Effect of structure parameters of the flow guide vane on cold flow characteristics in trapped vortex combustor

• Published in: Journal of hydrodynamics. Series B Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 730 - 737
• Main Author: 王志凯 曾卓雄 李凯 徐义华
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2015; Springer Singapore; China Aviation Powerplant Research Institute, Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Zhuzhou 412002,China%College of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China%School of Aircraft Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China
• Subjects: dual-vortex; Engineering; Engineering Fluid Dynamics; flow guide vane; Hydrology/Water Resources; Numerical and Computational Physics; numerical simulation; Simulation; structural parameters; trapped vortex combustor (TVC); 冷流; 壁面剪切应力; 导叶; 涡流; 燃烧器; 特性; 稳定燃烧; 结构参数; flow guide vane; structural parameters; trapped vortex combustor (TVC); dual-vortex; numerical simulation
• ISSN: 1001-6058; 1878-0342
• DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6058(15)60535-2

The cold flow characteristics are investigated to show the effect of the structural parameters of the flow guide vane on the trapped vortex combustor（TVC）. The results show that the structural parameters have significant effects on the TVC. As a/ H increases, the total pressure loss, the wall shear stress at the bottom of the cavity and the turbulent intensity in the main combustion zone increase. b/ B does not have a significant effect on the cavity flow structure and the total pressure loss, and the wall shear stress at the bottom of the cavity increases as b/ B increases. There is no significant increase of the turbulent intensity with the increase of b/ B. The increase of c/ L has little effect on the total pressure loss, and it is not conducive to a stable combustion. As c/ L increases, the wall shear stress at the bottom of the cavity decreases. When a/ H= 0.4, b/ B= 0.4, c/ L= 0.1, a desirable dual-vortex structure is formed with an acceptable pressure loss to achieve a stable combustion. Moreover, to ascertain that the flame is stable for different values of Vm a with the optimal structural parameters, the effect of Vm a on the flow field is discussed. Results suggest that the dual-vortex structure has no relationship with the increase of Vm a. Furthermore, an unsteady simulation is conducted to show the generation and the development of the dual-vortex.