Effect of flame structure on the flame transfer function in a premixed gas turbine combustor

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 3, Issue PART B, 2008, Pages 757-765

  Kim, Daesik ^a   Lee, Jong Guen ^a   Quay, Bryan D ^a   Santavicca, Domenic ^a   Kim, Kwanwoo ^b   Srinivasan, Shiva ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b GE ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMILUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FLAME IMAGES; FLAME RESPONSE; FLAME STRUCTURE; FLAME TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; FORCING FREQUENCIES; FUEL/AIR MIXTURE; HEAT RELEASE; LENGTH SCALE; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEARITY; OUTPUT FUNCTIONS; PREMIXED; PREMIXED GAS; RELATIVE LENGTH; SHEAR LAYER; VARIABLE SPEED; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; VELOCITY MODULATION; VELOCITY PERTURBATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; ELECTRON BEAMS; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS TURBINES; LINEARIZATION; MODULATION; SIGNALING; SWIRLING FLOW; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TURBOMACHINERY; VELOCITY; VORTEX SHEDDING;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 69949157797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2008-51014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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