Abstract:Detonation is a supersonic combustion in which a shock wave propagates driven by an energy release in a reaction zone. Compared with deflagration, detonation has high thermodynamic efficiency and fast heat release rate. The traditional propulsion system based on the isostatic combustion is relatively mature, and its performance is very difficult to further improve. Therefore, detonation is expected to improve the performance of the propulsion system. Replacing the isobaric combustion chamber of turbojet engine with rotating detonation combustor can not only improve the combustion chamber efficiency, but also reduce the number of compressor stages, reduce the weight of engine and simplify the structure of engine. In order to study the operation characteristics of rotating detonation combustor with a turbine guide vane, a series of experiments is conducted, with hydrogen used as fuel and air as oxidant at different equivalence ratios. Based on the signals of high frequency pressure sensor and static pressure sensor, the operation mode of rotating detonation combustor and the effect of a turbine guide vane on the inhomogeneous and unstable detonation products are analyzed in detail. The experimental results show that when the equivalent ratio is less than 0.5, the rotating detonation combustor operates in a rapid deflagration mode and the pressure of combustion wave is about 0.6 bar (1 bar = 105 Pa). The rotating detonation combustor begins to operate in an unstable rotating detonation mode when the equivalence ratio increases to 0.6, and the pressure of detonation wave is about 6 bar. The rotating detonation combustor operates in a stable rotating detonation mode when the equivalence ratio reaches 0.82, and the pressure of detonation wave is about 16.3 bar. In addition, the propagation velocity gradually increases and the stability improves with the increase of the equivalence ratio. The oblique shock wave interacts with the turbine guide vane, and part of the oblique shock wave is reflected back to combustor, which causes some small pressure fluctuations in combustor. The turbine guide vane can obviously suppress the amplitude of pressure oscillation, but has little effect on the frequency of pressure oscillation. The upstream and downstream static pressure of the turbine guide vane increase simultaneously with equivalence ratio increasing. Furthermore, the static pressure of detonation products decreases obviously after passing through the turbine guide vane. Keywords:rotating detonation combustor/ turbine guide vane/ operation characteristics/ oscillation pressure
以工况2为例对典型的快速爆燃工况进行分析. 图12为快速爆燃模式下工作过程中集气腔压力曲线. 空气集气腔压力在电磁阀开启后迅速升高到6.2 bar, 并保持稳定; 氢气集气腔压力在点火信号触发之前稳定在1.6 bar, 点火信号触发后, 氢气集气腔内的压力快速上升并稳定在2.3 bar直至RDC熄火. 图 12 工况2集气腔压力 Figure12. Pressure trace of propellant manifolds in test 2.
如图13所示, 该模式下燃烧波主要以爆燃波的形式出现, 压力峰值约0.6 bar, 远远小于上文工况11稳定旋转爆轰模式下的压力峰值(压力峰值为16.3 bar). 对PCB6的高频压力曲线进行FFT分析, 其主频为3660 Hz, 燃烧波平均传播速度为1011.3 m/s. 在当量比较低的工况下, 燃烧释放的热量不足以形成旋转爆轰波, 燃烧室内可燃预混气以快速爆燃模式燃烧. 图 13 工况2结果分析 (a)高频压力曲线; (b) FFT结果 Figure13. Result analysis in test 2: (a) High-frequency pressure; (b) FFT results.