Maintenance of chaos in a computational model of a thermal pulse combustor

The dynamics of a thermal pulse combustor model are examined. It is found that, as a parameter related to the fuel flow rate is varied, the combustor will undergo a transition from periodic pulsing to chaotic pulsing to a chaotic transient leading to flameout. Results from the numerical model are co...

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Published in:Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1997-12, Vol.7 (4), p.605-613
Main Authors: In, Visarath, Spano, Mark L., Neff, Joseph D., Ditto, William L., Daw, C. Stuart, Edwards, K. Dean, Nguyen, Ke
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Language:English
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Summary:The dynamics of a thermal pulse combustor model are examined. It is found that, as a parameter related to the fuel flow rate is varied, the combustor will undergo a transition from periodic pulsing to chaotic pulsing to a chaotic transient leading to flameout. Results from the numerical model are compared to those obtained from a laboratory-scale thermal pulse combustor. Finally the technique of maintenance (or anticontrol) of chaos is successfully applied to the model, with the result that the operation of the combustor can be continued well into the flameout regime.
ISSN:1054-1500
1089-7682
DOI:10.1063/1.166260