Laboratory investigations of low-swirl injectors operating with syngases

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Littlejohn, David ^a   Cheng, Robert K ^a   Noble, D R ^b   Lieuwen, Tim ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC FLAME TEMPERATURE; BLOWOFF LIMIT; CLEAN COAL; COMBUSTION TURBINE; DILUTED HYDROGEN; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GASEOUS FUEL; INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED CYCLE; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LEAN PREMIXED COMBUSTION; LINEAR DEPENDENCY; LSI DESIGN; NOX EMISSIONS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY MEASUREMENT; PRESSURIZED COMBUSTION; REDUCED SCALE; SWIRL INJECTORS; SYN-GAS; TURBULENT FLAME SPEED;

COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FUEL INJECTION; FUELS; GAS TURBINES; HYDROCARBONS; JET PUMPS; SYNTHESIS GAS; THERMAL LOGGING; TURBOMACHINERY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 77955317034     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3124662     Document Type: Article

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