Ignition delay time and laminar flame speed calculations for natural gas/hydrogen blends at elevated pressures

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Brower, Marissa ^a   Petersen, Eric L ^a   Metcalfe, Wayne ^b   Curran, Henry J ^b   Füri, Marc ^c   Bourque, Gilles ^c   Aluri, Naresh ^d   Güthe, Felix ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Rolls Royce   (United States)

^d ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-FIRING; ELEVATED PRESSURE; FLAME TEMPERATURES; GAS TURBINE MODELS; HYDROCARBON FUEL; HYDROGEN ADDITION; IGNITION DELAY TIME; INLET TEMPERATURE; KINETICS MECHANISM; LAMINAR BURNING VELOCITY; LAMINAR FLAME SPEED; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PRODUCT PORTFOLIOS; ROLLS-ROYCE; SECONDARY REACTION ZONES; TURBULENT FLAME SPEED;

COMBUSTORS; FORECASTING; FUELS; GAS TURBINES; HYDROGEN; IGNITION; METHANE; MIXTURES; NATURAL GAS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

SPEED;

EID: 84872169043     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4007763     Document Type: Article

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