Toward decarbonized power generation with gas turbines by using sequential combustion for burning hydrogen

MR Bothien, A Ciani, JP Wood… - … of Engineering for …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Excess energy generation from renewables can be conveniently stored as hydrogen for later
use as a gas turbine fuel. Also, the strategy to sequestrate CO2 from natural gas (NG) will …

Direct Numerical Simulation of hydrogen combustion at auto-ignitive conditions: Ignition, stability and turbulent reaction-front velocity

A Gruber, MR Bothien, A Ciani, K Aditya, JH Chen… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) are performed to investigate the process of
spontaneous ignition of hydrogen flames at laminar, turbulent, adiabatic and non-adiabatic …

Direct numerical simulation of flame stabilization assisted by autoignition in a reheat gas turbine combustor

K Aditya, A Gruber, C Xu, T Lu, A Krisman… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - Elsevier
A three-dimensional direct numerical simulation (DNS) is performed for a turbulent hydrogen-
air flame, represented with detailed chemistry, stabilized in a model gas-turbine combustor …

[HTML][HTML] Thermoacoustic stabilization of a sequential combustor with ultra-low-power nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges

B Dharmaputra, S Shcherbanev, B Schuermans… - Combustion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study demonstrates the stabilization of a sequential combustor with Nanosecond
Repetitively Pulsed Discharges (NRPD). Sequential combustors offer advantages such as …

Thermoacoustics of can-annular combustors

G Ghirardo, C Di Giovine… - … of Engineering for …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Can-annular combustors consist of a set of independent cans, connected on the upstream
side to the combustor plenum and on the downstream side to the turbine inlet, where a …

Combustion regimes in sequential combustors: Flame propagation and autoignition at elevated temperature and pressure

O Schulz, N Noiray - Combustion and Flame, 2019 - Elsevier
This numerical study investigates the combustion modes in the second stage of a sequential
combustor at atmospheric and high pressure. The sequential burner (SB) features a mixing …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical study of plasma assisted combustion in a sequential combustor

Q Malé, S Shcherbanev, N Noiray - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The effects of Nanosecond Repetitively Pulsed Discharges (NRPDs) on the second
stage flame of a sequential combustor is investigated using numerical tools supported by …

Superior fuel and operational flexibility of sequential combustion in Ansaldo Energia gas turbines

A Ciani, MR Bothien, B Bunkute… - Journal of the Global …, 2019 - journal.gpps.global
The increasing use of renewables for energy production is also accompanied by an
increasing need for flexible power production, while aiming at carbon free emissions. The …

Autoignition flame dynamics in sequential combustors

O Schulz, N Noiray - Combustion and Flame, 2018 - Elsevier
This numerical study investigates the linear and non-linear flame dynamics in the second
stage of a sequential combustor, with methane fuel injection into vitiated hot gas. It focuses …

Investigation on the coupling mechanism of streamwise and jet vortices of hydrogen micromix combustion

D Mo, Y Lin, Y Liu, X Han - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is one of the most promising fuels for achieving zero carbon emissions in civil
aviation. However, the rapid flame speed would easily lead to flashback issues, and its ultra …