Towards lower gas turbine emissions: Flameless distributed combustion

KI Khidr, YA Eldrainy, MM EL-Kassaby - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
We report on a number of attempts in which a flameless combustor design for gas turbine
applications was proposed. Through the different experimental findings of other researchers …

Numerical investigation of swirling kerosene spray flames using large eddy simulation

WP Jones, S Lyra, S Navarro-Martinez - Combustion and Flame, 2012 - Elsevier
The present paper describes the results of a Large Eddy Simulation of swirl stabilised flames
fuelled by liquid kerosene. Two-flames are examined, denoted Flame A and Flame B for …

Effects of co-and counter-swirl on the droplet characteristics in a spray flame

R Hadef, B Lenze - Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper reports measurements of droplet characteristics and flow field in a spray flame
with inner and outer swirling air streams. The spatial distribution of droplet characteristics …

Picosecond pulsed digital off-axis holography for near-nozzle droplet size and 3D distribution measurement of a swirl kerosene spray

Y Wu, L Wang, W Lin, G Song, Y He, X Wu, Z Wang… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Near-nozzle spray formation determines the spray structure of downstream dilute spray, and
thus plays an important role in evaluating the performance of air blast atomizer. To capture …

Non-intrusive optical diagnostics of co-and counter-swirling flames in a dual swirl pulverized coal combustion burner

Y Sung, G Choi - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
Optical non-intrusive measurements are performed to a 10 kW th laboratory-scale dual swirl
pulverized coal combustion burner in order to elucidate the behaviors of internal …

[HTML][HTML] Combustion characteristics of biodiesel fuel in high recirculation conditions

VM Reddy, P Biswas, P Garg, S Kumar - Fuel processing technology, 2014 - Elsevier
The potential of biodiesel as an alternative fuel for various applications leads to an
investigation to understand the combustion characteristics of pure and blended biodiesel …

Influence of single-component fuels on gas-turbine model combustor lean blowout

J Grohmann, B Rauch, T Kathrotia, W Meier… - Journal of Propulsion …, 2018 - arc.aiaa.org
The influence of selected single-component hydrocarbons on lean blowout behavior of swirl-
stabilized spray flames was investigated. Additional information on the spray characteristics …

[HTML][HTML] Spectral analysis and modelling of the spray liquid injection in a Lean Direct Injection (LDI) gas turbine combustor through Eulerian-Lagrangian Large Eddy …

A Broatch, M Carreres, J García-Tíscar… - Aerospace Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The main challenge of next-generation aeronautical gas turbine engines lies in the increase
of the efficiency of the cycle and the reduction of pollutant emissions below stringent …

Effect of fuel temperature on the structure of a high-pressure liquid-fueled swirl flame

JJ Philo, TT Shahin, CT McDonald, RM Gejji, RP Lucht… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Experiments were conducted in a liquid-fueled, piloted swirl burner operating at high
pressure (1.0 MPa and 2.0 MPa) to study the influence of fuel injection temperature on the …

[HTML][HTML] Development of high intensity low emission combustor for achieving flameless combustion of liquid fuels

VM Reddy, S Kumar - Propulsion and Power Research, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents the experimental and numerical results for a two stage combustor
capable of achieving flameless combustion with liquid fuels for different thermal heat inputs …