Large eddy simulation of spark ignition in a gas turbine combustor

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 711-734

  Jones, William P ^b   Tyliszczak, Artur ^a  

^a CZESTOCHOWA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Joint pdf; Kerosene spray combustion; Large Eddy Simulation; Spark ignition; Stochastic field method

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT GAS TURBINES; DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SOURCES; ENTHALPY EQUATION; EULERIAN; EULERIAN APPROACH; GAS PHASIS; GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR; GASPHASE; JOINT PDF; LAGRANGIAN FORMULATIONS; LIQUID PHASE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); SPARK ENERGY; SPARK IGNITION; STOCHASTIC FIELD;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; GAS TURBINES; GASES; KEROSENE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LIQUIDS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TURBOMACHINERY;

IGNITION;

EID: 78649449533     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: 15731987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10494-010-9289-9     Document Type: Article

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