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Screech in the after burner of gas turbine engine

Conference Paper · January 2003

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SCREECH IN GAS TURBINE AFTERBURNER ! A COMBUSTION INSTABILITY

PROBLEM (THEORY & EXPERIMENT)
K.Ashirvadam , A.P.Haran and S.Kishore Kumar
Gas Turbine Research Establishment. Bangalore ! 560 093
And
P.J.Paul
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Science.Bangalore ! 560012

Abstract increasing the diameter of the holes, which

One of the principal problems means increasing the porosityof the liner.
associated with the development of high
performance augmentation systems is the
suppression of the large amplitude pressure Nomenclature
oscillations often accompanying the A, B, C, D, E, F pressure coefficients
combustion process. Disturbances of this P1 , P2 , P4
type are called "combustion instabilities#and c speed of sound
most appear to be driven by coupling dh diameter of the perforate hole
between an acoustic oscillation at one of the d1 core diameter
many resonant modes of the system and d2 by-pass diameter
some step in due to the heat addition f frequency
process. The phenomenon commonlyknown
as "screech#in afterburners is one such type j = − 1 , imaginaryunit
of combustion instability characterized by k0 plane wave number
high frequency, high amplitude pressure K zm , n axial wave number
oscillations. The combination of high l length of the chamber
oscillating burner pressure and high M mean flow Mach number
frequency pressure variation results in M1 core Mach number
excessive noise, vibration and heat transfer M2 by-pass Mach number
rates, which frequently leads to structural Nm Neumann function
failure. Numerous failures have been Jm Bessel function
encountered in the afterburner shells, flame p acoustic pressure
holders and fuel system components after r cylindrical co-ordinate;radius
only a few minutes of operation with S1 cross-sectional area of core duct
screeching combustion(1). S2 cross-sectional area of
One of the most effective ways to by-pass duct
combat the undesirable effects of high t time
frequency combustion instability and the u3 Velocityin radial direction
resulting high intensity noise generation in z axial co-ordinate
air breathing engines is the use of acoustic ȗ acoustic impedance of perforate
liners of Helmholtz resonator type. The ȟ displacement
performance of the exhaust system is ȟf frequencyparameter
described by the transmission loss (TL)(2). ȡ acoustic density
Analysis of the Afterburner of the gas ș ordinate;orifice resistance
turbine engine is made. The performance of χ orifice reactance
the liner is studied by varying the flow
parameters and by changing the diameter of γ mn , α mn , β mn radial wave number
the screech holes. It is seen that the ȍ,ı porosity
performance of the liner is improved by ĭ velocitypotential

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