A numerical study of NOx reduction by water spray injection in gas turbine combustion chambers

A Farokhipour, E Hamidpour, E Amani - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract An Eulerian-Lagrangian model is implemented to study the process of water spray
injection inside gas turbine combustors. The validation of different parts of the model and the …

Predicting the evaporation rate of stationary droplets with the VOF methodology for a wide range of ambient temperature conditions

G Strotos, I Malgarinos, N Nikolopoulos… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents CFD predictions for the evaporation of nearly spherical suspended
droplets for ambient temperatures in the range 0.56 up to 1.62 of the critical fuel …

Effects of steam addition and/or injection on the combustion characteristics: A review

A Sehat, F Ommi, Z Saboohi - Thermal Science, 2021 - doiserbia.nb.rs
Due to increasing global energy demand and the fact that a major source of the required
energy is generated from fossil fuels, the combustion process has turned into a topic of …

A large eddy simulation study of cyclones: the effect of sub-models on efficiency and erosion prediction

H Tofighian, E Amani, M Saffar-Avval - Powder Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, first, the effect of different state-of-the-art dispersion and particle-wall collision
models on the efficiency and erosion prediction are investigated. Second, the influence of …

Multi-objective CFD optimizations of water spray injection in gas-turbine combustors

E Amani, MR Akbari, S Shahpouri - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
In this research, the water spray injection process in a natural-gas-fueled gas turbine
combustor is studied numerically using an Eulerian-Lagrangian formulation, and the …

A multi-objective CFD optimization of liquid fuel spray injection in dry-low-emission gas-turbine combustors

B Asgari, E Amani - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The main goal of this research is to investigate the effects of fuel injection strategy on the
performance of the premixing chamber of modern Dry-Low-Emission (DLE) Gas-Turbine …

Inclusion of entropy generation minimization in multi-objective CFD optimization of diesel engines

M Jafari, MJ Parhizkar, E Amani, H Naderan - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper describes the optimization of operating conditions of a direct injection diesel
engine by the response surface method targeting the first and second law efficiencies and a …

Nitrogen oxides reduction and performance enhancement of combustor with direct water injection and humidification of inlet air

S Shahpouri, E Houshfar - Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2019 - Springer
In this study, nitrogen oxides emission reduction is investigated with humid combustion in a
non-premixed combustion chamber of a gas turbine that burns natural gas using …

A study of swirl ratio effects on the NOx formation and mixture stratification in an RCCI engine

M Dadsetan, I Chitsaz, E Amani - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents the effects of swirl ratio on the reactivity controlled compression ignition
engine parameters with a focus on NOx reduction. A numerical effort with a Eulerian …

Numerical study of advanced dispersion models in particle-laden swirling flows

S Kazemi, M Adib, E Amani - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, the dispersion phenomenon in a poly-dispersed gas-solid confined swirling jet
is investigated numerically using an Eulerian–Lagrangian framework. Three continuous …