High Fuel-Air Ratio (FAR) Combustor Modeling
Abstract
A need exists for advanced kinetics-based modeling tools to assist engine builders in the design and development of high FAR engines. Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc. (CSE) has successfully developed a flexible computational tool based on chemical reactor modeling (CRM) for the initial stages of gas turbine combustor design. Subroutines have been written in order to integrate PSR and PFR reactor codes, and to construct pathways for reactor networking. The code has been validated against experimental data for a conventional aircraft gas turbine combustor as well as a stationary gas turbine. The predictions of pollutant emissions show excellent agreement with the measurements, capturing both the magnitude and trends of the data. The input conditions to the CRM model of the aircraft combustor were extended to those of a High FAR combustor, with the expected increases in pollutant emissions and core combustion temperatures.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 21, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA414474
Entities
People
- Andre Marshall
- Diwakar Vashistat
- Michael S. Klassen
- Richard J. Roby
- Richard Joklik