New Aspects of the Pulse Combustion Process

Abstract

Pulse combustion is an attractive yet still little-known form of combustion that can be successfully used in many industrial applications. Experimental studies show that the course of the combustion process in the valveless pulse combustion chamber is conditioned by the process of creating a well-mixed fuel–air mixture inside the chamber. In the paper, numerical calculations were carried out for selected operating conditions of the pulse chamber and compared with experimental results. This allowed for a better understanding and interpretation of the course of the pulsating combustion process itself. The role and importance of the rate of changes in the volume of the combustible mixture zone in the process of improving the efficiency of the combustion process were determined, and the reasons for changes in the pulsation frequency of the combustion process were also explained.

Keywords

• pulse combustion
• combustion chamber
• turbulence zone