Development of 1D Model of Constant-Volume Combustor and Numerical Analysis of the Exhaust Nozzle

Panagiotis Gallis, Daniela Anna Misul (), Bastien Boust, Marc Bellenoue and Simone Salvadori
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Panagiotis Gallis: Department of Energy, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
Daniela Anna Misul: Department of Energy, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
Bastien Boust: Institut PPRIME, CNRS-ENSMA-Université de Poitiers, 1 Avenue Clément Ader, 86961 Chasseneuil, France
Marc Bellenoue: Institut PPRIME, CNRS-ENSMA-Université de Poitiers, 1 Avenue Clément Ader, 86961 Chasseneuil, France
Simone Salvadori: Department of Energy, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 5, 1-23

Abstract: Pressure gain combustion cycles are under the spotlight due to their higher theoretical cycle thermal efficiency compared to conventional machines. Under this prism, a constant-volume combustor (CVC) prototype supplied with a mixture of air and liquid iso–octane was developed. The efforts of the current study were focused on both creating a 1D model of the experimental test rig for the CVC analysis and a 3D numerical simulation of the exhaust system. The goal of the study was to retrieve the total outlet quantities of the combustor, which would otherwise be difficult to assess experimentally, and to investigate the pulsating flow field at the outlet. First, a thorough description of the reduced order model was accompanied with the model’s validation using the available experimental data of the chamber. Then, the resulting outlet stagnation properties of the CVC were imposed as spatially averaged transient boundary conditions to the 3D exhaust flow domain. The unsteady Reynolds–averaged Navier–Stokes equations were solved for a sufficient number of periods, and the assessment of the out-take system in terms of losses and attenuation was conducted. In conclusion, the analysis of the combustor’s outflow will pave the way for an effective future design of the CVC exhaust system.

Keywords: pressure gain combustion; constant-volume combustion; nozzle; computational fluid dynamics; 1D model (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: 2024
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