Effects of spray characteristics on combustion performance of a liquid fuel spray in a gas turbine combustor

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-228

  Datta, A ^a,b   Som, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gas turbine; Spray combustion

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMBUSTORS; GAS TURBINES; LIQUID FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPRAYING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

LIQUID FUEL SPRAY; MEAN DROP DIAMETER; SPRAY CONE ANGLE; WALL FUNCTION TREATMENT;

COMBUSTION;

GAS TURBINE; SPRAY;

EID: 0033541072     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(19990310)23:3<217::AID-ER473>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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