Industrial gas turbine combustion performance test of DME to use as an alternative fuel for power generation

Fuel

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 657-662

  Lee, Min Chul ^a   Seo, Seok Bin ^a   Chung, Jae Hwa ^a   Joo, Yong Jin ^a   Ahn, Dal Hong ^a  

^a Korea Electric Power Research Institute (KEPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alternative fuel; Combustion performance test; DME (dimethyl ether); Gas turbine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENGINES; ETHERS; FUELS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RETROFITTING; SMOKE; SYNTHETIC FUELS; TESTING; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINERY;

COMBUSTION PERFORMANCE TEST; COMBUSTION PROPERTIES; DME (DIMETHYL ETHER); FUEL NOZZLES; INDUSTRIAL GAS TURBINES; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS;

GAS TURBINES;

EID: 58149490978     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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