Swirl combustion, whether of gaseous fuels or sprays, forms the basis of many thermal
power generation systems and to effective design and optimisation of these complex …

A commercial swirl burner for industrial gas turbine combustors was equipped with an
optically accessible combustion chamber and installed in a high-pressure test-rig. Several …

Tighter regulations of harmful substances such as NOx, CO, heavy metals, particles,
emissions from commercial plants and automobiles reflect a growing demand for lowering …

A series of measurements was taken on two technically premixed, swirl-stabilized methane-
air flames (at overall equivalence ratios of ϕ= 0.73 and 0.83) in an optically accessible gas …

The altitude relight performance of a lean fuel injector and combustor was investigated at the
altitude relight test rig at the Rolls-Royce Strategic Research Centre (SRC) in Derby. The …

WITH the ever increasing demand for the development of energy systems that are
environment friendly and efficient, researchers around the world have made significant …

In this work, results of comprehensive high-pressure tests and numerical simulations of high
momentum jet flames in an optically accessible combustion chamber are presented. A …

A detailed investigation on flame structures and stabilization mechanisms of confined high
momentum jet flames by one-dimensional (1D)-laser Raman measurements is presented …

Simultaneous multi-parameter experimental data characterizing the flow-combustion
interaction process are of great significance for understanding the flame instability …

While today's gas turbine (GT) combustion systems are designed for specific fuels there is
an urgent demand for fuel-flexible stationary GT combustors capable of burning natural gas …