Abstract: This article reports experiments carried out in the laboratory scale annular combustor MICCA-spray equipped with multiple swirling spray injectors. The experimental setup consists in an air plenum connected to a combustion ...

Abstract: A considerable research effort has been concerned combustion dynamics of systems fed with hydrocarbon fuels. The case of pure hydrogen/air flames deserves to be specifically considered because hydrogen is highly reactive, ...

Abstract: Experiments in cold and reactive conditions carried out in linear arrays of injectors indicate that the flows established by neighboring injectors exhibit alternating patterns if the distance between two injectors is too ...

Abstract: The light-round is defined as the process by which the flame initiated by an ignition spark propagates from burner to burner in an annular combustor, eventually leading to a stable combustion. Combining experiments and ...

Abstract: This article reports experiments carried out in the MICCA-spray combustor developed at EM2C laboratory. This system comprises 16 swirl spray injectors. Liquid n-heptane is injected by simplex atomizers. The combustion ...

Abstract: A successful ignition in an annular multi-injector combustor follows a sequence of steps. The first injector is ignited; two arch-shaped flame branches nearly perpendicular to the combustor backplane form; they propagate, ...

Abstract: Experiments are carried out on the laboratoryscale MICCASpray annular combustor to examine the effects of swirlers on combustion instabilities. This system comprises 16 sprayswirl injectors and gives rise to instabilities ...

Abstract: Acoustic transfer matrices are widely used in the analysis of combustion dynamics of gas turbines. The reliability of the analysis thus depends on the quality of the determination of the transfer matrices of the individual ...

Abstract: Combustion instability in annular combustors of jet engines is a recurring issue. In this study, the characteristics of instabilities for different fuels are investigated by combining the instability maps obtained in a ...

Abstract: The quality of liquid fuel spray injection determines to a large extent the performance of aero-engine combustors. This investigation focuses on the detailed characterization of the liquid fuel spray in a test rig targeted ...