Application of Turbulent Reacting Flow Analysis in Gas Turbine Combustor Development

• Published in: JSME International Journal Series B Fluids and Thermal Engineering Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 108 - 114
• Main Authors: MANDAI, Shigemi, NISHIDA, Hiroyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2004; Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Applied sciences; CFD; Chemically reactive flows; Computational methods in fluid dynamics; Diffusion Combustion; Energy; Energy. Thermal use of fuels; Engines and turbines; Equipments for energy generation and conversion: thermal, electrical, mechanical energy, etc; Exact sciences and technology; Fluid dynamics; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Gas Turbine Combustor; Physics; Premixed Combustion; Reactive, radiative, or nonequilibrium flows; Turbulent Reacting Flow; Nitrogen oxide; Turbulent flow; Combustion chamber; Diffusion flame; Computational fluid dynamics; Reacting flow; Premixed flame; Numerical simulation; Gas turbine
• ISSN: 1340-8054; 1347-5371
• DOI: 10.1299/jsmeb.47.108

Developing a low NOX gas turbine combustor usually requires many experiments on flow and combustion. Computational prediction technology in the field of combustion has progressed with advances in computer technology and turbulent combustion models. This report covers applications of CFD for the development of the gas turbine combustor and some discrepancies between CFD and test results as well as improved methods for resolving such discrepancies.