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AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 78, Issue -, Pages 197-204Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2018.04.016
Keywords
Laser-induced plasma; Cavity fueling scheme; Ignition; Ethylene; Rear-wall-expansion cavity
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91541101, 51606217]
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Laser-induced plasma (LIP) ignition processes in a cavity-based scramjet combustor were investigated experimentally in this study. CH* spontaneous emission recorded at a flame rate of 50 kHz was used to characterize the ignition and flame stabilization processes. Numerical calculation was also performed to characterize the non-reacting flow-field structures. Effect of cavity fueling schemes on the LIP ignition process in the rear-wall-expansion cavity was then examined. It is found that the cavity fueling scheme acts as a dominant factor in a LIP ignition process. After a LIP ignition in the cavity rearward, the initial flame kernel is likely to anchor and grow directly in the rearward of the cavity under cavity upstream fueling schemes. However, the flame kernel will propagate towards the cavity leading edge and grow there under cavity direct fueling schemes. It is concluded that both chemical and turbulent issues of the flow-field affect the LIP ignition process. Local fuel-rich environment inside the cavity is favorable for a LIP ignition process, and the fueling scheme with parallel fuel injectors upstream the cavity is most favorable for a LIP ignition which presents a stable combustion process. (C) 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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