Thermoacoustic instabilities pose a major threat to modern gas turbines. The use of acoustic dampers, like Helmholtz resonators, has proven useful for the mitigation of such instabilities. However, assessing the effect of acoustic dampers on thermoacoustic modes in annular combustion chambers remains an intricate task. This results from the implicit nature of the thermoacoustic Helmholtz equation associated with the high number of possible parameter values for the positioning of the dampers and their impedance design. In the present work, the principal challenges of the effective placement and the design of the impedance of acoustic dampers in annular chambers are discussed. This includes the choice of an appropriate objective function for the optimization, the combinatorial challenges when dealing with different possible damper arrangements, and the numerical complexities when using the thermoacoustic Helmholtz equation to approach this issue. As a key aspect, the paper proposes a new adjoint-based approach to tackle these problems. The new algorithm establishes algebraic models that predict the effect of acoustic dampers on the growth rates of the thermoacoustic modes. The theory is exemplified on the basis of a generic annular combustor model with 12 burners.
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June 2017
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Acoustic Damper Placement and Tuning for Annular Combustors: An Adjoint-Based Optimization Study
Georg A. Mensah,
Georg A. Mensah
Institut für Strömungsmechanik und
Technische Akustik,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10115, Germany
e-mail: georg.a.mensah@tu-berlin.de
Technische Akustik,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10115, Germany
e-mail: georg.a.mensah@tu-berlin.de
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Jonas P. Moeck
Jonas P. Moeck
Institut für Strömungsmechanik und
Technische Akustik,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10115, Germany
Technische Akustik,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10115, Germany
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Georg A. Mensah
Institut für Strömungsmechanik und
Technische Akustik,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10115, Germany
e-mail: georg.a.mensah@tu-berlin.de
Technische Akustik,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10115, Germany
e-mail: georg.a.mensah@tu-berlin.de
Jonas P. Moeck
Institut für Strömungsmechanik und
Technische Akustik,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10115, Germany
Technische Akustik,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10115, Germany
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Contributed by the Combustion and Fuels Committee of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Manuscript received August 11, 2016; final manuscript received September 14, 2016; published online January 18, 2017. Editor: David Wisler.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Jun 2017, 139(6): 061501 (9 pages)
Published Online: January 18, 2017
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Received:
August 11, 2016
Revised:
September 14, 2016
Citation
Mensah, G. A., and Moeck, J. P. (January 18, 2017). "Acoustic Damper Placement and Tuning for Annular Combustors: An Adjoint-Based Optimization Study." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. June 2017; 139(6): 061501. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4035201
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