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1. P. Rajendram Soundararajan, D. Durox, A. Renaud, S. Candel, “Azimuthal instabilities of an annular combustor with different swirling injectors” (2022), Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 144(11): 111018. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055450 . Also presented at the ASME Turbo Expo 2022, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2. P. Rajendram Soundararajan, D. Durox, G. Vignat, A. Renaud, J. Beaunier, S. Candel, “Comparison of flame describing functions measured in single and multiple injector configurations” (2022), Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 144(11): 111023. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055451 . Also presented at the ASME Turbo Expo 2022, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
3. P. Rajendram Soundararajan, G. Vignat, D. Durox, A. Renaud, S. Candel, “Do flame describing functions suitably represent combustion dynamics under self-sustained oscillations?” (2022), Journal of Sound and Vibration, 534, 117034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2022.117034
4. P. Rajendram Soundararajan, D. Durox, A. Renaud, G. Vignat, S. Candel, “Swirler effects on combustion instabilities analyzed with measured FDFs, injector impedances and damping rates” (2022), Combustion and Flame, 238, 111947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2021.111947
5. P. Rajendram Soundararajan, G. Vignat, D. Durox, A. Renaud, S. Candel, “Effect of different fuels on combustion instabilities in an annular combustor” (2021), Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 2021, 143(3): 031007. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049702. Also presented at the ASME Turbo Expo 2020, Online.
6. G. Vignat, P. Rajendram Soundararajan, D. Durox, A. Vié, A. Renaud, S. Candel, “A joint experimental and LES characterization of the liquid fuel spray in a swirl injector” (2021), Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 143(8): 081019. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049771. Also presented at the ASME Turbo Expo 2020, Online.
7. G. Vignat, N. Minesi, P. Rajendram Soundararajan, D. Durox, A. Renaud, V. Blanchard, C.O. Laux, S. Candel, “Improvement of lean blow out performance of spray and premixed flames using nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges” (2021), Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.136. Also presented at the 38th International Symposium on Combustion, Adelaide, Australia & Online.
8. C. Patat, F. Baillot, J.B. Blaisot, E. Domingues, G. Vignat, P. Rajendram Soundararajan, A. Renaud, D. Durox, S. Candel, “Swirling spray flames dynamical blow out induced by transverse acoustic oscillations” (2022), Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, In Press. Also presented at the 39th International Symposium on Combustion, Vancouver, Canada.
9. P. Rajendram Soundararajan, D. Durox, A. Renaud, S. Candel, “Impact of spray dynamics on combustion instabilities investigated by changing the atomizer recess in a swirl combustor”, under review in Combustion and Flame, August 2022.

CONFERENCES

1. C. Patat, F. Baillot, J.B. Blaisot, E. Domingues, G. Vignat, P. Rajendram Soundararajan, A. Renaud, D. Durox, S. Candel, “Dynamical blow-out of swirling spray flames induced by transverse acoustic oscillations” (2021). Symposium on Thermoacoustic in Combustion: Industry meets Academia, TU Munich - Virtual venue. https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03674675
2. P. Rajendram Soundararajan, G. Vignat, D. Durox, A. Renaud, S. Candel, “Impact of injector on combustion instabilities in a swirl-spray combustor” (2021). Presented at Initiative sur la combustion avancée (INCA) colloquium, Online.
3. G. Vignat, P. Rajendram Soundararajan, A. Renaud, D. Durox, S. Candel, “The flame describing function and flame dynamics under self-sustained oscillations” (2021). Presented at Initiative sur la combustion avancée (INCA) colloquium, Online.
4. R.S. Preethi, S.R. Chakravarthy, T.M. Muruganandam, N. Rajesh Kanna, “A novel multi-swirler lean direct injection combustor for low pollutant emissions” (2015). Presented at the 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Combustion, Beijing, China.

PATENT

1. T.M. Muruganandam, S.R. Chakravarthy, R.S. Preethi, N. Rajabharathi, V. Deepika, S. Shanmugaprabhu, A method of holding flame with no combustion instability, low pollutant emissions, least pressure drop and flame temperature in a gas turbine combustor and a gas turbine combustor to perform the method, US patent US11300052B2. https://patents.google.com/patent/US11300052B2/en

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