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ZHOU Hongyu, WANG Xinggui, QIAN Zhihao, et al. Study on the lower limit of oxygen concentration at inlets and performance analysis of rotating detonation afterburner[J]. Journal of Aerospace Power, 2026, 41(X):20250591 doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.20250591
Citation: ZHOU Hongyu, WANG Xinggui, QIAN Zhihao, et al. Study on the lower limit of oxygen concentration at inlets and performance analysis of rotating detonation afterburner[J]. Journal of Aerospace Power, 2026, 41(X):20250591 doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.20250591

Study on the lower limit of oxygen concentration at inlets and performance analysis of rotating detonation afterburner

doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.20250591
  • Received Date: 2025-12-18
    Available Online: 2026-03-25
  • Achieving stable and self-sustained rotating detonation under low-oxygen intake conditions is crucial for the design of rotating detonation afterburners. Through two-dimensional numerical simulations of non-premixed ethylene/air rotating detonation flow fields, this study investigated the influence of intake temperature on the critical lower limit of oxygen concentration required for rotating detonation initiation under fuel-lean conditions. The results showed that as the intake temperature of the afterburner increased from 875 K to 1025 K, the lower limit of oxygen mass fraction for stable propagation of the rotating detonation shifted from 15% to 14%. When the oxygen concentration approached the critical lower limit for initiation, increasing the intake temperature had a minor effect on the average heat release rate in the combustor flow field. However, higher intake temperatures can enhanced deflagration within the flow field, enabling self-sustained propagation of the detonation wave even when the velocity deficit exceeded 8%, thereby broadening the stable initiation boundary. Furthermore, increased intake temperature induced the emergence of complex multi-wave modes in the flow field, while reduced oxygen concentration tended to drive the rotating detonation toward propagation in a single-wave mode. Further analysis indicated that multi-wave modes significantly affected the total pressure loss and specific thrust of the afterburner, while mixed modes dominated variations in the temperature rise ratio and combustion efficiency. Increasing the intake temperature generally degrades the performance parameters of the rotating detonation afterburner; nevertheless, under appropriate intake temperature and oxygen concentration conditions, rotating detonation after burning can achieve lower total pressure loss.

     

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