Design and Optimization of Combustion Air Engine Simulator

Archith V, Arqam Abdullah, Ashik R, Adith Sagar Narayan

Abstract: Combustion air engine simulators have experienced a growing interest in displaying the working model of gas turbine engine. The simulators are used in various applications such as debris monitoring, and visual analysis of the working of the gas turbines. The design and simulation consists of simplifying the complex model into an exact miniaturized working model. This paper is focused on the study of behavior of gases and parameters affecting it in the combustion chamber of an air engine simulator. The various parameters include design of the combustion chamber for obtaining uniform generation of the swirl, obtaining uniform mixture of air and fuel for complete combustion and maintenance of pressure gradient for the generation of high thrust at the outlet. The design and optimization is carried out through ANSYS fluent software.

Keywords: Simulator, miniaturized, swirl, ANSYS fluent, gradient.