Fuel Effects on Operability of Aircraft Gas Turbine Combustors

Fuel Effects on Operability of Aircraft Gas Turbine Combustors
Author: Meredith Colket
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre: Fuel switching
ISBN: 9781624106033

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In summarizing the results obtained in the first five years of the National Jet Fuel Combustion Program (NJFCP), this book demonstrates that there is still much to be learned about the combustion of alternative jet fuels.

Combustion Dynamics and Control for Ultra Low Emissions in Aircraft Gas-Turbine Engines

Combustion Dynamics and Control for Ultra Low Emissions in Aircraft Gas-Turbine Engines
Author: John C. Delaat
Publisher: BiblioGov
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2013-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781289111984

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Future aircraft engines must provide ultra-low emissions and high efficiency at low cost while maintaining the reliability and operability of present day engines. The demands for increased performance and decreased emissions have resulted in advanced combustor designs that are critically dependent on efficient fuel/air mixing and lean operation. However, all combustors, but most notably lean-burning low-emissions combustors, are susceptible to combustion instabilities. These instabilities are typically caused by the interaction of the fluctuating heat release of the combustion process with naturally occurring acoustic resonances. These interactions can produce large pressure oscillations within the combustor and can reduce component life and potentially lead to premature mechanical failures. Active Combustion Control which consists of feedback-based control of the fuel-air mixing process can provide an approach to achieving acceptable combustor dynamic behavior while minimizing emissions, and thus can provide flexibility during the combustor design process. The NASA Glenn Active Combustion Control Technology activity aims to demonstrate active control in a realistic environment relevant to aircraft engines by providing experiments tied to aircraft gas turbine combustors. The intent is to allow the technology maturity of active combustion control to advance to eventual demonstration in an engine environment. Work at NASA Glenn has shown that active combustion control, utilizing advanced algorithms working through high frequency fuel actuation, can effectively suppress instabilities in a combustor which emulates the instabilities found in an aircraft gas turbine engine. Current efforts are aimed at extending these active control technologies to advanced ultra-low-emissions combustors such as those employing multi-point lean direct injection.

Fuel Effects on Gas Turbine Engine Combustion

Fuel Effects on Gas Turbine Engine Combustion
Author: R. Ernst
Publisher:
Total Pages: 78
Release: 1983
Genre: Combustion chambers
ISBN:

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The objective of this study was to develop and/or improve correlations of fuel properties and engine design with combustion performance and hot section durability. The data base consisted primarily of fuel effect data obtained over the past four years under a number of DoD contracts. The approach taken was first to develop fuel effect correlations for specific combustor configurations, then to tie together these correlations using engine design parameters thereby allowing prediction of fuel effects in any current or future aircraft gas turbine combustion system. In most cases statistical analysis was used to identify the correlating variables. The relationships developed for individual combustors were then correlated with combustor design and operating parameters that were influence by fuel differences.

Analytical Fuel Property Effects, Small Combustors, Phase 1

Analytical Fuel Property Effects, Small Combustors, Phase 1
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-08-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781725588820

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The effects of nonstandard aviation fuels on a typical small gas turbine combustor was analyzed. The T700/CT7 engine family was chosen as being representative of the class of aircraft power plants desired. Fuel properties, as specified by NASA, are characterized by low hydrogen content and high aromatics levels. Higher than normal smoke output and flame radiation intensity for the current T700 combustor which serves as a baseline were anticipated. It is, therefore, predicted that out of specification smoke visibility and higher than normal shell temperatures will exist when using NASA ERBS fuels with a consequence of severe reduction in cyclic life. Three new designs are proposed to compensate for the deficiencies expected with the existing design. They have emerged as the best of the eight originally proposed redesigns or combinations thereof. After the five choices that were originally made by NASA on the basis of competing performance factors, General Electric narrowed the field to the three proposed. Cohen, J. D. Unspecified Center NASA-CR-168138, NAS 1.26:168138, R82AEB078 NAS3-22829...