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Numerical Analysis of Unsteady Compressor Performance Under Boundary Conditions Caused by Pulsed Detonation Combustion

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Abstract

Pressure gain combustion is a revolutionary concept to increase gas turbine efficiency and thus potentially reduces the environmental footprint of power generation and aviation. Pressure gain combustion can be realized through pulsed detonation combustion. However, this unsteady combustion process has detrimental effects on adjacent turbomachines. This paper identifies realistic time-variant compressor outlet conditions, which could potentially stem from pulsed detonation combustion. Furthermore, a low fidelity approach based on the 1D-Euler method is applied to investigate the performance of a compressor exposed to these outlet boundary conditions. The simulation results indicate that the efficiency penalty due to unsteady compressor operation remains below 1% point. Furthermore, between 80% and 95% of the fluctuations’ amplitudes are damped till the inlet of the 4-stage compressor.

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Abbreviations

\(\mathrm {E^3}\) :

Energy efficient engine

PDC:

Pulsed detonation combustion

PGC:

Pressure gain combustion

A :

Cross sectional area

c :

Absolute velocity

E :

Internal energy

\(F_{x,Outlet}\) :

Outlet surface force

\(F_{x,Inlet}\) :

Inlet surface force

\(F_{x,Endwall}\) :

Surface force caused by a change in area

\(F_{x,Blade}\) :

Blade force

h :

Specific enthalpy

\(\dot{m}\) :

Mass flow

p :

Pressure

t :

Time

\(t_{close}\) :

Time during which the combustor is closed

T :

Temperature

\(V_p\) :

Volume of the plenum

W :

Work input

\(\varDelta \varPhi \) :

Relative amplitude of static pressure

\(\epsilon \) :

Unsteady damping

\(\eta \) :

Isentropic efficiency

\(\rho \) :

Density

\(\gamma \) :

Ratio of specific heats

\(_{ax}\) :

Quantity in axial direction

\(_{in}\) :

Inlet of component

\(_{out}\) :

Outlet of component

\(_{p}\) :

Quantity in plenum

\(^{ma}\) :

Mass-averaged

\(^{wa}\) :

Work-averaged

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Funding: The authors gratefully acknowledge the support by the Deutsche For-schungsgemeinschaft (DFG) as part of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 1029 “Substantial efficiency increase in gas turbines through direct use of coupled unsteady combustion and flow dynamics” in project D01.

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    Tim Rähse & Panagiotis Stathopoulos

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Neumann, N., Rähse, T., Stathopoulos, P., Peitsch, D. (2022). Numerical Analysis of Unsteady Compressor Performance Under Boundary Conditions Caused by Pulsed Detonation Combustion. In: King, R., Peitsch, D. (eds) Active Flow and Combustion Control 2021. AFCC 2021. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 152 . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90727-3_17

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