Fuel Component Effects on Combuster Soot Formation

Abstract

The principal objective of this program was to obtain information on the effect of fuel composition and combustor operating conditions on soot formation in a model laboratory combustor which is representative of aircraft gas turbine engines (GTEs). Work included the development of a laboratory scale combustor that reflects the characteristics of practical GTEs and the blending of a fuel surrogate from pure hydrocarbons to stimulate JP-4. The results show that the soot yield is affected by fuel molecular structure, loading, engine aerodynamics, and pattern of fuel injection. The performance of the combustor was shown to be highly sensitive to the atomizing air conditions of the fuel nozzle.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA261133

Entities

People

  • G. S. Samuelson

Organizations

  • University of California, Irvine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkanes
  • Chemical Properties
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Fuel Injection
  • Gas Turbines
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Particle Size
  • Petroleum
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.
  • Petroleum Engineering