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INVESTIGATION ON THE EFFECT OF INJECTOR MODIFICATION ON INJECTOR ATOMIZATION AND U-BEND PULSE DETONATION COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS

ABSTRACT
In order to shorten the deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) distance of the pulse detonation combustion chamber, an experimental study of the effect of pneumatic atomization injector modification on atomization particle size amd gas-liquid two-phase U-bend pulse detonation combustion (U-PDC) chamber was carried out. Gasoline and air were used as fuel and oxidizer, and the atomization particle size was tested and the detonation characteristics of the U-PDC were obtained using the pneumatic atomization injector before and after the modification. The results show that the atomization size range of the injector before the modifica¬tion is 111.6~152.9 μm, after the modification of the injector atomization size range of 76.4~107.2 μm, atomization size than before the modification is significantly reduced. The U-PDC using the injector before and after the modification can achieve stable operation in the range of 10~30 Hz, and the DDT distance shortened with the increase in frequency. At an operating frequency of 30 Hz, the DDT distance of U-PDC with the injector before modification is about 676 mm, and the DDT distance of U-PDC with injector after modification is shortened by 8.9% to about 616 mm. In addition, under the same operating conditions, due to the better atomization effect of the injector after modification, The fuel flow rate of U-PDC with the injector after modification is 5~10% smaller than that with the injector before modification when the average detonation pressure reaches its maximum value during the adjustment of fuel-flow.
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PAPER SUBMITTED: 2023-05-13
PAPER REVISED: 2023-07-10
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2023-07-13
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2023-10-08
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI230513203W
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2024, VOLUME 28, ISSUE Issue 2, PAGES [1729 - 1739]
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