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2.2 Flame dynamics <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a practical premixed combusti<strong>on</strong> system<br />

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u'<br />

u' b ~<br />

u' b<br />

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X<br />

a)<br />

x~<br />

b<br />

Z 2<br />

u' b ~<br />

u'<br />

u' b<br />

x b<br />

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Q'<br />

X<br />

x b<br />

b)<br />

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b<br />

Figure 2.4: <str<strong>on</strong>g>Impact</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the combusti<strong>on</strong> system acoustics <strong>on</strong> the choice <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />

reference locati<strong>on</strong><br />

fore also the relati<strong>on</strong> – the transfer functi<strong>on</strong> – between the velocity fluctuati<strong>on</strong><br />

at x ˜b <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> the heat release rate fluctuati<strong>on</strong>. A transfer functi<strong>on</strong> using the reference<br />

locati<strong>on</strong> x ˜b is thus not independent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the acoustics <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the combusti<strong>on</strong><br />

system. It is therefore not a useful descripti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the flame dynamics. Indeed,<br />

the latter was dem<strong>on</strong>strated by Truffin <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Poinsot [127]. In their work they<br />

showed that the values <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> phase <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> gain <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the flame resp<strong>on</strong>se depend significantly<br />

<strong>on</strong> the combustor outlet reflecti<strong>on</strong> coefficient, if a reference locati<strong>on</strong><br />

far upstream is selected. Here, Truffin <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Poinsot proposed, that the distance<br />

x ˜b− x b , expressed as a Helmholtz number, should not exceed 0.01 to obtain<br />

c<strong>on</strong>sistent results. This limit is a surprisingly strict criteri<strong>on</strong>, indicating that<br />

already a distance <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a few millimeter can have a noticeable effect <strong>on</strong> the results.<br />

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