Abstract

In combustion chambers due to coupling between unsteady heat release and pressure fluctuations the thermoacoustic instabilities are developed. These instabilities create structural vibration and damage. Therefore, there is a need to develop a technique which can effectively control these instabilities. The present work focuses on passive control using Helmholtz Resonator. The Rijke tube setup has been developed for characterization of thermos-acoustic instabilities. The study has been carried out with open-open ended steel Rijke tube of L/D ratio as 1. The preliminary results show that for LPG pre-mixed burner position at $x$ /L = 0.2, maximum thermos-acoustic instabilities were observed. The instability of 2nd and 3rd mode at a frequency of 500 Hz and 800 Hz respectively were observed for the different air-fuel ratio. The Helmholtz Resonator was designed and placed at the different position from one of the end. The maximum suppression of thermo-acoustic instabilities was observed at Helmholtz resonator position $x$ /L = 0.6. The experimental results show that approximately 10 dB reduction for the 2nd mode of instability was achieved whereas, the Helmholtz Resonator was not effective for 3rd mode as there is a change in heat source location and frequency of instability.

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