Assessment of Flame Transfer Function Formulations for the Thermoacoustic Analysis of Lean Burn Aero-Engine Combustors

Abstract The numerical analysis of thermoacoustic instability in lean burn aero-engines requires proper Flame Transfer Functions (FTF) able to describe the complex physical phenomena characterizing the coupling between heat release rate fluctuations and the acoustic field which is further complicated by the use of liquid fuel together with advanced injection systems. In this work simple FTF formulations have been applied to the thermoacoustic analysis of a tubular combustor equipped with a PERM (Partially Evaporating and Rapid Mixing) injection system with the main aim of assessing their capabilities in the prediction of thermoacoustic instabilities in lean burn aero-engine combustors.

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