Real-time prediction of incipient lean blowout in gas turbine combustors

AIAA Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1734-1739

  Yi, Tongxun ^a,b,c   Gutmark, Ephraim J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION OSCILLATIONS; LEAN BLOWOUT PRECURSOR EVENTS; RAYLEIGH DISTRIBUTIONS;

BLOWOUTS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; COMBUSTION; GAS TURBINES; LIQUID PROPELLANTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMBUSTORS;

EID: 34547568464     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.25847     Document Type: Article

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