Fluid Mechanics and Flight Mechanics

Experiment on afterburner combustion efficiency based on self-excited sweeping nozzle

  • Shiqi WANG ,
  • Quan WEN ,
  • Zhigang JIA ,
  • Yixin CHENG ,
  • Lin LI ,
  • Chi ZHANG ,
  • Weiye HUO ,
  • Liang MA
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  • 1.Aero Engine Academy of China,Aero Engine Corporation of China,Beijing  101304,China
    2.Research Institute of Aero-Engine,Beihang University,Beijing  100191,China
    3.School of Aeronautics and Astronautics,North China Institute of Aerospace Engineering,Langfang  065000,China
    4.Tianjin Key Laboratory for Civil Aircraft Airworthiness and Maintenance,Civil Aviation University of China,Tianjin  300300,China
E-mail: wangsq6@126.com

Received date: 2024-04-29

  Revised date: 2024-05-13

  Accepted date: 2024-05-31

  Online published: 2024-06-17

Supported by

Advanced Jet Propulsion Innovation Center(HKCX2022-01-010);National Natural Science Foundation of China(52306052)

Abstract

To prove the feasibility of applying the self-excited sweeping nozzle in the afterburner, and the effectiveness of high frequency dynamic sweeping fuel injection methods for improving the efficiency of afterburner combustion, this study designed a fuel spray bar integrated with the self-excited sweeping nozzles, tested its basic working characteristics, such as flow rate, frequency and sweeping angle, and further compared these characteristics with the plain-orifice spray bar. Then, based on the rectangular afterburner test rig, under the same test conditions and the fuel-to-air ratio range, the overall combustion efficiencies are tested and the dynamic wall pressure pulsation information is monitored, employing the plain-orifice spray bar and self-excited sweeping spray bar respectively. The results show that multiple self-sweeping nozzles can be integrated into the spray bar with the diameter limitation of 10mm. the flow capability of the self- excited sweeping spray bar is increased by 23%, compared to the plain-orifice spray bar with the equivalent geometric flow area. For the nozzles in the same spray bar, their operating frequency and sweeping angle responses to the pressure drop are basically the same and have good consistency. The afterburner combustion efficiency is improved by 3.7%, by employing the self-excited sweeping spray bar,and no dynamic pressure pulsation frequency is detected which is the same or close to the operating frequency of self-excited sweeping nozzle, indicating that high frequency dynamic sweeping fuel injection has no direct impact on the flame thermoacoustic oscillation mode and large scale shedding vortex structure downstream the flameholder.

Cite this article

Shiqi WANG , Quan WEN , Zhigang JIA , Yixin CHENG , Lin LI , Chi ZHANG , Weiye HUO , Liang MA . Experiment on afterburner combustion efficiency based on self-excited sweeping nozzle[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2025 , 46(2) : 130621 -130621 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2024.30621

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