scholarly journals Scalar characteristics of a lean premixed turbulent V-shape flame (air-butane)

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Boulahlib ◽  
S. Boukebbab ◽  
I. Amara ◽  
E. Ferkous
Keyword(s):  
Lean Premixed

Combustion Instabilities in Lean Premixed Combustors

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domenic A. Santavicca
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Instabilities ◽  
Lean Premixed

Effect of high hydrogen enrichment on the outer-shear-layer flame of confined lean premixed CH4/H2/air swirl flames

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Runze Mao ◽  
Jinhua Wang ◽  
Weijie Zhang ◽  
Zhenhua An ◽  
Wenjun Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Layer ◽  
High Hydrogen ◽  
Lean Premixed ◽  
Hydrogen Enrichment

Numerical Investigation of the Pressure Effect on the NOx Formation in a Lean-Premixed Gas Turbine Combustor

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 6776-6784
Author(s):  
Truc Huu Nguyen ◽  
Jungkyu Park ◽  
Changhun Sin ◽  
Seungchai Jung ◽  
Shaun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Investigation ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Pressure Effect ◽  
Gas Turbine Combustor ◽  
Nox Formation ◽  
Lean Premixed

scholarly journals Modelling of a Bluff-Body Stabilised Premixed Flames Close to Blow-Off

Computation ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Shokri Amzin ◽  
Mohd Fairus Mohd Yasin
Keyword(s):  
Bluff Body ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Premixed Flames ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Moment Closure ◽  
Recirculation Region ◽  
Scalar Dissipation ◽  
Average Error ◽  
Conditional Moment ◽  
Lean Premixed

As emission legislation becomes more stringent, the modelling of turbulent lean premixed combustion is becoming an essential tool for designing efficient and environmentally friendly combustion systems. However, to predict emissions, reliable predictive models are required. Among the promising methods capable of predicting pollutant emissions with a long chemical time scale, such as nitrogen oxides (NOx), is conditional moment closure (CMC). However, the practical application of this method to turbulent premixed flames depends on the precision of the conditional scalar dissipation rate,. In this study, an alternative closure for this term is implemented in the RANS-CMC method. The method is validated against the velocity, temperature, and gas composition measurements of lean premixed flames close to blow-off, within the limit of computational fluid dynamic (CFD) capability. Acceptable agreement is achieved between the predicted and measured values near the burner, with an average error of 15%. The model reproduces the flame characteristics; some discrepancies are found within the recirculation region due to significant turbulence intensity.

Industrial Trent Combustor — Combustion Noise Characteristics

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Scarinci ◽  
John L. Halpin
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Power Level ◽  
Technical Problem ◽  
Combustion Noise ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Noise Mapping ◽  
Noise Characteristics ◽  
Lean Premixed ◽  
In Series ◽  
Three Stages

Thermoacoustic resonance is a difficult technical problem that is experienced by almost all lean-premixed combustors. The Industrial Trent combustor is a novel dry-low-emissions (DLE) combustor design, which incorporates three stages of lean premixed fuel injection in series. The three stages in series allow independent control of two stages — the third stage receives the balance of fuel to maintain the desired power level — at all power conditions. Thus, primary zone and secondary zone temperatures can be independently controlled. This paper examines how the flexibility offered by a 3-stage lean premixed combustion system permits the implementation of a successful combustion noise avoidance strategy at all power conditions and at all ambient conditions. This is because at a given engine condition (power level and day temperature) a characteristic “noise map” can be generated on the engine, independently of the engine running condition. The variable distribution of heat release along the length of the combustor provides an effective mechanism to control the amplitude of longitudinal resonance modes of the combustor. This approach has allowed the Industrial Trent combustion engineers to thoroughly “map out” all longitudinal combustor acoustic modes and design a fuel schedule that can navigate around regions of combustor thermoacoustic resonance. Noise mapping results are presented in detail, together with the development of noise prediction methods (frequency and amplitude) that have allowed the noise characteristics of the engine to be established over the entire operating envelope of the engine.

Effects of preferential transport in turbulent bluff-body-stabilized lean premixed CH4/air flames

2012 ◽  
Vol 159 (8) ◽  
pp. 2563-2575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert S. Barlow ◽  
Matthew J. Dunn ◽  
Mark S. Sweeney ◽  
Simone Hochgreb
Keyword(s):  
Bluff Body ◽  
Lean Premixed ◽  
Preferential Transport

scholarly journals High hydrogen content syngas fuel burning in lean premixed spherical flames at elevated pressures: Effects of preferential diffusion

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (40) ◽  
pp. 18231-18249 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.K.J. Ranga Dinesh ◽  
H. Shalaby ◽  
K.H. Luo ◽  
J.A. van Oijen ◽  
D. Thévenin
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Content ◽  
High Hydrogen ◽  
High Hydrogen Content ◽  
Elevated Pressures ◽  
Fuel Burning ◽  
Preferential Diffusion ◽  
Lean Premixed ◽  
Spherical Flames

Fuel Flexibility Influences on Premixed Combustor Blowout, Flashback, Autoignition and Instability

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Lieuwen ◽  
Vince McDonell ◽  
Eric Petersen ◽  
Domenic Santavicca
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Dynamic Stability ◽  
Current Understanding ◽  
Fuel Composition ◽  
Fuel Flexibility ◽  
Lean Premixed ◽  
Gas Fuel ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Underlying Processes

This paper addresses the impact of fuel composition on the operability of lean premixed gas turbine combustors. This is an issue of current importance due to variability in the composition of natural gas fuel supplies and interest in the use of syngas fuels. Of particular concern is the effect of fuel composition on combustor blowout, flashback, dynamic stability, and autoignition. This paper reviews available results and current understanding of the effects of fuel composition on the operability of lean premixed combustors. It summarizes the underlying processes that must be considered when evaluating how a given combustor’s operability will be affected as fuel composition is varied.

Extension of the Combustion Stability Range in Dry Low NOx Lean Premixed Gas Turbine Combustor Using a Fuel Rich Annular Pilot Burner

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Rosentsvit ◽  
Y. Levy ◽  
V. Erenburg ◽  
V. Sherbaum ◽  
V. Ovcharenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Combustion Zone ◽  
Combustion Instability ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Nox Emission ◽  
Combustion Stability ◽  
Stability Range ◽  
Numerical Effort ◽  
Lean Premixed ◽  
Pilot Burner

The present work is concerned with improving combustion stability in lean premixed (LP) gas turbine combustors by injecting free radicals into the combustion zone. The work is a joint experimental and numerical effort aimed at investigating the feasibility of incorporating a circumferential pilot combustor, which operates under rich conditions and directs its radicals enriched exhaust gases into the main combustion zone as the means for stabilization. The investigation includes the development of a chemical reactors network (CRN) model that is based on perfectly stirred reactors modules and on preliminary CFD analysis as well as on testing the method on an experimental model under laboratory conditions. The study is based on the hypothesis that under lean combustion conditions, combustion instability is linked to local extinctions of the flame and consequently, there is a direct correlation between the limiting conditions affecting combustion instability and the lean blowout (LBO) limit of the flame. The experimental results demonstrated the potential reduction of the combustion chamber's LBO limit while maintaining overall NOx emission concentration values within the typical range of low NOx burners and its delicate dependence on the equivalence ratio of the ring pilot flame. A similar result was revealed through the developed CHEMKIN-PRO CRN model that was applied to find the LBO limits of the combined pilot burner and main combustor system, while monitoring the associated emissions. Hence, both the CRN model, and the experimental results, indicate that the radicals enriched ring jet is effective at stabilizing the LP flame, while keeping the NOx emission level within the characteristic range of low NOx combustors.

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