Characterizing the signature of flame flashback precursor through recurrence analysis

Christodoulou, L. , Kabiraj, L., Saurabh, A. and Karimi, N. (2016) Characterizing the signature of flame flashback precursor through recurrence analysis. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 26, 013110. (doi: 10.1063/1.4940154) (PMID:26826862)

Abstract

In this paper, it is shown that prior to flashback, small dynamical changes appear in the system. These changes appear as a drift in the recurrence plots and are found to be associated with a gradual increase in the determinism and recurrence rate. Thus, this study indicates that precursors to flame flashback exist and can be detected in the multidimensional phase space reconstructed from pressure measurements acquired during flashback. This observation could have broad academic as well as industrial implications.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: LC would like to thank the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for funding his doctorate, the Chair of Fluid Dynamics at the Technische Universitat Berlin for hosting his research stay, and the School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow for partly funding his stay. LK is grateful for the financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through project KA 3968/1-1.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Karimi, Dr Nader
• Authors: Christodoulou, L., Kabiraj, L., Saurabh, A., and Karimi, N.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy
• Journal Name: Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
• Publisher: American Institute of Physics
• ISSN: 1054-1500
• ISSN (Online): 1089-7682
• Published Online: 22 January 2016
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2016 American Institute of Physics
• First Published: First published in Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science 26:013110
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher