Establishing operating limits in a commercial lean premixed combustor operating on synthesis gas pertaining to flashback and blowout

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 647-656

  Page, David ^a   Shaffer, Brendan ^a   McDonell, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWOUTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTORS; GAS TURBINES; HYDROGEN; MIXTURES; NATURAL GAS;

COMMERCIAL OPERATION; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; GAS COMPOSITIONS; HYDROGEN CONTENTS; LEAN BLOW OUT; LEAN PREMIXED COMBUSTORS; OPERATING LIMIT; OPERATING MARGINS; PREMIXED JET FLAMES; STATIONARY GAS TURBINES;

SYNTHESIS GAS;

EID: 84878050142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2012-69355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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