Thermoacoustic instabilities have the potential to restrict the operability window of annular combustion systems, primarily as a result of azimuthal modes. Azimuthal acoustic modes are composed of counter-rotating wave pairs, which form traveling modes, standing modes, or combinations thereof. In this work, a monitoring strategy is proposed for annular combustors, which accounts for azimuthal mode shapes. Output-only modal identification has been adapted to retrieve azimuthal eigenmodes from surrogate data, resembling acoustic measurements on an industrial gas turbine. Online monitoring of decay rate estimates can serve as a thermoacoustic stability margin, while the recovered mode shapes contain information that can be useful for control strategies. A low-order thermoacoustic model is described, requiring multiple sensors around the circumference of the combustor annulus to assess the dynamics. This model leads to a second-order state-space representation with stochastic forcing, which is used as the model structure for the identification process. Four different identification approaches are evaluated under different assumptions, concerning noise characteristics and preprocessing of the signals. Additionally, recursive algorithms for online parameter identification are tested.
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Online Monitoring of Thermoacoustic Eigenmodes in Annular Combustion Systems Based on a State-Space Model
D. Rouwenhorst,
D. Rouwenhorst
IfTA Ingenieurbüro für Thermoakustik GmbH,
Gröbenzell 82194, Germany
e-mail: driek.rouwenhorst@ifta.com
Gröbenzell 82194, Germany
e-mail: driek.rouwenhorst@ifta.com
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J. Hermann,
J. Hermann
IfTA Ingenieurbüro für Thermoakustik GmbH,
Gröbenzell 82194, Germany
Gröbenzell 82194, Germany
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W. Polifke
W. Polifke
Professur für Thermofluiddynamik
Fakultät für Machinenwesen,
Technische Universität München,
Garching 85747, Germany
e-mail: polifke@tfd.mw.tum.de
Fakultät für Machinenwesen,
Technische Universität München,
Garching 85747, Germany
e-mail: polifke@tfd.mw.tum.de
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D. Rouwenhorst
IfTA Ingenieurbüro für Thermoakustik GmbH,
Gröbenzell 82194, Germany
e-mail: driek.rouwenhorst@ifta.com
Gröbenzell 82194, Germany
e-mail: driek.rouwenhorst@ifta.com
J. Hermann
IfTA Ingenieurbüro für Thermoakustik GmbH,
Gröbenzell 82194, Germany
Gröbenzell 82194, Germany
W. Polifke
Professur für Thermofluiddynamik
Fakultät für Machinenwesen,
Technische Universität München,
Garching 85747, Germany
e-mail: polifke@tfd.mw.tum.de
Fakultät für Machinenwesen,
Technische Universität München,
Garching 85747, Germany
e-mail: polifke@tfd.mw.tum.de
Contributed by the Combustion and Fuels Committee of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Manuscript received June 20, 2016; final manuscript received July 7, 2016; published online September 13, 2016. Editor: David Wisler.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Feb 2017, 139(2): 021502 (8 pages)
Published Online: September 13, 2016
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Received:
June 20, 2016
Revised:
July 7, 2016
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Rouwenhorst, D., Hermann, J., and Polifke, W. (September 13, 2016). "Online Monitoring of Thermoacoustic Eigenmodes in Annular Combustion Systems Based on a State-Space Model." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. February 2017; 139(2): 021502. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4034260
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