaction index |
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83 | (5) |
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88 | (1) |
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1.9 Identifying chemical kinetics contribution to stability behaviors |
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88 | (12) |
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1.9.1 Description of the chemical reaction model |
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89 | (1) |
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1.9.2 Identified states distribution in thermodynamics P-T phase diagrams |
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90 | (3) |
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1.9.3 Chemical kinetics analysis of unsteady heat release |
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93 | (7) |
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100 | (1) |
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1.10 Concluding remarks and future work |
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100 | (13) |
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101 | (12) |
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Chapter 2 Nonlinear dynamics of thermoacoustic combustors |
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113 | (90) |
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113 | (1) |
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2.2 Bifurcation study of a Rijke-type thermoacoustic combustor |
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114 | (14) |
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2.2.1 Modeling of unsteady heat release and bifurcation analysis |
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115 | (4) |
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2.2.2 Nonlinear dynamics behaviors of the standing-wave combustor |
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119 | (4) |
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2.2.3 Experimental observation of bifurcation behaviors |
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123 | (4) |
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127 | (1) |
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2.3 Effects of background noises on nonlinear dynamics of a modeled Rijke-type combustor |
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128 | (15) |
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128 | (1) |
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2.3.2 Description of a nonlinear thermoacoustic model |
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129 | (5) |
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2.3.3 Effects of each type of background noises |
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134 | (4) |
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2.3.4 Effects of combined background noises |
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138 | (4) |
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142 | (1) |
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2.4 Coherence resonance and stochastic bifurcation behaviors of Rijke-type combustor |
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143 | (16) |
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2.4.1 Theoretical modeling |
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144 | (4) |
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2.4.2 Boundary effects: closed-open and open-open |
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148 | (8) |
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2.4.3 Experimental studies |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (2) |
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2.5 Stochastic properties of a thermoacoustic combustor driven by colored noise |
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159 | (13) |
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2.5.1 Modeling of premixed thermoacoustic combustor driven by turbulence-induced color noise |
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160 | (4) |
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2.5.2 Effect of the colored noise |
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164 | (7) |
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171 | (1) |
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2.6 Characterizing nonlinear dynamics features in swirling thermoacoustic combustor |
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172 | (18) |
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2.6.1 Description of the experimental test |
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173 | (3) |
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2.6.2 Data-processing methodologies |
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176 | (2) |
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2.6.3 Effect of equivalence ratio swirling number and mass flow rate |
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178 | (9) |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (2) |
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2.7 Concluding remarks and future work |
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190 | (13) |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (11) |
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Chapter 3 Transient growth and non-orthogonality of thermoacoustic eigenmodes |
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203 | (102) |
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203 | (1) |
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3.2 Transient growth of flow disturbances in triggering Rijke-type thermoacoustic combustor |
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204 | (23) |
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3.2.1 Description of the numerical modeled Rijke-type combustor |
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204 | (8) |
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3.2.2 Effect of mean temperature gradient |
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212 | (4) |
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3.2.3 Orthogonality analysis of the combustion-excited modes |
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216 | (3) |
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3.2.4 Transient growth analysis |
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219 | (8) |
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3.3 Effect of choked outlet on transient energy growth analysis |
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227 | (17) |
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227 | (1) |
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3.3.2 Geometry and physical configurations of the choked combustor |
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228 | (2) |
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3.3.3 Transient growth of flow disturbances |
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230 | (2) |
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3.3.4 Modal analysis methods |
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232 | (3) |
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3.3.5 Effect of open or choked outlet |
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235 | (8) |
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243 | (1) |
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3.4 Effect of entropy waves on transient energy growth in a choked thermoacoustic system |
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244 | (26) |
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244 | (2) |
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246 | (8) |
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3.4.3 Non-orthogonality analysis of acoustic and entropy modes with mean flow |
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254 | (7) |
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3.4.4 Transient energy growth analysis |
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261 | (8) |
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269 | (1) |
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3.5 Transient energy growth analysis of a combustor with distributed mean heat input |
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270 | (27) |
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270 | (1) |
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3.5.2 Description of the thermoacoustic system with distributed mean heat input |
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270 | (5) |
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3.5.3 Modal analysis of such distributed heat source system |
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275 | (3) |
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3.5.4 Entropy waves generation by acoustic disturbances impinging on distributed heat source |
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278 | (2) |
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3.5.5 Non-orthogonality analysis of entropy eigenmodes |
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280 | (4) |
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3.5.6 Transient energy growth analysis |
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284 | (8) |
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292 | (2) |
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294 | (1) |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (2) |
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297 | (1) |
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3.6 Concluding remarks and future work |
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297 | (8) |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (6) |
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Chapter 4 Intrinsic thermoacoustic instability |
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305 | (60) |
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305 | (2) |
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4.2 Entropy-involved energy measure study of intrinsic combustion instability |
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307 | (13) |
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4.2.1 Theoretical modeling of a non-uniform combustor |
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307 | (3) |
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4.2.2 Predicting intrinsic eigenfrequencies and critical gain |
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310 | (2) |
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4.2.3 Case studies of turbulent and laminar flames |
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312 | (6) |
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318 | (1) |
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4.2.5 Appendix: order analysis |
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319 | (1) |
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4.3 Intrinsic thermoacoustic instability of a premixed combustor with a moving flame front |
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320 | (16) |
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320 | (1) |
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4.3.2 Theoretical modeling of the premixed thermoacoustic system |
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320 | (3) |
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4.3.3 Entropy disturbances generated in the non-uniform combustor |
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323 | (1) |
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4.3.4 Thermoacoustic network model |
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324 | (2) |
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4.3.5 Discussion on the intrinsic thermoacoustic criterion |
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326 | (2) |
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4.3.6 Comparison with experimental results |
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328 | (8) |
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336 | (1) |
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4.4 Acoustics-vorticity-entropy interaction contribution to intrinsic axisymmetric thermoacoustic instability |
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336 | (18) |
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336 | (1) |
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4.4.2 Azimuthal perturbation modeling affected by unsteady heat release |
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337 | (7) |
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4.4.3 Thermoacoustic dynamics in plenum-swirler-chamber configuration |
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344 | (9) |
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353 | (1) |
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4.5 Concluding remarks and future work |
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354 | (11) |
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Appendix A Governing equations of the vorticity-entropy-acoustics coupling |
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354 | (3) |
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Appendix B Matrix formulation |
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357 | (1) |
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358 | (1) |
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359 | (6) |
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Chapter 5 Premixed and nonpremixed flame-acoustics dynamic interaction |
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365 | (78) |
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365 | (2) |
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5.2 Hydrogen-fueled diffusion flame in a longitudinal combustor |
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367 | (21) |
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5.2.1 Description of the numerical model |
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367 | (4) |
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5.2.2 Validation of the numerical model |
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371 | (2) |
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5.2.3 Entropy generation and thermodynamic second law efficiency |
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373 | (13) |
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5.2.4 Flame transfer function (FTF) analysis |
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386 | (2) |
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388 | (1) |
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5.3 Acoustically-excited turbulent premixed flames |
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388 | (13) |
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388 | (1) |
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389 | (2) |
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391 | (4) |
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5.3.4 Planar laser-induced fluorescence imaging |
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395 | (4) |
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399 | (2) |
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401 | (1) |
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5.4 Blow-off characteristics of premixed methane/air flame under acoustic excitation |
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401 | (18) |
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401 | (1) |
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5.4.2 Experimental rig with laser diagnostics packaged applied |
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402 | (2) |
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5.4.3 Premixed flame structure during the blow-off process |
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404 | (7) |
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5.4.4 Flow and acoustic velocity measurements |
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411 | (4) |
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5.4.5 Numerical investigation of the acoustic resonance nature of the combustor |
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415 | (3) |
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418 | (1) |
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5.5 Soot suppression from acoustically forcing acetylene diffusion flames |
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419 | (13) |
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419 | (1) |
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5.5.2 Description of experimental setup |
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420 | (3) |
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5.5.3 Effects of acoustic forcing amplitude and frequency and soot suppression mechanism |
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423 | (9) |
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432 | (1) |
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5.6 Concluding remarks and future work |
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432 | (11) |
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433 | (10) |
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Chapter 6 Active control of thermoacoustic instability |
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443 | (70) |
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443 | (7) |
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6.1.1 Basic physics of combustion instabilities |
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443 | (2) |
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6.1.2 Generating mechanisms |
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445 | (2) |
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447 | (2) |
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449 | (1) |
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450 | (2) |
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6.3 Open-loop control strategies |
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452 | (3) |
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6.4 Closed-loop control strategies |
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455 | (9) |
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6.4.1 A simplified open-ended thermoacoustic system |
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460 | (1) |
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6.4.2 Model-based control |
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461 | (3) |
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6.5 Development of transient growth controller |
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464 | (6) |
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6.5.1 Sliding mode control |
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465 | (1) |
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466 | (4) |
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6.6 Practical application and challenges |
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470 | (9) |
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6.6.1 Sensor selection and placement |
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470 | (1) |
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6.6.2 Actuator selection and placement |
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471 | (1) |
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6.6.3 Secondary peaks after control |
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472 | (2) |
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6.6.4 Transient energy growth |
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474 | (1) |
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475 | (4) |
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6.7 Effects on combustion efficiency and emissions |
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479 | (2) |
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6.8 Case study of feedback control of Rijke-type combustion instability |
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481 | (8) |
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6.8.1 Modeling of actuated Rijke-type thermoacoustic system |
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481 | (4) |
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6.8.2 Lyapunov-function-based control of thermoacoustic instability |
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485 | (4) |
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6.9 Controller performances |
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489 | (4) |
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6.10 Sliding mode control of thermoacoustic instability |
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493 | (8) |
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6.10.1 Design of sliding mode controller |
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495 | (2) |
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6.10.2 Performances of sliding mode controller |
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497 | (4) |
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6.11 Concluding remarks and future works |
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501 | (12) |
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Appendix: x, ψ and Φ and M involved in the Rijke tube model |
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502 | (1) |
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503 | (10) |
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Chapter 7 Passive control of combustion instabilities |
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513 | (72) |
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513 | (8) |
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7.1.1 Brief description of the damping mechanism |
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515 | (3) |
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7.1.2 Other passive control approach |
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518 | (1) |
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7.1.3 Active control approach |
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519 | (2) |
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7.2 Description of combustion-excited oscillations and acoustic dampers |
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521 | (9) |
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7.2.1 Unsteady combustion as an efficient sound source |
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521 | (2) |
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7.2.2 Acoustic dampers applied in engine systems |
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523 | (7) |
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7.3 "Tunable" acoustic dampers |
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530 | (10) |
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7.3.1 Tunable helmholtz resonator |
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530 | (3) |
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7.3.2 Tunable acoustic liners |
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533 | (4) |
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7.3.3 Challenges and issues associated with acoustic dampers implementation |
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537 | (3) |
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7.4 Case study 1: Perforated liners |
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540 | (16) |
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7.4.1 Numerical simulations |
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540 | (4) |
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7.4.2 Description of the experimental setup |
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544 | (4) |
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7.4.3 Open4oop active control |
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548 | (2) |
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7.4.4 Damping flame pulsating oscillations |
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550 | (4) |
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554 | (2) |
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7.5 Case study 2: Electrical heater as a damper |
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556 | (17) |
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7.5.1 Nonlinear recurrence relation analysis |
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556 | (6) |
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7.5.2 Preliminary experimental tests |
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562 | (3) |
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7.5.3 Effect of the heater power Qs |
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565 | (1) |
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7.5.4 Measurement of the most "effective" location and minimum electrical power |
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566 | (1) |
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7.5.5 Numerical simulation of combustion-excited oscillations |
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567 | (4) |
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571 | (2) |
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7.6 Discussion and conclusions |
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573 | (12) |
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574 | (1) |
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Appendix A Energy balance analysis |
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574 | (2) |
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Appendix B Correlation between pump voltage and the cooling flow velocity |
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576 | (1) |
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Appendix C Acoustic signature of nonreacting combustor with cooling flow implemented |
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576 | (1) |
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577 | (8) |
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Chapter 8 CFD studies on thermoacoustic instabilities |
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585 | (88) |
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585 | (2) |
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8.2 URANS simulations of H2-fueled pulsating combustion oscillations |
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587 | (24) |
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8.2.1 Numerical methods and governing equations |
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587 | (4) |
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8.2.2 Model settings and data postprocessing |
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591 | (1) |
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8.2.3 Effects of mass flow rate and heating bands' temperature |
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592 | (11) |
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603 | (1) |
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604 | (1) |
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604 | (7) |
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8.3 NOx emission reduction reaction of NH3-H2 with self-excited combustion oscillations |
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611 | (19) |
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611 | (1) |
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8.3.2 Modeled premixed combustor with NH3-H2 fueled |
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612 | (3) |
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8.3.3 Model validation and mesh-independence studies |
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615 | (3) |
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8.3.4 Effects of total mass, H2 mass fraction and Heat exchangers |
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618 | (10) |
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628 | (2) |
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8.4 RANS studies on premixed CH4/air swirling combustion instability |
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630 | (15) |
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8.4.1 3D Physical models and numerical methods |
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630 | (2) |
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8.4.2 Model validations and mesh and time-independence study |
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632 | (2) |
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8.4.3 Effects of swirling number SN, inlet air flow rate Va and inlet temperature 7 |
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634 | (4) |
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8.4.4 Further studies on the heat exchanger temperature TH on damping thermoacoustic instability |
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638 | (6) |
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644 | (1) |
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8.5 LES studies on swirling combustion instabilities |
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645 | (18) |
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645 | (4) |
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649 | (13) |
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662 | (1) |
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663 | (10) |
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Appendix A Chemical reaction mechanism |
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664 | (2) |
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Appendix B Experimental setup |
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666 | (1) |
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666 | (1) |
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667 | (6) |
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Chapter 9 Real-time mode decomposition and proper orthogonal/dynamic mode decomposition analyses of aeroacoustics and ramjet thermoacoustic instability |
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673 | (68) |
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673 | (2) |
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9.2 A Real-time decomposition algorithm for monitoring and controlling combustion system |
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675 | (16) |
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9.2.1 Theory of real-time decomposition algorithm |
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675 | (5) |
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9.2.2 Numerical evaluation of the real-time mode decomposition algorithm performances |
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680 | (2) |
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9.2.3 Experimental demonstration |
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682 | (3) |
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9.2.4 Further experimental implementation |
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685 | (4) |
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9.2.5 Discussion and concluding remarks |
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689 | (2) |
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9.3 Proper orthogonal decomposition studies on Rijke-type thermoacoustic instability |
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691 | (14) |
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9.3.1 Experimental test rig and data-processing methodologies |
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693 | (3) |
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9.3.2 Single sensor measurement and an array of pressure sensors measurements |
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696 | (8) |
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704 | (1) |
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9.4 Dynamic mode decomposition and proper orthogonal decomposition analyses of combustion instability in a solid-fueled Ramjet combustor |
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705 | (28) |
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9.4.1 Description of the 2D numerical ramjet model |
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707 | (6) |
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9.4.2 Chemical reaction model and acoustic signature validations |
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713 | (1) |
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9.4.3 Reaction-involved flow field characteristics |
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714 | (3) |
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9.4.4 Proper orthogonal decomposition and dynamic mode decomposition analyses of solid fuel ramjet flow fields |
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717 | (9) |
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9.4.5 Further detailed dynamic mode decomposition analyses on the solid fuel ramjet flow field |
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726 | (5) |
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731 | (2) |
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9.5 Conclusions and future work |
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733 | (8) |
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734 | (7) |
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Chapter 10 Meso- and micro-scale combustion instability and flame characteristics |
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741 | (90) |
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741 | (1) |
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10.2 Swirli tubular flame--acoustic interaction in a meso-scale premixed combustor |
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742 | (16) |
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10.2.1 Experimental apparatus |
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743 | (2) |
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10.2.2 Effects of acoustic frequency f0, magnitude P0 and mixture flow rate QA |
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745 | (8) |
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10.2.3 Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) analysis |
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753 | (4) |
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10.2.4 Concluding remarks |
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757 | (1) |
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10.3 Combustion instability in an oxy-methane meso-combustor with a swirl tubular flame |
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758 | (19) |
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10.3.1 Experimental method |
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760 | (2) |
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10.3.2 Systematic studies of Case A, B, and C with different Sw |
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762 | (11) |
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10.3.3 Effects of C02 dilution and inner diameter and injection slit size |
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773 | (4) |
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10.3.4 Concluding remarks |
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777 | (1) |
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10.4 Flame stability and combustion characteristics in a meso-scale combustor |
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777 | (21) |
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10.4.1 Experimental setup |
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779 | (2) |
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10.4.2 Effects of inlet flow rates and fuel properties on flame stability and combustion |
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781 | (16) |
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10.4.3 Concluding remarks |
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797 | (1) |
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10.5 Micro-scale planar combustor: flame structure, blowout limit and radiant efficiency |
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798 | (2) |
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10.6 Thermal performances and NOx emission in a modeled premixed CH4/NH3 micro-planar combustor |
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800 | (17) |
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10.6.1 Description of numerically modeled micro-planar combustor |
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801 | (5) |
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10.6.2 Effects of equivalence ratio, inlet flow rate and fuel components |
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806 | (11) |
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10.6.3 Concluding remarks |
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817 | (1) |
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10.7 Concluding remarks and future works |
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817 | (14) |
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818 | (13) |
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Chapter 11 Ramjet combustion instability and thermodynamic performances |
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831 | (76) |
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831 | (1) |
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11.2 Solid-fueled ramjet combustion instability |
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832 | (24) |
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11.2.1 Description of the 2D numerical model |
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832 | (4) |
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11.2.2 Mesh-independency studies and model validation |
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836 | (2) |
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11.2.3 Effects of inlet thermodynamic properties on generating combustion instability |
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838 | (15) |
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853 | (3) |
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11.3 Guide vane effect on reacting flow characteristics in a ramjet combustor |
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856 | (22) |
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856 | (1) |
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11.3.2 Models and numerical method |
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857 | (6) |
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11.3.3 Non-reacting flow field characteristics |
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863 | (2) |
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11.3.4 Fuel-air mixing and combustion performances |
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865 | (8) |
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11.3.5 Total pressure losses and combustor drag |
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873 | (4) |
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11.3.6 Concluding remarks |
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877 | (1) |
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11.4 Swirling effect on thermodynamic performances of a solid-fuel ramjet with paraffin-polyethylene |
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878 | (22) |
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11.4.1 Experimental setup |
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879 | (6) |
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11.4.2 Experimental results and discussion |
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885 | (13) |
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11.4.3 Concluding remarks |
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898 | (2) |
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900 | (7) |
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901 | (6) |
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Chapter 12 Swirling combustion: nonlinear dynamics and emissions |
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907 | (62) |
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907 | (1) |
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12.2 Equivalence ratio φ effect on nonlinear dynamics |
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908 | (19) |
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12.2.1 Description of experimental methods |
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908 | (3) |
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12.2.2 Data-processing algorithms and methodologies |
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911 | (2) |
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12.2.3 Characterizing combustion states under different equivalence ratios |
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913 | (5) |
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12.2.4 States transitions and effect of the combustion chamber length |
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918 | (8) |
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12.2.5 Concluding remarks |
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926 | (1) |
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12.3 Effect of excited combustor natural resonance modes on nonlinear dynamics |
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927 | (21) |
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12.3.1 Experimental setup |
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928 | (2) |
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12.3.2 Nonlinear characterization of forced combustor dynamics |
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930 | (8) |
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12.3.3 Effects of equivalence ratio and acoustic forcing amplitude |
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938 | (3) |
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12.3.4 Flame describing function measurements |
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941 | (4) |
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12.3.5 Concluding remarks |
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945 | (1) |
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946 | (2) |
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12.4 Characterizing emissions and thermodynamic properties of a swirling thermoacoustic combustor |
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948 | (13) |
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12.4.1 Description of the experiment |
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950 | (2) |
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12.4.2 Experimentally observed nonlinear limit cycle oscillations |
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952 | (5) |
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12.4.3 Combustion emissions and thermodynamic properties |
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957 | (3) |
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12.4.4 Concluding remarks |
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960 | (1) |
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12.5 Concluding remarks and future work |
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961 | (8) |
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962 | (7) |
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Chapter 13 Waste thermal energy harvesting from a thermoacoustic system |
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969 | (70) |
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969 | (1) |
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13.2 Energy harvesting from a bifurcating thermoacoustic-piezoelectric system |
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970 | (16) |
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13.2.1 Model of the bifurcating thermoacoustic-piezoelectric system |
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971 | (8) |
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13.2.2 Description of the bifurcating setup for energy harvesting |
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979 | (4) |
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13.2.3 Experimental measurements of the output power and efficiency |
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983 | (1) |
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13.2.4 Concluding remarks |
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984 | (1) |
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13.2.5 Appendix A matrices U and V |
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985 | (1) |
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13.2.6 Appendix B Mechanical-electrical coupling piezoelectric generator |
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986 | (1) |
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13.3 Standing-wave thermoacoustic-piezoelectric energy harvester |
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986 | (20) |
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986 | (1) |
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13.3.2 Description of the theoretical models |
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987 | (4) |
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13.3.3 Experimental studies |
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991 | (14) |
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13.3.4 Concluding remarks |
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1005 | (1) |
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13.4 Theoretical and experimental studies on a thermoacoustic piezoelectric energy harvester |
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1006 | (26) |
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1006 | (1) |
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1007 | (7) |
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13.4.3 Experimental studies |
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1014 | (7) |
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13.4.4 Effect of temperature distribution |
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1021 | (5) |
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13.4.5 Effect of geometrical and electrical parameters |
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1026 | (3) |
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13.4.6 Concluding remarks |
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1029 | (1) |
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13.4.7 Appendix A. Piezoelectric unimorph transducer |
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1029 | (3) |
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13.5 Concluding remarks and future work |
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1032 | (7) |
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1033 | (6) |
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Chapter 14 Standing-wave thermoacoustic engines |
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1039 | (52) |
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1039 | (2) |
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14.2 RANS/DES/SBES simulations on standing-wave thermoacoustic heat engine |
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1041 | (22) |
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14.2.1 3D RANS simulations of standing-wave thermoacoustic engine |
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1041 | (6) |
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14.2.2 Critical onset temperature analysis and preliminary results |
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1047 | (2) |
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14.2.3 Performances comparison between thermoacoustic engines driven by cryogenic liquids and waste heat |
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1049 | (7) |
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14.2.4 Optimization studies on stack plate spacing tp |
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1056 | (6) |
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14.2.5 Comparison of URANS, DES and SBES |
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1062 | (1) |
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14.2.6 Concluding remarks |
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1062 | (1) |
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14.3 LES simulations of standing-wave thermoacoustic engine |
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1063 | (14) |
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14.3.1 Description of the 3D large eddy simulations model |
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1064 | (5) |
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14.3.2 Acoustics, hydrodynamics and heat transfer characteristics |
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1069 | (8) |
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14.3.3 Concluding remarks |
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1077 | (1) |
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14.4 Energy conversion in a high-frequency standing-wave thermoacoustic engine |
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1077 | (9) |
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14.4.1 Description of the experimental setup |
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1078 | (2) |
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14.4.2 Theoretical studies based on linear thermoacoustic theory |
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1080 | (3) |
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14.4.3 Experimental verification and results |
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1083 | (3) |
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14.4.4 Concluding remarks |
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1086 | (1) |
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14.5 Concluding remarks and future work |
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1086 | (5) |
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1087 | (4) |
Appendix |
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1091 | (2) |
Index |
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