Introduction and contact info:
Name: Choomanee Runnoo
Work address: Téléport 2 – 1 avenue Clément Ader
BP 40109
email: choomanee.runnoo@ensma.fr
PhD project:
Title: Experimental investigation of Constant Volume Combustion and its reduced order model
The project aims at experimentally investigating the Constant Volume Combustion (CVC) cycle dynamics and stability associated with high dilution by Residual Burned Gas (RBG) or large scavenging associated with fuel-lean equivalence ratios. Such conditions can be used to reach acceptable operation for the gas turbine components (mechanical stresses, material temperature, etc.) and for the environment (CO2 or NOX emissions). Several strategies of ignition (spark, hot spot, self-ignition), and combustion (scavenging, dilution by hot RBG, synthetic dilution by neutral gas) will be characterized in terms of cycle performance and emissions to reach this target.
Supervisors: Prof. Marc Bellenoue and Bastien Boust
Mentor: Prof. Antonio Andreini
Planned secondments: 3 months in CERFACS (Toulouse, France), and additional 3 months at UNIFI (Florence, Italy)
Background:
MSc Thermal Power (Option: Aerospace Propulsion), Cranfield University, UK 2020-2021
BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering, University of Mauritius, Mauritius 2012-2017
Personal interests:
Bouldering, reading and photography (Wildlife and Astro)
