Mixing and detonation structure in a rotating detonation engine with an axial air inlet

Sato, Takuma; Chacon, Fabian; White, Logan; Raman, Venkat; Gamba, Mirko

doi:10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.283

Mixing and detonation structure in a rotating detonation engine with an axial air inlet

Journal Article · Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.283· OSTI ID:1808470

Sato, Takuma ^[1]; Chacon, Fabian ^[2]; White, Logan ^[2]; Raman, Venkat ^[2]; Gamba, Mirko ^[2]

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); University of Michigan
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

High-fidelity simulations of an experimental rotating detonation engine with an axial air inlet were conducted. The system operated with hydrogen as fuel at globally stoichiometric conditions. Instantaneous data showed that the detonation front is highly corrugated, and is considerably weaker than an ideal Chapman–Jouguet wave. Regions of deflagration are present ahead of the wave, caused by mixing with product gases from the previous cycle, as well as the injector recovery process. It is found that as the post-detonation high pressure flow expands, the injectors recover unsteadily, leading to a transient mixing process ahead of the next cycle. The resulting flow structure not only promotes mixing between product and reactant gases, but also increases likelihood of autoignition. These results show that the detonation process is very sensitive to injector design and the transient behavior during the detonation cycle. Phase-averaged statistics and conditionally averaged data are used to understand the overall reaction structure. As a result, comparisons with available experimental data on this configuration show remarkable good agreement of the predicted reacting flow structure.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0025315

OSTI ID:: 1808470

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1777037

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Journal Name: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 38; ISSN 1540-7489

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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