Is this project an undergraduate, graduate, or faculty project?
Undergraduate
group
What campus are you from?
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
Garrett Lee, Senior
Lead Presenter's Name
Garrett Lee
Faculty Mentor Name
Dr. Yanir Maidenberg
Abstract
The Pulsejet is an unsteady propulsive device, with reed valves being the only moving parts in the engine. The Pulsejet sustains its combustion by utilizing the acoustics generated by the combustion, in combination with residual exhaust gas recirculation, to incite a new combustion cycle. The purpose of this project is to create a predictive model to define the performance of a pulsejet engine. We will do this by creating a computational fluid dynamics model (CFD) and generating unified equations to define the relationships between the chemical kinetics of combustion, wave generation and propagation, and exhaust flow characteristics. Our goal for this project is to unify data collected from a CFD analysis of the engine that would otherwise be too difficult to account for theoretically, in combination with theoretical equations created to define the performance parameters of the engine. A goal of ours is to build and experimentally test a pulsejet engine, to gather real-life data to compare to our expected results, and use this experimental data to create a recursive relationship, to improve the CFD model to be more accurate to real-life conditions.
Did this research project receive funding support from the Office of Undergraduate Research.
Yes, SURF
Combined Computational and Theoretical Analysis of a Pulsejet Engine
The Pulsejet is an unsteady propulsive device, with reed valves being the only moving parts in the engine. The Pulsejet sustains its combustion by utilizing the acoustics generated by the combustion, in combination with residual exhaust gas recirculation, to incite a new combustion cycle. The purpose of this project is to create a predictive model to define the performance of a pulsejet engine. We will do this by creating a computational fluid dynamics model (CFD) and generating unified equations to define the relationships between the chemical kinetics of combustion, wave generation and propagation, and exhaust flow characteristics. Our goal for this project is to unify data collected from a CFD analysis of the engine that would otherwise be too difficult to account for theoretically, in combination with theoretical equations created to define the performance parameters of the engine. A goal of ours is to build and experimentally test a pulsejet engine, to gather real-life data to compare to our expected results, and use this experimental data to create a recursive relationship, to improve the CFD model to be more accurate to real-life conditions.