Inagasturbineenginecombustor,highlyswirlingcombustionisusuallyadoptedtostabilizeflameandreducepollutantemissions.Swirlcup,asanairblastatomizer,iswidelyusedtoprovideauniformpresentationoffueldropletstothecombustordome.Thispaperinvestigatedtheeffectofsecondaryswirlerontheflowfielddownstreamoftheswirlcupusingparticleimagevelocimetry(PIV).Threeswirlcups’non-reactingflowfieldwerestudied:caseA,BandCwithsecondaryswirlervaneangle53°,60°and68°respectively.Detailedmeanandtransientvelocitiesandvorticityinthecenterplanewereobtained.FromthePIVresults,asharpcontrastflowfieldwasobtainedforcaseAtoothertwocasesduetothelowersecondaryswirlingintensity.TherecirculationzoneiscollapsedindisorderforthecaseA.Ignitiontestsofthethreecupswerecompletedinasinglecupcombustor.Ingeneral,theignitionperformanceincreaseswiththeincreasingofthesecondaryswirlingintensity.ForcaseA,theignitionperformanceisveryunstableandhasmuchrandomnessandthereisnoclearleanignitionboundarycanbegenerated.Thisworkcanfurtherunderstandtheswirlbehaviorandignitionmechanism.
