Fuel effects on lean blow-out in a realistic gas turbine combustor

L Esclapez, PC Ma, E Mayhew, R Xu, S Stouffer… - Combustion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Towards the implementation of alternative jet fuels in aviation gas turbines, testing in
combustor rigs and engines is required to evaluate the fuel performance on combustion …

Near-lean blowoff dynamics in a liquid fueled combustor

N Rock, B Emerson, J Seitzman, T Lieuwen - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper describes an analysis of the near-lean blow off (LBO) dynamics of spray flames,
including the influence of fuel composition upon these dynamics. It is motivated by the fact …

Lean blow-out (LBO) computations in a gas turbine combustor

VR Hasti, P Kundu, G Kumar, SA Drennan… - 2018 Joint Propulsion …, 2018 - arc.aiaa.org
I. Introduction vailability of high performance computing resources with increased CPU
speed and efficient parallelization algorithms enable the use of high fidelity Large Eddy …

Optical characterization of near-field sprays for various alternative and conventional jet fuels using a flow-blurring injector

I Qavi, L Jiang - Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 2022 - Springer
Jet fuels with various properties are desirable for different operational or environmental
advantages, necessitating fuel-flexible technology. For example, JP-5 (A-3) and alternative …

Experimental study of droplet vaporization for conventional and renewable transportation fuels: Effects of physical properties and chemical composition

M Stöhr, S Ruoff, B Rauch, W Meier, P Le Clercq - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
As part of the global energy transition, an increasing number of sustainable liquid fuels with
a wide range of physical and chemical properties becomes available for gas turbine and IC …

Evaluation of spray characteristics of aviation biofuels and Jet A-1 from a hybrid airblast atomizer

SK Vankeswaram, R Sakthikumar, S Deivandren… - … Thermal and Fluid …, 2023 - Elsevier
Studies on the atomization characteristics of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) such as drop-in
aviation biofuels from aircraft engine atomizers are essential to counter the rise in aviation …

Computation of conventional and alternative jet fuel sensitivity to lean blowout

VR Hasti, P Kundu, S Som, SH Won, FL Dryer… - Journal of the Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Large Eddy Simulations (LES) are performed to compute the sensitivity of a
conventional (A-2) and an alternate bio-jet (C-1) fuel to Lean Blowout (LBO). A realistic …

A numerical study of flame characteristics during lean blow-out in a gas turbine combustor

VR Hasti, P Kundu, G Kumar, SA Drennan… - 2018 Joint Propulsion …, 2018 - arc.aiaa.org
I. Introduction evelopment of alternative jet fuels from bio-derived sources is being exercised
in many countries to address climate change and energy security issues. These alternative …

X-ray phase contrast imaging of liquid film and spray development inside an aircraft engine swirler

BA Sforzo, AL Kastengren… - … for Gas Turbines …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Modern aircraft engines combine liquid fuel and air using an intricate flow device with many
fuel and air flow passages. To date, the process by which the fuel atomizes within this swirler …

Internal geometry effects on pressure-swirl atomizer spray behavior

CY Moon, A Karmarkar, A Kastengren… - AIAA SCITECH 2024 …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
A pair of complementary X-ray diagnostic methods has been applied to a non-proprietary
gas turbine atomizer and its spray structure. Hard X-ray tomography is used to investigate …