Numerical Investigation on Combustion-Enhancement Strategy in Shock–Fuel Jet Interaction

Multidimensional numerical simulations are performed to investigate the evolution and formation of unburned fuels for a shock–fuel jet interaction scenario. A full set of Navier–Stokes equations with detailed chemical mechanisms are solved, and the results are analyzed through the Lagrangian method...

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Published in:AIAA journal 2022-01, Vol.60 (1), p.393-410
Main Authors: Zhang, Bin, Liu, Haoyang, Yu, Bin, Wang, Zi’ang, He, Miaosheng, Liu, Hong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aeronautics
Bridges
Combustion efficiency
Efficiency
Gases
Investigations
Jet interaction
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
Numerical analysis
Particle tracking
Solid fuels
Students
Supersonic flow
Three dimensional flow
Two dimensional flow
Viscosity
Vortices
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Summary:Multidimensional numerical simulations are performed to investigate the evolution and formation of unburned fuels for a shock–fuel jet interaction scenario. A full set of Navier–Stokes equations with detailed chemical mechanisms are solved, and the results are analyzed through the Lagrangian method with the goal of improving combustion efficiency in supersonic flows. The flame morphology of a two-dimensional (2-D) non-premixed reactive shock–bubble interaction is first simulated and studied, in which unburned hydrogen is found to prevent efficient combustion. By applying the Lagrangian particle tracking method, most of the unburned hydrogen wrapped into the primary vortex turns out to be initially located upon the symmetry line of the bubble. Motivated by the idea of breaking the primary vortex, this study designs a novel geometry of a concentric bubble, which improves combustion efficiency to 94.4% in contrast to a solid fuel bubble (74%) due to multivortex interaction and a thick bridge structure. With the consistency between qualitative and quantitative 2-D and three-dimensional (3-D) flow dynamics, the idea of a 2-D concentric-bubble configuration is effectively extended to a 3-D coaxial jet interacting with oblique shock despite the existence of Kelvin–Helmholtz instability.
ISSN:0001-1452
1533-385X
DOI:10.2514/1.J060168