Flame response mechanisms due to velocity perturbations in a lean premixed gas turbine combustor

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 2, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2010, Pages 323-333

  Jones, Brian ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMAGING; CHEMILUMINESCENCE INTENSITY; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FLAME IMAGES; FLAME RESPONSE; FLAME TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; GAIN CURVE; GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR; HEAT RELEASE FLUCTUATIONS; HEAT RELEASE RATES; HOT WIRE ANEMOMETRY; INLET VELOCITY; LOW FREQUENCY; MINIMUM VALUE; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; OUT OF PHASE; PEAK VALUES; PREMIXED; PREMIXED GAS; TIME-SCALES; TURBULENT PREMIXED FLAME; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; VELOCITY PERTURBATION; VORTICITY FLUCTUATIONS;

CHEMILUMINESCENCE; COMBUSTORS; EXPLOSIVES; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS TURBINES; INLET FLOW; SWIRLING FLOW; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VELOCITY;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 82055162792     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2010-22380     Document Type: Conference Paper

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