CFD modeling of a gas turbine combustor using reduced chemical kinetic mechanisms

33rd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Hamer, Andrew J ^a   Roby, Richard J ^a  

^a JENSEN HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTORS; EXHAUST GASES; FORECASTING; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS TURBINES; KINETICS; PROPULSION;

CONCENTRATION FIELDS; CURRENT LIMITATION; EMISSIONS PREDICTION; GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; OPERATING CONDITION; REACTING FLOW MODELING; REDUCED CHEMICAL KINETIC MECHANISMS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84962861959     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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