Thierry Schuller (Centrale Supélec)

Professor at Centrale Professor at CentralecSupélec and Air Liquide Chair on oxycombustion and heat transfer for energy and environement 

Laboratoire EM2C, CentraleSupelec, Grande voie des signes, 92295 Châtenay-Malabry

Phone: +33141131048

thierry.schuller@ecp.fr

 

 

Research Interest

The main research interests of Thierry Schuller are focused on a fundamental understanding of flame acoustic interactions and oxy-combustion, and the transfer of this knowledge to develop engineering tools for practical applications. The approach taken to improve the understanding of these phenomena and their modeling is based on a hierarchy of experimental benchmark configurations of rising complexity. This sequence of investigations span from atmospheric laminar flames and swirling flames fed by gaseous and liquid combustibles, to high pressure and multiple injector combustors like in gas turbine combustors or industrial boilers. These test rigs are used to determine the main flow quantities of interest, analyze the physics of the flame behavior and its interaction with acoustics and heat transfer. This is carried out with close collaboration with researchers from numerical combustion who take advantage of these comprehensive data for the purpose of validation. Physics based models of the phenomena observed in these combustors are used to interpret and model their behavior in practical systems.

There are strong international ties with a large number of groups, experimental and numerical. The work has been awarded by several prizes and invitations to plenary lectures. Thierry Schuller authored and coauthored more than 60 archival journal publications.

 

Selected publications

C. Mirat, D. Durox and T. Schuller (2015). Stability analysis of a swirled spray combustor based on flame describing function. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 35:3291-3298.

J.-F. Bourgouin, D. Durox, J.P. Moeck, T. Schuller and S. Candel (2015). A new pattern of instability observed in an annular combustor: the slanted mode. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 35:3237-3244.

T.F. Guiberti, D. Durox, P. Scouflaire and T. Schuller (2015). Impact of heat loss and hydrogen enrichment on the shape of confined swirling flames. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 35:1385-1392.

J.-F. Bourgouin, D. Durox, J.P. Moeck, T. Schuller and S. Candel (2015). Characterization and modeling of a spinning thermoacoustic instability in an annular combustor equipped with multiple matrix injectors. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 137:021503 (11 pages).

J.P. Moeck, D.A. Lacoste, D. Durox, T.F. Guiberti, T. Schuller and C. Laux (2014). Stabilization of a methane-air swirl flame by rotating nanosecond spark discharges. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 42:2412-2413.

S. Candel, D. Durox, T. Schuller, J.-F. Bourgouin and J.P. Moeck (2014). Dynamics of swirling flames. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 46:147-173.

D.A. Lacoste, J.P. Moeck, D. Durox, C.O. Laux and T. Schuller (2013). Effect of nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges on the dynamics of swirl-stabilized lean premixed flame. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 135:101501 (7 pages)

A. Scarpato, S. Ducruix and T. Schuller (2013). Optimal and off-design operations of acoustic dampers using perforated plates backed by a cavity. Journal of Sound and Vibra- tion, 332:4856-4875.

J. Li, F. Richecoeur and T. Schuller (2013). Reconstruction of heat release rate disturbances based on transmission of ultrasounds: Experiments and modeling for perturbed flames. Combustion and Flame, 160:1779-1788.

T. Leitgeb, T. Schuller, D. Durox, F. Giuliani, S. Köberl and J. Woisetschläger (2013). Interferometric determination of heat release rate fluctuations. Combustion and Flame, 160: 589–600. 

Information

Project ID: 643134

Call: H2020-MSCA-ITN-2014

Amount: EUR 3,832,293

Content: 15 PhD Students (ESR)

Period: 48 months

Starting date: 1st January 2015

Partners: 4 academic, 3 industrial & T.I.M.E.

Countries: BE, D, F, IT

Coordinator: Politecnico di Milano (IT)

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