The behavior of an ultra-compact combustor (UCC) based on centrifugally-enhanced turbulent burning rates

40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Zelina, Joseph ^a   Sturgess, G J ^b   Shouse, Dale T ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNING RATE; BYPASS RATIO; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; COMBUSTION SYSTEMS; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELEVATED PRESSURE; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; ENGINE THRUST; ENGINE WEIGHT; EXHAUST EMISSION; FLAME LENGTH; FUEL INJECTION ANGLE; FUEL-AIR MIXING; FUTURE DESIGNS; GAS TURBINE DESIGN; GAS TURBINE ENGINE; HIGH-POWER; LARGE DIAMETER; LOW-PRESSURE TURBINES; MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; POLLUTANT EMISSION; POWER EXTRACTION; SINGLE STAGE; STAGED COMBUSTOR; SYSTEM USE; TEMPERATURE RISE; TURBINE BURNERS; TURBINE STAGES; TURBINE VANES;

AIR; AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; FUEL BURNERS; FUEL INJECTION; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS TURBINES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MACHINE DESIGN; REACTION RATES; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TORQUE; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; TURBOMACHINERY;

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EID: 77957855184     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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