A study of the role of equivalence ratio fluctuations during unstable combustion in a lean premixed combustor

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Lee, Jong Guen ^a   Kim, Kwanwoo ^a   Santavicca, Domenic A ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTORS; FEEDBACK; PROPULSION;

ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTIC; COMBUSTION INSTABILITIES; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FEEDBACK PROCESS; HEAT RELEASE FLUCTUATIONS; LEAN PREMIXED COMBUSTORS; MEASUREMENTS OF; UNSTABLE COMBUSTIONS;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 85086618396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-4015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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