Experimental and numerical investigation of a FLOX combustor firing low calorific value gases

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 182, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1261-1278

  Danon, B ^a,b   De Jong, W ^a   Roekaerts, D J E M ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flameless oxidation; Gas turbine combustor; NOx

Indexed keywords

CFD CODES; CHEMISTRY MECHANISM; CO AND NO; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; EDDY DISSIPATION CONCEPT; EMISSION MEASUREMENT; FLAMELESS OXIDATION; FUEL COMPOSITIONS; GAIN INSIGHT; GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR; MAIN COMPONENT; NO FORMATION; NOX; NOZZLE DIAMETER; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TURBULENCE-CHEMISTRY INTERACTIONS; ULTRALOW EMISSIONS;

CALORIFIC VALUE; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS TURBINES; GASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TURBOMACHINERY; TURBULENCE;

COMBUSTORS;

EID: 77955939246     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102201003639284     Document Type: Article

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