3D measurements of swirling flame heat release rate based on CH chemiluminescence

Kuanliang Wang, Guojian Kang, Fei Li*, Xilong Yu

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Heat release rate of the swirl flames is an important parameter for the gas turbine state. It plays an essential role in the study of combustion characteristics, combustion efficiency and chamber protection. Several swirling CH4/air diffusion flames were investigated in a gas turbine model combustor via the spatial flame mode transition. In the combustion mode transition, we utilized three-dimensional computed tomography of chemiluminescence (3D-CTC) technique due to the complexity of swirling combustion flow field. The 3D emissions of CH∗ were measured and taken as qualitative indicators of the heat release rate under three Reynolds number conditions. This 3D measurement method utilizes 8 multi-directional CH∗ images as inputs combined with tomographic algorithms to compute the 3D distribution of CH∗ intensities. In this study, the transitions of heat release area with Reynolds number were analyzed, and the results show that the heat release rate changing more obviously along the nozzle radial direction than the axis direction, and the largest heat release area moves forward significantly.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFifth International Symposium on Laser Interaction with Matter
EditorsYijun Zhao
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510627581
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Symposium on Laser Interaction with Matter, LIMIS 2018 - Changsha, China
Duration: 11 Nov 201813 Nov 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11046
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference5th International Symposium on Laser Interaction with Matter, LIMIS 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChangsha
Period11/11/1813/11/18

Keywords

  • 3D-CTC
  • Chemiluminescence
  • Heat release rate
  • Swirl flame

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