This work investigates the propagation of a flame after sudden vortex breakdown in a cylindrical premixing zone of a swirl burner for gas turbines. The feasibility of reduction from a three dimensional geometry to a two dimensional axialsymmetric model will be shown, which reduces the cost for computational calculation considerably. Simulations with an URANS model combined with a computationally efficient combustion model are in good agreement to the experimental values. The numerical results have been analyzed using the vorticity transport equation, which allows to identify the effects leading to a combustion induced vortex breakdown. Essential for this flashback is the generation of a baroclinic torque due to the interaction between the chemical reaction and the flow around the recirculation zone near the sudden expansion from the mixing tube into the combustion chamber.
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This work investigates the propagation of a flame after sudden vortex breakdown in a cylindrical premixing zone of a swirl burner for gas turbines. The feasibility of reduction from a three dimensional geometry to a two dimensional axialsymmetric model will be shown, which reduces the cost for computational calculation considerably. Simulations with an URANS model combined with a computationally efficient combustion model are in good agreement to the experimental values. The numerical results ha...
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