Flow field and combustion characterization of premixed gas turbine flames by planar laser techniques

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Stopper, Ulrich ^a   Aigner, Manfred ^a   Meier, Wolfgang ^a   Sadanandan, Rajesh ^a   Stöhr, Michael ^a   Kim, Ik Soo ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gas turbine combustor; Heat release; High pressure; Laser diagnostics; Lean premixed combustion; NOx reduction; OH PLIF; OH* chemiluminescence; PIV; Reaction zone; Swirl flow; Turbulent flow field; Validation data; Vortex core

Indexed keywords

GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR; HEAT RELEASE; HIGH PRESSURE; LEAN PREMIXED COMBUSTION; NOX REDUCTION; OH PLIF; PIV; REACTION ZONES; SWIRL FLOW; VALIDATION DATA; VORTEX CORES;

CHEMILUMINESCENCE; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMBUSTORS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FUEL BURNERS; GAS TURBINES; GASES; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; REDUCTION; TURBOMACHINERY; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 75449115069     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2969093     Document Type: Article

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