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

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

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

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b GE ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; Combustion dynamics; Flame structure; Flame transfer function; Gas turbine

Indexed keywords

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

ANEMOMETERS; COMBUSTORS; ELECTRON BEAMS; EXPLOSIVES; GAS TURBINES; GASES; MODULATION; SIGNALING; SWIRLING FLOW; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TURBOMACHINERY; VELOCITY;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 77955327857     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3124664     Document Type: Article

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