Turbulent reacting flows in a generic swirl gas turbine combustor model are investigated both numerically and experimentally.In the investigation,an emphasis is placed upon the external flue gas recirculation,which is...Turbulent reacting flows in a generic swirl gas turbine combustor model are investigated both numerically and experimentally.In the investigation,an emphasis is placed upon the external flue gas recirculation,which is a promising technology for increasing the efficiency of the carbon capture and storage process,which,however,can change the combustion behaviour significantly.A further emphasis is placed upon the investigation of alternative fuels such as biogas and syngas in comparison to the conventional natural gas.Flames are also investigated numerically using the open source CFD software OpenFOAM.In the numerical simulations,a laminar flamelet model based on mixture fraction and reaction progress variable is adopted.As turbulence model,the SST model is used within a URANS concept.Computational results are compared with the experimental data,where a fair agreement is observed.展开更多
文摘Turbulent reacting flows in a generic swirl gas turbine combustor model are investigated both numerically and experimentally.In the investigation,an emphasis is placed upon the external flue gas recirculation,which is a promising technology for increasing the efficiency of the carbon capture and storage process,which,however,can change the combustion behaviour significantly.A further emphasis is placed upon the investigation of alternative fuels such as biogas and syngas in comparison to the conventional natural gas.Flames are also investigated numerically using the open source CFD software OpenFOAM.In the numerical simulations,a laminar flamelet model based on mixture fraction and reaction progress variable is adopted.As turbulence model,the SST model is used within a URANS concept.Computational results are compared with the experimental data,where a fair agreement is observed.
