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Santosh Shanbhogue

Research Scientist

Room 3-339
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617-715-4348  
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Web: http://web.mit.edu/rgd/www

Combustion Instability in a Step Combustor 

 

Research Interests

Applications:

Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC), Zero Emissions (Carbon Capture) Power Plants, Fischer-Tropsch Alternative Fuels, Afterburners for High-Speed Propulsion

 

Sciences:

Aerothermodynamics - Combustion, Reactive-Fluid Dynamics, Acoustics, Turbulence 

 

Education

Ph. D., 2008 Georgia Institute of Technology

M. S., 2005  Georgia Institute of Technology

B. Tech., 2003 Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

 

MIT Service

2010-now: Research Scientist

2008-2010: Post-Doctoral Associate

 

Patents Pending:

1.  Number 12/941177, filed 10/2010

2.  Number 61/623177, filed 04/2012

 

Publications

Review Papers

  1. S. J. Shanbhogue, S. Husain, T. Lieuwen, "Lean Blowoff of Bluff Body Stabilized Flames : Scaling and Dynamics", Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 35, February 2009 , pp. 96-117

Journal Publications

  1.   S. Hong, S. J. Shanbhogue, R. L. Speth and A. F. Ghoniem, “Examining flow-flame interaction and the characteristic stretch rate in vortex-driven combustion dynamics using PIV and numerical simulation”, Combustion and Flame, in press, 2013
  2. A. Shroll, S. J. Shanbhogue and A. F. Ghoniem, "Dynamic-Stability Characteristics of Premixed Methane Oxy-Combustion", to appear in J. Eng. Gas Turbines and Power, in press
  3. Z. A. LaBry, S. J. Shanbhogue, R. L. Speth and A. F. Ghoniem, "Flow Structures in a Lean-Premixed Swirl-Stablized Combustor with Microjet Air Injection", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 33(1), 2011
  4. Q.Zhang, S. J. Shanbhogue, Sreekrishna and T. Lieuwen, "Strain-rate characteristics near the attachment point in a swirling flow ",Combustion Science and Technology, v183 (7), 2011
  5. Q. Zhang, S. J. Shanbhogue, T. Lieuwen, "Dynamics of H2/CH4 flames under near blowoff conditions",  Journal of Engineering and Gas Turbines, Vol. 132
  6. S. J. Shanbhogue, D-H. Shin, H. Santosh, D. Plaks, T. Lieuwen, "Flame Sheet Dynamics of Bluff Body Stabilized Flames during Longitudinal Acoustic Forcing", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 32 (2), 2009, pp. 1786-1893
  7. S. J. Shanbhogue, M. Seelhorst, T. Lieuwen, "Vortex Phase Jitter in Acoustically Excited Bluff Body Flames", International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics, Vol. 1 (9), 2009

Conference Papers (Peer-Reviewed with 3 reviewers)

 

  1. A. Shroll, S. J. Shanbhogue and A. F. Ghoniem, "Dynamic-Stability Characteristics of Premixed Methane Oxy-Combustion", ASME Turbo Expo 2011, Vancouver, CA, Paper #GT-2011-45753
  2. Q. Zhang, S. J. Shanbhogue, T. Lieuwen, “Dynamics of H2/CH4 flames under near blowoff conditions”, ASME Turbo Expo, Orlando, Florida, 2009, Paper #GT-2009-59981 (invited to submit to the ASME journal based on reviewers' recommendations)
  3. S. A. Hussain, G. Nair, Q. Zhang, S. J. Shanbhogue, T. Lieuwen, “Review and Analysis of Bluff Body Flame Stabilization Data”, ASME Turbo Expo, Berlin, Germany, 2008, Paper #GT2008-50375
  4. S. J. Shanbhogue, D. Plaks, T. Lieuwen, “Interaction of Bluff Body Flames with the Shear Layer under Harmonic Excitation”, 21st International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosive and Reactive Systems, Poitiers, France, 2007
  5. Q. Zhang, D. R. Noble, S. J. Shanbhogue, T. Lieuwen, “Impact of Hydrogen Addition on the Lean Blowout Phenomenology in a Swirling Combustor”, ASME Turbo Expo, Montreal, Canada, 2007, Paper #GT2007-27388
  6. S. J. Shanbhogue, T. Lieuwen, “Response of a Rod Stabilized, Premixed Flame to Longitudinal Acoustic Forcing” ASME Turbo Expo, Barcelona, Spain, 2006, Paper  #GT2006-90302

Conference Papers (abstract reviewed)

 

  1. Z. A. LaBry, S. J. Shanbhogue and A. F. Ghoniem, "Microjet Injection Strategies for Suppressing Instabilities in a Premixed Swirl Combustor", 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Paper # AIAA-2011-515-165
  2. R. L. Speth, S. Hong, S. J. Shanbhogue and A. F. Ghoniem, "Mode Selection in Flame-Vortex driven Combustion Instabilities", 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Paper # AIAA-2011-236-713
  3. J. S. Sisco, S. J. Shanbhogue, H. El-Asrag, A. F. Ghoniem, "Development of a Combustion Stability Analysis Tool Incorporating Detailed Flame Vortex Dynamics", 46th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Nashville, TN, AIAA 2010-7149
  4. Z. A. LaBry, S. J. Shanbhogue, R. L. Speth and A. F. Ghoniem, "Instability Suppression in a Swirl-Stabilized Combustor using Microjet Injection", 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Paper # AIAA-2010-1524
  5. Q. Zhang, S. J. Shanbhogue, T. Lieuwen, “Strain Characteristics Near the Flame Attachment Point in a Swirling Flow”, 47th AIAA Aerospace Meeting Sciences and Exhibit, Florida, 2009, Paper # AIAA 2009-0642
  6. D-H. Shin, S. J. Shanbhogue, T. Lieuwen, “Premixed Flame Kinematics in an axially decaying, harmonically oscillating vorticity field”, 44th AIAA/ASME/ASEE/SAE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Hartford, CT, 2008
  7. S. J. Shanbhogue, T. Lieuwen, “Studies on the Vorticity Field of Harmonically Excited Bluff Body Flames” 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, 2008, Paper #AIAA 2008-0122
  8. S. J. Shanbhogue, D. Plaks, T. Lieuwen, “The K-H Instability of Reacting, Acoustically Excited Bluff Body Flames”, 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2007, Paper #AIAA 2007-5680
  9. Q. Zhang, D. R. Noble, S. J. Shanbhogue, T. Lieuwen, “PIV Measurements in H2/CH4 Swirling Flames near Blowoff Conditions”, 5th Western States Meeting of the Combustion Institute, San Diego, 2007
  10. T. Lieuwen, S. J. Shanbhogue, S. Khosla, C. Smith, “Dynamics of Bluff Body Flames Near Blowoff”, 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, 2007, Paper #AIAA 2007-0169
  11. S. J. Shanbhogue, D. Plaks, G. Nowicki, Preetham, T. Lieuwen, “Response of Rod Stabilized Flames to Harmonic Excitation: Shear Layer Rollup and Flame Kinematics”, 42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Sacramento, California, 2006, Paper #AIAA 2006-5232
  12. S. J. Shanbhogue, R. I. Sujith, S. R. Chakravarthy, “Aeroacoustics of Rocket Motors with Finocyl Grain”, 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Huntsville, Alabama, 2003, Paper #AIAA 2003-4632

 

 

 

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