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 ?m, after the modification of the injector atomization size range of 76.4~107.2 ?m, 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.