Reconstruction model for heat release rate based on artificial neural network

Optimizing the distribution of heat release rate (HRR) is the key to improve the performance of various combustors. However, limited by current diagnostic techniques, the spatial measurement of HRR in many realistic combustion devices is often difficult or even impossible. HRR prediction is theoretically possible through establishing correlations between HRR and other quantities (e.g., chemiluminescence intensity) that can be experimentally determined; however, up to now, few universal correlations have been established. A novel artificial neural network (ANN) approach was adopted to build the mapping relationship between the combustion heat release rate and the measurable chemiluminescent species. Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) technology is used to extract the combustion physics and reduce the data of the spatial-temporally high-resolution combustion field. The correlation between the reduced-order HRR and chemiluminescent species is built using an ANN model. A unique segmentation approach was proposed to improve the training efficiency and accuracy. Validation in a supersonic hydrogen-oxygen nonpremixed flame proves the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed HRR reconstruction model based on the reduced-order POD method and data-driven ANN model.