Dynamics and stability of lean-premixed swirl-stabilized combustion

Y Huang, V Yang - Progress in energy and combustion science, 2009 - Elsevier
Combustion instability remains a critical issue limiting the development of low-emission,
lean-premixed (LPM) gas turbine combustion systems. The present work provides a …

Large eddy simulations of gaseous flames in gas turbine combustion chambers

LYM Gicquel, G Staffelbach, T Poinsot - Progress in energy and combustion …, 2012 - Elsevier
Recent developments in numerical schemes, turbulent combustion models and the regular
increase of computing power allow Large Eddy Simulation (LES) to be applied to real …

Combustion and cooling performance in an aero-engine annular combustor

L Li, XF Peng, T Liu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2006 - Elsevier
Fluid–solid coupling simulation in an aero-engine annular combustor with full film cooling is
conducted to investigate the integrated contribution of combustion and cooling to the thermal …

Unsteady flow structures in radial swirler fed fuel injectors

K Midgley, A Spencer, JJ McGuirk - 2005 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Many fuel injector geometries proposed for lean-premixed combustion systems involve the
use of radial swirlers. At the high swirl numbers needed for flame stabilization, several …

A CFD study on thermo-acoustic instability of methane/air flames in gas turbine combustor

CH Sohn, HC Cho - Journal of mechanical science and technology, 2005 - Springer
Thermo-acoustic instability of methane/air flames in an industrial gas-turbine combustor is
numerically investigated adopting CFD analysis. The combustor has 37 EV burners through …

Large eddy simulation for engineering applications

T Kobayashi - Fluid dynamics research, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
In the field of fluid engineering, controlling turbulent flows remains a crucial problem. This
paper presents a basis of numerical methods and turbulence models for the large Eddy …

Spontaneous oscillations in lean premixed combustors: CFD simulation

VD Sarli, FS Marra, AD Benedetto - Combustion science and …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Lean premixed (LPM) combustors allow reduction of NOx emissions, but they often
experience instabilities that are detrimental for engines structural integrity and …

Large eddy simulation of combustion processes under gas turbine conditions

B Wegner, A Kempf, C Schneider… - … Fluid Dynamics, An …, 2004 - inderscienceonline.com
The method of large eddy simulation (LES) has a high potential to accurately predict
complex turbulent flows. Gas turbine combustion systems feature a number of phenomena …

Unsteady flow structures in radial swirler fed fuel injectors

K Midgley, A Spencer… - … Expo: Power for …, 2004 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Many fuel injector geometries proposed for lean-premixed combustion systems involve the
use of radial swirlers. At the high swirl numbers needed for flame stabilisation, several …

NOx Emissions Reduction in an Innovative Industrial Gas Turbine Combustor (GE10 Machine): A Numerical Study of the Benefits of a New Pilot-System on Flame …

A Andreini, B Facchini… - … Expo: Power for …, 2005 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
One of the driving requirements in gas turbine design is emissions reduction. In the mature
markets (especially the North America), permits to install new gas turbines are granted …