Many laboratory-scale combustors are equipped with viewing windows to allow for characterization of the reactive flow. Additionally, pressure housing is used in this configuration to study confined pressurized flames. Since the flame characteristics are influenced by heat losses, the prediction of wall temperature fields becomes increasingly necessary to account for conjugate heat transfer (CHT) in simulations of reactive flows. For configurations similar to this one, the pressure housing makes the use of such computations difficult in the whole system. It is, therefore, more appropriate to model the external heat transfer beyond the first set of quartz windows. The present study deals with the derivation of such a model, which accounts for convective heat transfer from quartz windows external face cooling system, free convection on the quartz windows 2, quartz windows radiative properties, radiative transfer inside the pressure housing, and heat conduction through the quartz window. The presence of semi-transparent viewing windows demands additional care in describing its effects in combustor heat transfers. Because this presence is not an issue in industrial-scale combustors with opaque enclosures, it remains hitherto unaddressed in laboratory-scale combustors. After validating the model for the selected setup, the sensitivity of several modeling choices is computed. This enables a simpler expression of the external heat transfer model that can be easily implemented in coupled simulations.
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Assessment of External Heat Transfer Modeling of a Laboratory-Scale Combustor: Effects of Pressure-Housing Environment and Semi-Transparent Viewing Windows
P. Rodrigues,
P. Rodrigues
Laboratoire EM2C, CNRS, CentraleSupélec,
Université Paris-Saclay,
8-10 Rue Joliot Curie,
Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
Université Paris-Saclay,
8-10 Rue Joliot Curie,
Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
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O. Gicquel,
O. Gicquel
Laboratoire EM2C, CNRS, CentraleSupélec,
Université Paris-Saclay,
8-10 Rue Joliot Curie,
Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
Université Paris-Saclay,
8-10 Rue Joliot Curie,
Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
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N. Darabiha,
N. Darabiha
Laboratoire EM2C, CNRS, CentraleSupélec,
Université Paris-Saclay,
8-10 Rue Joliot Curie,
Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
Université Paris-Saclay,
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Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
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K. P. Geigle,
K. P. Geigle
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Combustion Technology,
Pfaffenwaldring 38-40,
Stuttgart 70569, Germany
Institute of Combustion Technology,
Pfaffenwaldring 38-40,
Stuttgart 70569, Germany
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R. Vicquelin
R. Vicquelin
Laboratoire EM2C, CNRS, CentraleSupélec,
Université Paris-Saclay,
8-10 Rue Joliot Curie,
Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
e-mail: ronan.vicquelin@centralesupelec.fr
Université Paris-Saclay,
8-10 Rue Joliot Curie,
Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
e-mail: ronan.vicquelin@centralesupelec.fr
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P. Rodrigues
Laboratoire EM2C, CNRS, CentraleSupélec,
Université Paris-Saclay,
8-10 Rue Joliot Curie,
Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
Université Paris-Saclay,
8-10 Rue Joliot Curie,
Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
O. Gicquel
Laboratoire EM2C, CNRS, CentraleSupélec,
Université Paris-Saclay,
8-10 Rue Joliot Curie,
Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
Université Paris-Saclay,
8-10 Rue Joliot Curie,
Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
N. Darabiha
Laboratoire EM2C, CNRS, CentraleSupélec,
Université Paris-Saclay,
8-10 Rue Joliot Curie,
Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
Université Paris-Saclay,
8-10 Rue Joliot Curie,
Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
K. P. Geigle
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Combustion Technology,
Pfaffenwaldring 38-40,
Stuttgart 70569, Germany
Institute of Combustion Technology,
Pfaffenwaldring 38-40,
Stuttgart 70569, Germany
R. Vicquelin
Laboratoire EM2C, CNRS, CentraleSupélec,
Université Paris-Saclay,
8-10 Rue Joliot Curie,
Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
e-mail: ronan.vicquelin@centralesupelec.fr
Université Paris-Saclay,
8-10 Rue Joliot Curie,
Gif-sur-Yvette cedex 91192, France
e-mail: ronan.vicquelin@centralesupelec.fr
1Corresponding author.
Manuscript received July 13, 2018; final manuscript received July 30, 2018; published online October 4, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Michael Mueller.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Mar 2019, 141(3): 031011 (10 pages)
Published Online: October 4, 2018
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Received:
July 13, 2018
Revised:
July 30, 2018
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Rodrigues, P., Gicquel, O., Darabiha, N., Geigle, K. P., and Vicquelin, R. (October 4, 2018). "Assessment of External Heat Transfer Modeling of a Laboratory-Scale Combustor: Effects of Pressure-Housing Environment and Semi-Transparent Viewing Windows." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. March 2019; 141(3): 031011. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4041242
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