Trapped vortex combustor concept for gas turbine engines

39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Roquemore, W M ^a   Shouse, Dale ^a   Burrus, Dave ^a,b   Johnson, Art ^a,b   Cooper, Clayton ^a,b   Duncan, Beverly ^a,b   Hsu, K Y ^a,c   Katta, V R ^a,c   Sturgess, G J ^a,c   Vihinen, Illari ^a,d  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GE AVIATION   (United States)

^c INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS INC   (United States)

^d General Electric Industrial Products   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES; GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR; OPERATING CONDITION; REALISTIC CONDITIONS; RECIRCULATION ZONES; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; TRAPPED VORTEX COMBUSTOR;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS TURBINES; IGNITION; NITROGEN OXIDES;

COMBUSTORS;

EID: 84897895465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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