Combined Diagnostic Analysis of Dynamic Combustion Characteristics in a Scramjet Engine

Seung-Min Jeong and Jeong-Yeol Choi
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Seung-Min Jeong: Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
Jeong-Yeol Choi: Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 15, 1-21

Abstract: In this work, the dynamic combustion characteristics in a scramjet engine were investigated using three diagnostic data analysis methods: DMD (Dynamic Mode Decomposition), STFT (Short-Time Fourier Transform), and CEMA (Chemical Explosive Mode Analysis). The data for the analyses were obtained through a 2D numerical experiment using a DDES (Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation) turbulence model, the UCSD (University of California at San Diego) hydrogen/oxygen chemical reaction mechanism, and high-resolution schemes. The STFT was able to detect that oscillations above 50 kHz identified as dominant in FFT results were not the dominant frequencies in a channel-type combustor. In the analysis using DMD, it was confirmed that the critical point that induced a complete change of mixing characteristics existed between an injection pressure of 0.75 MPa and 1.0 MPa. A combined diagnostic analysis that included a CEMA was performed to investigate the dynamic combustion characteristics. The differences in the reaction steps forming the flame structure under each combustor condition were identified, and, through this, it was confirmed that the pressure distribution upstream of the combustor dominated the dynamic combustion characteristics of this scramjet engine. From these processes, it was confirmed that the combined analysis method used in this paper is an effective approach to diagnose the combustion characteristics of a supersonic combustor.

Keywords: scramjet engine; supersonic combustion; combined diagnostic analysis; dynamic mode decomposition; short-time Fourier transform; chemical explosive mode analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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