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Numerical and boundary condition effects on the prediction of detonation engine behavior using detailed numerical simulations

Frontiers in Aerospace Engineering, 2023
High-fidelity numerical simulations of an experimental rotating detonation engine with discrete fuel/air injection were conducted. A series of configurations with different feed-plenum pressures but with constant equivalence ratio were studied.
Takuma Sato, Caleb Van Beck, Venkat Raman   +2 more
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Numerical Investigation of Contact Burning in an Air-Breathing Continuous Rotating Detonation Engine

International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2022
Three-dimensional (3D) numerical simulations of a continuous rotating detonation engine are carried out with an unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes solver.
Dapeng Xiong, Mingbo Sun, Haoyang Peng, Yanan Wang, Yixin Yang, Hongbo Wang, Jiangfei Yu, Zhenguo Wang   +7 more
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Performance analysis of a rotating detonation model for future thermal power system using hydrogen as fuel

Energy Reports, 2022
The thermodynamic cycles of the detonation combustion could potentially deliver a performance increase of 20% beyond the conventional deflagration combustor such as gas turbines and ramjets, thus the detonative combustor is a prospective technology for ...
Mengmeng Zhao, Linqing Zhang, Weiye Huo, Hongyu Yang, Yixiang Yuan   +4 more
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Experimental Investigation of Detonation Propagation Modes and Thrust Performance in a Small Rotating Detonation Engine Using C₂H₄/O₂ Propellant

Energies, 2021
A small rotating detonation engine (RDE) model and the corresponding experimental setup were constructed for the experimental investigation of the detonation propagation characteristics and thrust performance of a circular RDE. Experiments were conducted
Hyung-Seok Han, Eun Sung Lee, Jeong-Yeol Choi   +2 more
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Comprehensive Performance Analysis for the Rotating Detonation-Based Turboshaft Engine

International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2020
The potential advantages of rotating detonation combustion are gradually approved, and it is becoming a stable and controllable energy conversion way adopted to the propulsion devices or ground-engines. This study focuses on the rotating detonation-based
Zifei Ji, Ruize Duan, Renshuai Zhang, Huiqiang Zhang, Bing Wang   +4 more
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Experimental Study on Propagation Characteristics of Kerosene/Air RDE with Different Diameters

Energies, 2022
A series of experimental tests were carried out in order to study the propagation characteristics of a liquid kerosene rotating detonation engine (RDE) with different diameters. Distinguished characteristics of spatial and temporal instability were found
Shida Xu, Feilong Song, Jianping Zhou, Xingkui Yang, Peng Cheng   +4 more
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Influence of Oxygen Content on the Operating Characteristics of a Disk-shaped Rotating Detonation Engine [PDF]

Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics
Rotating detonation engines (RDEs) are an advanced propulsion technology utilizing detonation combustion. RDEs have shown significant potential for substantially enhancing the performance of conventional propulsion systems due to their inherent ...
Z. Xia, H. Ma, B. Sun
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Effects of Injector Configuration on the Detonation Characteristics and Propulsion Performance of Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE)

Aerospace, 2023
Fuel injection and mixing affect the characteristics of detonation initiation and propagation, as well as the propulsion performance of rotating detonation engine (RDE). A study on the injector is carried out in the present investigation.
In-Hoi Koo, Keon-Hyeong Lee, Min-Su Kim, Hyung-Seok Han, Holak Kim, Jeong-Yeol Choi   +5 more
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Effects of Ozone Addition on Multi-Wave Modes of Hydrogen–Air Rotating Detonations

Aerospace, 2023
Ozone addition presents a promising approach for optimizing and regulating both combustion and ignition mechanisms. In Rotating Detonation Engines (RDEs), investigating the impact of ozone addition is particularly important due to the fact of their ...
Yang Wang, Cheng Tian, Pengfei Yang
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Experimental study on the rotating detonation engine based on a gas mixture

Frontiers in Energy Research, 2023
A direct connection test of a rotating detonation engine was conducted. The outer and inner diameters of the annular combustors were 206 and 166 mm, respectively.
Sainan Xue, Xin Zhang, Jianlu Yang, Denghang Liu, Hu Ma, Changsheng Zhou   +5 more
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