Fuel flexibility influences on premixed combustor blowout, flashback, autoignition, and stability

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Lieuwen, Tim ^a   McDonell, Vince ^b   Petersen, Eric ^c   Santavicca, Domenic ^d  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTORS; GAS TURBINES; IGNITION; NATURAL GAS;

AUTOIGNITION; FLASHBACK; FUEL COMPOSITION;

GAS FUEL ANALYSIS;

COMBUSTORS; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GAS TURBINES; IGNITION; NATURAL GAS;

EID: 42149188132     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2771243     Document Type: Review

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