Experimental study on expansion characteristics of annular four wall combustion-gas jets in a liquid-filled cylindrical chamber

The combustion-gas generator and liquid-filled cylindrical chamber are designed to study the expansion characteristics of annular four wall combustion-gas jets under high temperature and high pressure in a confined space. The expansion processes of Taylor cavities formed by combustion-gas jets are observed by means of a high-speed digital photographic system. It is shown that the irregular interface induced by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability exists in the entire expansion process of the jets. The axial and radial displacements at different times are obtained from a series of expansion photographs of gas jets. The effects of the blasting injection pressure and the parameters of the nozzle structure on the expansion characteristics of the annular four wall combustion-gas jets are discussed. The experimental results indicate that, the larger the nozzle orifice area, the greater the axial expansion velocity of the wall jets in the prime stage. Meanwhile, the axial expansion velocity attenuates more quickly due to the effect of turbulent mixing and interference. The higher the blasting injection pressure, the earlier the four jets begin converging. Moreover, the axial expansion velocity of the wall jet increases substantially and the gas-liquid turbulent mixing effect becomes much stronger when the blasting injection pressure increases from 12 MPa to 20 MPa.