A generalized model of acoustic response of turbulent premixed flame and its application to gas-turbine combustion instability analysis

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 177, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 1109-1150

  You, Danning ^a   Huang, Ying ^a   Yang, Vigor ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic disturbance; Combustion instability; Combustion response; Flamelet model; Premixed turbulent flame; Triple decomposition

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; COMBUSTION; GASES; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; TURBINES; TURBULENT FLOW;

COMBUSTION INSTABILITY; COMBUSTION RESPONSE; PREMIXED FLAME; TURBULENT MOTION;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 20444413445     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200590927012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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