Contact Dr Xiaoxiao Sun
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- Email: x.sun@cranfield.ac.uk
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Background
Dr Xiaoxiao Sun is a lecturer in Low Emissions Gas Turbine Combustion. Dr Sun completed her PhD in 2018, which focused on the preliminary design of an aero engine low emissions combustor using a multi-fidelity modelling approach with analyses of fuel injection, heat transfer, emissions and other combustor performance characteristics. She has since led the numerical and experimental resesarch on the development of hydrogen micromix combustion technology within the EU H2020 ENABLEH2 project.
Current activities
Xiaoxiao currently serves as the workpackage lead for CleanSky 2 UTOPEA project. The work aims to assess the feasibility of developing a dual fuel combustor and a novel hydrogen combustor for future aero engine applications. Dr Sun also collaborates with Siemens Energy on the numerical modelling and experimental validation of liquid fuel spray characteristics.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Zghal M, Sun X, Gauthier PQ & Sethi V (2023) Validation of a stochastic breakup model for turbulent jets in high-speed crossflow: assessment of turbulent interactions and sensitivity to boundary conditions, Atomization and Sprays, 33 (4) 25-54.
- Sethi V, Sun X, Nalianda D, Rolt A, Holborn P, Wijesinghe C, Xisto C, Jonsson I, Gronstedt T, Ingram J, Lundbladh A, Isikveren A, Williamson I, Harrison T, Yenokyan A, (2022) Enabling cryogenic hydrogen-based CO2-free air transport: meeting the demands of zero carbon aviation, IEEE Electrification Magazine, 10 (2) 69-81.
- Liu Y, Sun X, Sethi V, Li YG, Nalianda D, Abbott D, Gauthier P, Xiao B & Wang L (2021) Development and application of a preliminary design methodology for modern low emissions aero combustors, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 235 (4) 783-806.
- Yoko MJ, Sun X, van der Spuy SJ & Sethi V (2021) Multi-fidelity modelling of an impingement/effusion cooled gas turbine combustor liner, Applied Thermal Engineering, 185 (February) Article No. 116318.
- Zhu Y, Sun X, Sethi V, Gauthier P, Guo S, Bai R & Yan D (2021) Numerical investigation of the breakup mode and trajectory of liquid jet in a gaseous crossflow at elevated conditions, The Aeronautical Journal, 125 (1291) 1519-1541.
- Liu Y, Sun X, Sethi V, Li YG, Nalianda D, Abbott D, Gauthier P, Xiao B & Wang L (2021) Development and application of a preliminary design methodology for modern low emissions aero combustors, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 235 (4) 783-806.
- Yoko MJ, Sun X, van der Spuy SJ & Sethi V (2021) Multi-fidelity modelling of an impingement/effusion cooled gas turbine combustor liner, Applied Thermal Engineering, 185 (February) Article No. 116318.
- Liu Y, Sun X, Sethi V, Nalianda D, Li YG & Wang L (2017) Review of modern low emissions combustion technologies for aero gas turbine engines, Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 94 (October) 12-45.
- Li J, Sun X, Liu Y & Sethi V (2017) Preliminary aerodynamic design methodology for aero engine lean direct injection combustors, The Aeronautical Journal, 121 (1242) 1087-1108.
Conference Papers
- Sun X, Martin H, Gauthier P & Sethi V (2022) Sensitivity study on species diffusion models in turbulent combustion of hydrogen/air jet in crossflow structure. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2022: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, Rotterdam, 13-17 June 2022.
- Zghal M, Sun X, Gauthier P & Sethi V (2022) Validation and assessment of a numerical methodology for turbulent liquid fuel jets in high-speed crossflow. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2022: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, Rotterdam, 13-17 June 2022.
- Giannouloudis A, Sun X, Corsar MR, Booden SJ, Singh G, Abbott D, Nalianda D & Sethi B (2021) On the development of an experimental rig for hydrogen micromix combustion testing. In: 10th European Combustion Meeting, 2021, Naples (Virtual Event), 14-15 April 2021.
- Sun X, Abbott D, Singh AV, Gauthier P & Sethi B (2021) Numerical investigation of potential cause of instabilities in a hydrogen micromix injector array. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2021: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, Virtual event, 7-11 June 2021.
- Abbott D, Giannotta A, Sun X, Gauthier P & Sethi V (2021) Thermoacoustic behaviour of a hydrogen micromix aviation gas turbine combustor under typical flight conditions. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2021: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, Virtual event, 7-11 June 2021.
- Zghal M, Sun X, Gauthier PQ & Sethi V (2021) Comparison of tabulated and complex chemistry turbulent-chemistry interaction models with high fidelity large eddy simulations on hydrogen flames. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2020), London: Virtual Event, 21-25 September 2020.
- López-Juárez M, Sun X, Sethi B, Gauthier P & Abbott D (2021) Characterising hydrogen micromix flames: combustion model calibration and evaluation. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2020), London: Virtual Event, 21-25 September 2020.
- Sun X, Agarwal P, Carbonara F, Abbott D, Gauthier P & Sethi B (2021) Numerical investigation into the impact of injector geometrical design parameters on hydrogen micromix combustion characteristics. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2020), London: Virtual Event, 21-25 September 2020.
- McClure J, Abbott D, Agarwal P, Sun X, Babazzi G, Sethi V & Gauthier P (2019) Comparison of hydrogen micromix flame transfer functions determined using RANS and LES. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2019: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2019), Phoenix, 17-21 June 2019.
- Agarwal P, Sun X, Gauthier PQ & Sethi V (2019) Injector design space exploration for an ultra-low NOx hydrogen micromix combustion system. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2019: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2019), Phoenix, 17-21 June 2019.
- McClure J, Abbott D, Agarwal P, Sun X, Babazzi G, Sethi V & Gauthier P (2019) Comparison of hydrogen micromix flame transfer functions determined using RANS and LES. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2019: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition (GT2019), Phoenix, 17-21 June 2019.
- Agarwal P, Sethi V, Gauthier PQ, Sun X & Liu Y (2017) Preliminary CFD Study on the effect of fuel injector coking on fuel spray characteristics. In: ASME 2017 Gas Turbine India Conference, Bangalore, 7-8 December 2017.
