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 …

Experimental and numerical investigation of thermo-acoustic instability in a liquid-fuel aero-engine combustor at elevated pressure: Validity of large-eddy simulation of …

S Tachibana, K Saito, T Yamamoto, M Makida… - Combustion and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The feasibility of applying the large-eddy simulation (LES) of spray combustion to the
investigation of the thermo-acoustic instability mechanisms in practical aero-engine …

Flame macrostructures and thermoacoustic instabilities in stratified swirling flames

X Han, D Laera, AS Morgans, CJ Sung, X Hui… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present article investigates the correlation between flame macrostructures and
thermoacoustic combustion instabilities in stratified swirling flames. Experiments are carried …

Dual-fuel, dual-swirl burner for the mitigation of thermoacoustic instabilities in turbulent ammonia-hydrogen flames

A Katoch, TF Guiberti, DV de Campos… - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel dual-fuel, dual-swirl burner is presented and its potential to mitigate
thermoacoustic coupling for ammonia-hydrogen-air flames is explored. The key feature of …

Interference mechanisms of acoustic/convective disturbances in a swirl-stabilized lean-premixed combustor

KT Kim, DA Santavicca - Combustion and Flame, 2013 - Elsevier
Interference mechanisms of acoustic/convective disturbances were experimentally
investigated in a swirl-stabilized lean-premixed gas turbine combustor operated with natural …

Analysis of topology transitions of swirl flames interacting with the combustor side wall

TF Guiberti, D Durox, L Zimmer, T Schuller - Combustion and Flame, 2015 - Elsevier
Topology transitions of swirl-stabilized flames in a cylindrical combustion chamber are
analyzed for lean CH 4/H 2/air combustible mixtures. It is demonstrated that when the tip of a …

The effects of premixed pilot-stage on combustion instabilities in stratified swirling flames: A large eddy simulation study

G Lv, X Liu, Z Zhang, S Li, E Liu, H Zheng - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Large Eddy Simulation (LES) is conducted for the combustion instabilities of the
stratified swirling flames. Two different pilot-stage equivalence ratios (Φ p), 0 (lifted flame) …

Combustion-acoustic interactions through cross-talk area between adjacent model gas turbine combustors

K Moon, H Jegal, J Gu, KT Kim - Combustion and Flame, 2019 - Elsevier
Longitudinal-mode combustion instabilities in can-annular gas turbine combustion systems
are influenced by acoustic interactions between adjacent combustors; these interactions …

Combustion instability feedback mechanisms in a lean-premixed swirl-stabilized combustor

KT Kim - Combustion and Flame, 2016 - Elsevier
Constructive interference between heat release rate and acoustic perturbation is
responsible for the growth of acoustic pressure amplitudes, leading to high-amplitude …

Influence of the co-and counter-swirl on combustion instability of the centrally staged combustor

J Ma, X Hui, M Han, X Han, X Wang, J Wang, Z Chi - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The centrally staged combustor is an effective way to reduce NOx emissions from
combustors. However, combustion instability caused by the mutual coupling between flames …