Influence of Atomization Characteristics on Lean Blow-Out Limits in a Gas Turbine Combustor

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiwei Wang ◽  
Yong Huang ◽  
Lei Sun ◽  
Yunfeng Liu ◽  
Donghui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Laser Sheet ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Gas Turbine Combustor ◽  
Lean Combustion ◽  
Particle Size Analyzer ◽  
Atomization Characteristics ◽  
Important Basis ◽  
Minimum Heat ◽  
Rectangular Model

Abstract In order to investigate the effects of atomization characteristics on the lean blow-out (LBO) performance, an experimental study was carried out on the spray and the combustion. The LBO limits and the outlet temperature near the LBO condition of different atomizers were measured in a single dome rectangular model combustor with a dual-radial and a dual-axial swirl cup, respectively. In the combustor, the spray analysis was performed on different atomizers (without combustion) at the LBO condition. The Malvern particle size analyzer was used to measure the Sauter Mean Diameter (SMD), and the laser sheet was used to take spray images. First of all, the spray pattern determines the minimum heat release required to maintain the combustion, which corresponds to the ideal LBO fuel/air ratio (FAR), which is the maximum potential for the lean combustion. Secondly, the matching of the spray SMD, the droplet size spatial distribution and the droplet initial velocity with the flow field determines the ratio of the completely burned fuel to the total fuel ejected from the atomizer, which determines the extent to which the combustor exerts its lean combustion potential. In addition, the numerical simulation of the flow field of the combustor with two structures was carried out, which provided an important basis for the theoretical analysis of this paper.

ATOMIZATION CHARACTERISTICS OF LIQUID JETS INJECTED INTO A HIGH-VELOCITY FLOW FIELD

1994 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuyuki Yatsuyanagi ◽  
Hiroshi Sakamoto ◽  
Kazuo Sato
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
High Velocity ◽  
Liquid Jets ◽  
High Velocity Flow ◽  
Velocity Flow ◽  
Atomization Characteristics

scholarly journals Reading the copepod personal ads: increasing encounter probability with hydromechanical signals

1998 ◽  
Vol 353 (1369) ◽  
pp. 691-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca A. van Duren ◽  
Eize J. Stamhuis ◽  
John J. Videler
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Laser Sheet ◽  
Surrounding Water ◽  
Encounter Probability ◽  
Velocity Gradients ◽  
Swimming Motion ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Temora Longicornis ◽  
Leg Movement ◽  
Swimming Leg

Females of the calanoid copepod Temora longicornis react to chemical exudates of male conspecifics with little hops, quite distinct from their normal smooth uniform swimming motion. These hops possibly serve to create a hydrodynamical signal in the surrounding water, to increase encounter probability with potential mates. Laser sheet particle image velocimetry was used to investigate the flow fields associated with these hops and to compare them to the flow of the feeding current of an adult female. During, and immediately after a hop, the flow field around the copepod showed a marked difference from that of a foraging animal. During foraging, the highest velocity gradients were located around the feeding appendages of the copepod. During a hop, high velocity gradients are located behind the animal. About 0.5 seconds after the start of swimming leg movement, effects of the hop had virtually dissipated and the flow field resembled that around a foraging animal. The estimated volume of influence (i.e. the volume around the copepod where the animal has a significant influence on the water) increased about 12–fold during the hop compared with the situation around a foraging animal. Furthermore, the rate of viscous energy dissipation within the copepods' volume of influence increased nearly 80–fold. Hops may serve to increase encounter probability, but due to the short duration of the effect and the high energetic costs they would only be adaptive when other cues have indicated that suitable sexual partners are in the vicinity.

Towards Improved Prediction of Aero-Engine Combustor Performance Using Large Eddy Simulations

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. James ◽  
M. S. Anand ◽  
B. Sekar
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Radial Profile ◽  
Design Tool ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Gas Turbine Combustor ◽  
Systematic Assessment ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Aero Engine

The paper presents an assessment of large eddy simulation (LES) and conventional Reynolds averaged methods (RANS) for predicting aero-engine gas turbine combustor performance. The performance characteristic that is examined in detail is the radial burner outlet temperature (BOT) or fuel-air ratio profile. Several different combustor configurations, with variations in airflows, geometries, hole patterns and operating conditions are analyzed with both LES and RANS methods. It is seen that LES consistently produces a better match to radial profile as compared to RANS. To assess the predictive capability of LES as a design tool, pretest predictions of radial profile for a combustor configuration are also presented. Overall, the work presented indicates that LES is a more accurate tool and can be used with confidence to guide combustor design. This work is the first systematic assessment of LES versus RANS on industry-relevant aero-engine gas turbine combustors.

scholarly journals The Effect of Discrete Pilot Hydrogen Dopant Injection on the Lean Blowout Performance of a Model Gas Turbine Combustor

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oanh Nguyen ◽  
Scott Samuelsen
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Nox Emissions ◽  
Gas Turbine Combustor ◽  
Lean Blowout ◽  
Lean Combustion ◽  
Attractive Option ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Model Gas Turbine Combustor

In view of increasingly stringent NOx emissions regulations on stationary gas turbines, lean combustion offers an attractive option to reduce reaction temperatures and thereby decrease NOx production. Under lean operation, however, the reaction is vulnerable to blowout. It is herein postulated that pilot hydrogen dopant injection, discretely located, can enhance the lean blowout performance without sacrificing overall performance. The present study addresses this hypothesis in a research combustor assembly, operated at atmospheric pressure, and fired on natural gas using rapid mixing injection, typical of commercial units. Five hydrogen injector scenarios are investigated. The results show that (1) pilot hydrogen dopant injection, discretely located, leads to improved lean blowout performance and (2) the location of discrete injection has a significant impact on the effectiveness of the doping strategy.

scholarly journals Numerical and Experimental Study of Flow Field between the Main Hull and Demi-Hull of a Trimaran

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 975
Author(s):  
Cong Sun ◽  
Chunyu Guo ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
Lianzhou Wang ◽  
Jianfeng Lin
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Light Transmission ◽  
Transmission Rate ◽  
Laser Sheet ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Wake Flow ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Unsteady Wake ◽  
Real Flow

The interactions between the main hull and demi-hull of trimarans have been arousing increasing attention, and detailed circumferential flow fields greatly influence trimaran research. In this research, the unsteady wake flow field of a trimaran was obtained by Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations on the basis of the viscous flow principles with consideration of the heaving and pitching of the trimaran. Then, we designed an experimental method based on particle-image velocimetry (PIV) and obtained a detailed flow field between the main hull and demi-hull of the trimaran. A trimaran model with one demi-hull made of polycarbonate material with 90% light transmission rate and a refractive index 1.58 (close to that of water 1.33) was manufactured as the experiment sample. Using polycarbonate material, the laser-sheet light-source transmission and high-speed camera recording problems were effectively rectified. Moreover, a nonstandard calibration was added into the PIV flow field measurement system. Then, we established an inverse three-dimensional (3D) distortion coordinate system and obtained the corresponding coordinates by using optics calculations. Further, the PIV system spatial mapping was corrected, and the real flow field was obtained. The simulation results were highly consistent with the experimental data, which showed the methods established in this study provided a strong reference for obtaining the detailed flow field information between the main hull and demi-hull of trimarans.

Flow Field Simulation in Water Washing Tank of Explosion-Proof Diesel

2014 ◽  
Vol 989-994 ◽  
pp. 3456-3459
Author(s):  
Ri Sheng Long ◽  
Zi Sheng Lian ◽  
Shao Ni Sun ◽  
Qi Liang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Flow Condition ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Flow Field Simulation ◽  
Design And Optimization ◽  
Waste Gas ◽  
Future Design ◽  
Water Washing ◽  
Field Simulation

In order to improve the cooling & purifying effect of exhaust, reducing the water-jetting phenomenon during working time, the waste-gas flow field simulation in water-washing tank of Explosion-Proof Diesel (EPD) was conducted through ANSYSCFX/Fluent. The results revealed the inner flow condition and outlet temperature of emissions in water-washing tank. It provided a reference for the future design and optimization of the water-washing tank of EPD.

Kinetics Modeling on NOx Emissions of a Syngas Turbine Combustor Using RQL Combustion Method

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoyang Liu ◽  
Wenkai Qian ◽  
Min Zhu ◽  
Suhui Li
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Residence Time ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Nox Reduction ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Nox Emissions ◽  
Gas Turbine Combustor ◽  
Kinetics Modeling ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Nox Control

Abstract To avoid flashback issues of the high-H2 syngas fuel, current syngas turbines usually use non-premixed combustors, which have high NOx emissions. A promising solution to this dilemma is RQL (rich-burn, quick-mix, lean-burn) combustion, which not only reduces NOx emissions, but also mitigates flashback. This paper presents a kinetics modeling study on NOx emissions of a syngas-fueled gas turbine combustor using RQL architecture. The combustor was simulated with a chemical reactor network model in CHEMKIN-PRO software. The combustion and NOx formation reactions were modeled using a detailed kinetics mechanism that was developed for syngas. Impacts of combustor design/operating parameters on NOx emissions were systematically investigated, including combustor outlet temperature, rich/lean air flow split and residence time split. The mixing effects in both the rich-burn zone and the quick-mix zone were also investigated. Results show that for an RQL combustor, the NOx emissions initially decrease and then increase with combustor outlet temperature. The leading parameters for NOx control are temperature-dependent. At typical modern gas turbine combustor operating temperatures (e.g., < 1890 K), the air flow split is the most effective parameter for NOx control, followed by the mixing at the rich-burn zone. However, as the combustor outlet temperature increases, the impacts of air flow split and mixing in the rich-burn zone on NOx reduction become less pronounced, whereas both the residence time split and the mixing in the quick-mix zone become important.

scholarly journals Simultaneous Measurement of Free Surface Elevation and Three-Component Velocity Field Around a Translating Surface-Piercing Foil

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Schock ◽  
Jason Dahl
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Free Surface ◽  
Velocity Field ◽  
Numerical Methods ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Laser Sheet ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dynamic Mode ◽  
Image Velocimetry

Two methods are investigated to simultaneously obtain both three-dimensional (3D) velocity field and free surface elevations (FSEs) measurements near a surface piercing foil, while limiting the equipment. The combined velocity field and FSE measurements are obtained specifically for the validation of numerical methods requiring simultaneous field data and free surface measurements for a slender body shape. Both methods use stereo particle image velocimetry (SPIV) to measure three component velocities in the flow field and both methods use an off the shelf digital camera with a laser intersection line to measure FSEs. The first method is performed using a vertical laser sheet oriented parallel to the foil chord line. Through repetition of experiments with repositioning of the laser, a statistical representation of the three-dimensional flow field and surface elevations is obtained. The second method orients the vertical laser sheet such that the foil chord line is orthogonal to the laser sheet. A single experiment is performed with this method to measure the three-dimensional three component (3D3C) flow field and free surface, assuming steady flow conditions, such that the time dimension is used to expand the flow field in 3D space. The two methods are compared using dynamic mode decomposition and found to be comparable in the primary mode. Utilizing these methods produces results that are acceptable for use in numerical methods verification, at a fraction of the capital and computing cost associated with two plane or tomographic particle image velocimetry (PIV).

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