Characteristics of the pulsating flow and heat transfer in an elbow tailpipe of a self-excited Helmholtz pulse combustor

• Published in: Applied thermal engineering Vol. 108; pp. 567 - 580
• Main Authors: Xu, Yanying, Zhai, Ming, Guo, Li, Dong, Peng, Chen, Jian, Wang, Zhi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 05.09.2016
• Subjects: Elbow tailpipe; Heat transfer; Numerical simulation; Pulsating flow; Self-excited Helmholtz pulse combustor; Elbow tailpipe; Numerical simulation; Self-excited Helmholtz pulse combustor; Heat transfer; Pulsating flow

•A valveless Helmholtz pulse combustor with an elbow tailpipe was designed.•The pulsating flow in the elbow tailpipe was numerically simulated by FLUENT.•The mean velocity decrease with the velocity amplitude along the tailpipe.•The internal and external elbow pressure decrease along the tailpipe.•P...