This paper describes an experimental investigation of the feasibility of using “slow” active control approaches, which “instantaneously” change liquid fuel spray properties, to suppress combustion instabilities. The objective of this control approach was to break up the feedback between the combustion process heat release and combustor pressure oscillations that drive the instability by changing the characteristics of the combustion process (e.g., the characteristic combustion time). To demonstrate the feasibility of such control, this study used a proprietary fuel injector (NanomiserTM), which can vary its fuel spray properties, to investigate the dependence of acoustics–combustion process coupling, i.e., the driving of combustion instabilities, upon the fuel spray properties. This study showed that by changing the spray characteristics it is possible to significantly damp combustion instabilities. Furthermore, using combustion zone chemiluminescence distributions, which were obtained by Abel’s deconvolution synchronized with measured acoustic data, it has been shown that the instabilities were mostly driven midway between the combustor centerline and wall, a short distance downstream from the flame holder, where the mean axial flow velocity is approximately zero in the vortex near the flame holder. The results of this study strongly suggest that a “slow” active control system that employs controllable fuel injectors could be effectively used to prevent the onset of detrimental combustion instabilities. 相似文献
For vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) with polarization-rotated feedback, there exist several synchronization
types such as synchronizations between total powers and synchronizations between separate polarization modes. Based on the
two-mode rate equations, we study and compare numerically the performances of different synchronization types. Our results
show that three synchronization types exhibit good performances when their synchronization conditions are satisfied. They
are the complete synchronization between total powers, complete synchronization between x-polarized modes, and generalized synchronization between x-polarized and y-polarized modes. The former two types are sensitive to the injection rate and spontaneous emission, while the third type
is contrary. Synchronization type with the best performance may switch from one to another, with changing of injection rate
and spontaneous emission factor. 相似文献
We present a new verified optimization method to find regions for Hénon systems where the conditions of chaotic behaviour
hold. The present paper provides a methodology to verify chaos for certain mappings and regions. We discuss first how to check
the set theoretical conditions of a respective theorem in a reliable way by computer programs. Then we introduce optimization
problems that provide a model to locate chaotic regions. We prove the correctness of the underlying checking algorithms and
the optimization model. We have verified an earlier published chaotic region, and we also give new chaotic places located
by the new technique. 相似文献
Cancer immunotherapy aims at stimulating the immune system to react against cancer stealth capabilities. It consists of repeatedly injecting small doses of a tumor-associated molecule one wants the immune system to recognize, until a consistent immune response directed against the tumor cells is observed.
We have applied the theory of optimal control to the problem of finding the optimal schedule of injections of an immunotherapeutic agent against cancer. The method employed works for a general ODE system and can be applied to find the optimal protocol in a variety of clinical problems where the kinetics of the drug or treatment and its influence on the normal physiologic functions have been described by a mathematical model.
We show that the choice of the cost function has dramatic effects on the kind of solution the optimization algorithm is able to find. This provides evidence that a careful ODE model and optimization schema must be designed by mathematicians and clinicians using their proper different perspectives. 相似文献