Fuel Effects on Gas Turbine Combustion

Abstract

This program is an analytical study correlating fuel properties and engine design and operating parameters with engine combustion performance and hot section (combustor and turbine) durability. Standard fuel specification data and fuel composition data are considered, along with special fuel properties and characteristics not routinely measured. Engine combustor design parameters considered are fuel injection and atomization, fuel/air mixing, residence times, temperatures and pressures, and flow velocities and other important design parameters. Engine performance parameters include low temperature starting and high altitude relight, flame stability (i.e. lean blow-off limits), combustion efficiency, exhaust emissions including smoke, and thermal loading of the combustor liner and turbine nozzles. Data for this program were obtained from recent and current Aero Propulsion Laboratory sponsored programs, NASA programs, and similar work performed by other Government agencies and industry.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA134503

Entities

People

  • A. H. Lefebvre

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calorific Value
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Gas Turbines
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Pressure
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Physical Properties
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Rate Of Formation
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.