Linear and nonlinear flame response prediction of turbulent flames using neural network models

• Published in: International journal of spray and combustion dynamics Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 93 - 103
• Main Authors: Tathawadekar, Nilam, Ösün, Alper, Eder, Alexander J., Silva, Camilo F., Thuerey, Nils
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2024; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Broadband; Combustion chambers; Flames; Large eddy simulation; Neural networks; Noise prediction; Nonlinear response; Turbulent flames; flame describing function; Turbulent flame response; flame transfer function; neural network models
• ISSN: 1756-8277; 1756-8285
• DOI: 10.1177/17568277241262641

Modelling the flame response of turbulent flames via data-driven approaches is challenging due, among others, to the presence of combustion noise. Neural network methods have shown good potential to infer laminar flames’ linear and nonlinear flame response when externally forced with broadband signals. The present work extends those studies and analyses the ability of neural network models to evaluate the linear and nonlinear flame response of turbulent flames. In the first part of this work, the neural network is trained to evaluate and interpolate the linear flame response model when presented with data obtained at various thermal conditions. In the second part, the neural network is trained to infer the nonlinear flame response model when presented with time series exhibiting sufficient large amplitudes. In both cases, the data is obtained from a large eddy simulation of an academic combustor when acoustically forced by broadband signals.