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CAPS Combustion and Acoustics for Power & Propulsion Systems Lab

Giacomo Bonciolini CAPS Laboratory, MAVT department ETH Zürich

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Modelling of thermoacoustic dynamics in gas turbines applications

Giacomo Bonciolini

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Credit: NASA

T Anomaly [°C]vs1950-81

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AnsaldoEnergiaGT36

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AnsaldoEnergiaGT36

CAPS LAB

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GT combustion is studied in laboratory burners

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GT combustion is studied in laboratory burners

ExhaustAir

NG

Plenum

Swirler

Combustion Chamber

Thermocouple

PiezoSensor

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GT combustion is studied in laboratory burners

ExhaustAir

NG

Plenum

Swirler

Combustion ChamberCAPS LAB

Thermoacoustic Instability

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Thermoacoustic coupling first discussed in 18th and 19th century

Doctor Higgins’tube

The pyrophoneLord Rayleigh

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Thermoacoustic coupling stems from heat-sound interaction

FlameTurbulence

Flame perturbation

Heat R.R. fluctuation

Flame SurfaceVariation

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Thermoacoustic coupling stems from heat-sound interaction

Turbulence

Flame perturbation

Heat R.R. fluctuation

Acoustic Oscillations

Source

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Thermoacoustic coupling stems from heat-sound interaction

Turbulence

Flame perturbation

Heat R.R. fluctuation

Acoustic Oscillations

ThermoacousticFeedback

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Thermoacoustic coupling concerns today’s practical systems

Rocketengines

Gas turbines

Aero engines

Structural damages

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Thermoacoustics can be modelled with different levels of detail

Real physicsModel detail

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Thermoacoustics can be modelled with different levels of detail

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Thermoacoustics can be modelled with different levels of detail

Oscillation

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Thermoacoustics can be modelled with different levels of detail

Linear decay/growth

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Thermoacoustics can be modelled with different levels of detail

Flame Non-Linear Response+

Modes coupling

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Thermoacoustics can be modelled with different levels of detail

Effect of turbulence:Random Amplitude

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Changing oscillator’s elements to reproduce different dynamics

Choice #1: Number of modes

Bonciolini, Noiray, “Synchronization of Thermoacoustic Modes in Sequential Combustors”, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (2018).

Experiment – 2 Modes Model 1 Mode

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Changing oscillator’s elements to reproduce different dynamics

Choice #2: Noise color

Noise color ó Spectral content

Blue Noise

+3 dB/oct.

White Noiseconstant

Pink Noise-3 dB/oct.

Experimental

Bonciolini, Boujo, Noiray, “Output-only parameter identification of a colored-noise-driven Van-der-Pol oscillator: Thermoacoustic instabilities as an example”, Physical Review E, (2017).

OK

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Changing oscillator’s elements to reproduce different dynamics

Choice #3: Flame Response Delay

Effective LGR

Bonciolini, Bourquard, Noiray, “Effect of flame response delay and nonlinearity on the modelling of thermoacoustic instabilities”, in preparation

Perturbations - Time delay

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Changing oscillator’s elements to reproduce different dynamics

Choice #4: Nonlinearity

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My PhD

ModelElements

Transients

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Thermoacoustics depends on operating conditions

More air

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Thermoacoustics depends on operating conditions

Ø Bifurcation: dynamics change with one parameter

Ø Transient dynamics through the bifurcation?

?

Unstable Range

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Transient Thermoacoustics is a relevant problem for Gas Turbines

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The transient thermoacoustics trilogy

Experiments and modelling of rate-dependent transition delay in a

stochastic subcritical bifurcation Royal Society Open Science

Effect of wall thermal inertia upon transient thermoacoustic dynamics of

a swirl-stabilized flame Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Bifurcation Dodge: Avoidance of a Thermoacoustic Instability under

Transient Operation Nonlinear Dynamics

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The dynamics changes for different fuel/air ratios

Stable

Bi-stable

Unstable

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The dynamics changes for different fuel/air ratios

Stable

Bi-stable

Unstable

Subcritical bifurcation

AttractorRepeller

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Transient dynamics is explored by ramping the fuel/air ratio

This cycle is repeated 100 times

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Hopf point

Fold pointQuasi-steady ramps: Hysteresis

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Transient dynamics is explored by ramping the fuel/air ratio

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Fuel/air ratio ramped up&down continuously

Bifurcation delay

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Transient dynamics is explored by ramping the fuel/air ratio

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High-A inertial effects

Bifurcation delay

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Fuel/air ratio ramped up&down continuously

Transient dynamics is explored by ramping the fuel/air ratio

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Tipping delay depends on the ramp rate

Faster rampàmore delay

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Tipping delay is observed experimentally

Stationary

Ramp

No bistability à Hysteresis

Bifurcation delay

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

14 13 12 11 10 9 8

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The model can reproduce the thermoacoustic bifurcation

Envelope

Fokker-Planck eq.

5th order

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Hysteresis

Normalized time

Higher RàMore delay

The model can reproduce the transient dynamics

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Tipping delay is a risk

Control threshold

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Tipping delay is a risk

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Tipping delay is a risk

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Eth=1.88

Eth=0.23

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Tipping delay is a risk

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5000 realizations of the process

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Tipping delay is a risk

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5000 realizations of the process

Higher Ramp Rate

MoreDelay

Higher triggeredLimit cycle Amplitude

More energy released

Slower = Safer

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The transient thermoacoustics trilogy

Experiments and modelling of rate-dependent transition delay in a

stochastic subcritical bifurcation Royal Society Open Science

Effect of wall thermal inertia upon transient thermoacoustic dynamics of

a swirl-stabilized flame Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Bifurcation Dodge: Avoidance of a Thermoacoustic Instability under

Transient Operation Nonlinear Dynamics

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Two consecutive and mirrored supercritical bifurcations

Can we dodgethe bifurcation

by ramping fast?

Stable Stable

Unstable

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Transient dynamics is explored with multiple ramp experiments

ßRamp duration

Stationary reference

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Transient dynamics is explored with multiple ramp experimentsStationary reference

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Transient dynamics is explored with multiple ramp experimentsStationary reference

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Transient statistics depends on the ramp timeStationary reference

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Transient statistics depends on the ramp time

Bifurcation dodge!

Stationary reference

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The model can reproduce the observed transient dynamicsVan der Pol Model

Identification

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The model can be used for preliminary risk estimation

Stationary mapping àOscillation frequency

àGrowth Rate range

àMax Amp à

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The model can be used for preliminary risk estimation

Stationary mapping àOscillation frequency

àGrowth Rate range

àMax Amp à

Explore the system dynamics

in a parametric 2D space

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The model can predict the dodge probability

Drift Diffusion

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The model can predict the dodge probability

Dodge Threshold ó Absorbing BC

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The model can predict the dodge probability

Full dodge

No dodge

Faster = Safer

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A fast growth is harder to dodge

Slow growth Fast growth

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The transient thermoacoustics trilogy

Experiments and modelling of rate-dependent transition delay in a

stochastic subcritical bifurcation Royal Society Open Science

Effect of wall thermal inertia upon transient thermoacoustic dynamics of

a swirl-stabilized flame Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Bifurcation Dodge: Avoidance of a Thermoacoustic Instability under

Transient Operation Nonlinear Dynamics

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CurrentPrevious

The configuration is modified

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High-amplitudeInstability

The current configuration features as well a double bifurcation

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2000 FPS LIF

Flame topology change is the instability driver

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V-flame

Flame topology change is the instability driver

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V-flame

M-flame

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Flame topology change is the instability driver

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Current

Previous

The instability driving mechanism has changed

No flame topologychange

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Wall temperature is the bifurcation parameter

ThermalPower

Wall Temperature

Flame Shape Stability

V

VàM

M

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Thermal inertia defines the transient dynamics

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ThermalPower

Wall Temperature

Flame Shape Stability

V

VàM

MThermalRelaxation time

Thermal inertia defines the transient dynamics

No dodge!

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The model can reproduce the observed dynamics

ThermalRelaxation

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The model can reproduce the observed dynamics

ThermalRelaxation

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SummaryØ Thermoacoustic bifurcation: operating point ó stability

Ø Many aspects contribute to the system dynamics

Ø Transient thermoacoustics shows peculiar phenomena

Ø Nonlinear oscillator model to understand the physics and perform additional analyses

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List of Publications

5.G. Bonciolini, N. Noiray, “Bifurcation Dodge: Avoidance of a Thermoacoustic Instability under Transient Operation”, Nonlinear Dynamics, (2019).

4.G. Bonciolini, D. Ebi, U. Doll, M. Weilenmann, N. Noiray, “Effect of wall thermal inertia upon transient thermoacoustic dynamics of a swirl-stabilized flame”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, (2019).

3.G. Bonciolini, N. Noiray, “Synchronization of Thermoacoustic Modes in Sequential Combustors”, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, (2018)

2.G. Bonciolini, D. Ebi, E. Boujo, N. Noiray, “Experiments and modelling of rate-dependent transition delay in a stochastic subcritical bifurcation”, Royal Society open science, (2018).

1.G. Bonciolini, E. Boujo, N. Noiray, “Output-only parameter identification of a colored-noise-driven Van-der-Pol oscillator: Thermoacoustic instabilities as an example”, Physical Review E, (2017).

6.G. Bonciolini, C. Bourquard, N. Noiray, “Effect of flame response delay and nonlinearity on the modelling of thermoacoustic instabilities”, in preparation

Supported by: Swiss NationalScience Foundation

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Thanks for your attention

Questions

Giacomo Bonciolini – CAPS Lab – ETH Zürich

giacomob@ethz.ch

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