In order to improve the gas energy conversion efficiency at the outlet of the
pulse detonation combustor, numerical calculation methods were used to study
the influence of three different cross-section obstacle structures of
square, circle and trapezoid on the distribution characteristics of gas
pressure potential energy, kinetic energy and internal energy in a single
cycle at the outlet of pulse detonation combustor. The results show that:
the expansion of pulse detonation gas mainly includes three stages: primary
expansion, secondary expansion, and over-expansion. Gas pressure potential
energy, kinetic energy and internal energy increase during the primary and
secondary expansion stages, and decrease during the over-expansion stage;
Pulse detonation combustor with trapezoidal cross-section obstacle structure
has the smallest proportion of gas energy at the outlet of the combustor
during the over-expansion stage and the highest proportion during the
secondary expansion stage; compared with square and circle cross-section
obstacle structures, the gas energy distribution at the outlet of the pulse
detonation combustor with trapezoidal cross-section obstacle structure is
the easiest for turbomachinery to convert the gas energy.