Gas turbine combustion : alternative fuels and emissions /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton :
Taylor & Francis,
2010.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Basic Considerations ; Introduction; Early Combustor Developments; Basic Design Features; Combustor Requirements; Combustor Types; Diffuser; Primary Zone; Intermediate Zone; Dilution Zone; Fuel Preparation; Wall Cooling; Combustors for Low Emissions; Combustors for Small Engines; Industrial Chambers Combustion Fundamentals ; Introduction; Classification of Flames; Physics or Chemistry?; Flammability Limits; Global Reaction-Rate Theory; Laminar Premixed Flames; Laminar Diffusion Flames; Turbulent Premixed Flames; Flame Propagation in Heterogeneous Mixtures of Fuel Drops, Fuel Vapor,
- And Air; Droplet and Spray Evaporation; Ignition Theory; Spontaneous Ignition; Flashback; Stoichiometry; Adiabatic Flame Temperature Diffusers; Introduction; Diffuser Geometry; Flow Regimes; Performance Criteria; Performance; Effect of Inlet Flow Conditions; Design Considerations; Numerical Simulations Aerodynamics ; Introduction; Reference Quantities; Pressure-Loss Parameters; Relationship between Size and Pressure Loss; Flow in the Annulus; Flow through Liner Holes; Jet Trajectories; Jet Mixing; Temperature Traverse Quality; Dilution Zone Design; Correlation of Pattern Factor Data; Rig Testing for Pattern Factor; Swirler Aerodynamics; Axial Swirlers; Radial Swirlers; Flat Vanes versus Curved Vanes Combustion Performance; Introduction; Combustion Efficiency; Reaction-Controlled Systems; Mixing-Controlled
- Systems; Evaporation-Controlled Systems; Reaction- and Evaporation-Controlled Systems; Flame Stabilization; Bluff-Body Flameholders; Mechanisms of Flame Stabilization; Flame Stabilization in Combustion Chambers; Ignition; Assessment of Ignition Performance; Spark Ignition; Other Forms of Ignition; Factors Influencing Ignition Performance; The Ignition Process; Methods of Improving Ignition Performance Fuel Injection; Basic Processes in Atomization; Classical Mechanism of Jet and Sheet Breakup; Prompt Atomization; Classical or Prompt?; Drop-Size Distributions; Atomizer Requirements; Pressure Atomizers; Rotary Atomizers; Air-Assist Atomizers; Airblast Atomizers; Effervescent Atomizers; Vaporizers; Fuel Nozzle Coking; Gas Injection; Equations for Mean Drop Size; SMD Equations for Pressure Atomizers; SMD Equations for Twin-Fluid Atomizers; SMD Equations for Prompt Atomization; Internal Flow
- Characteristics; Flow Number; Discharge Coefficient; Spray Cone Angle; Radial Fuel Distribution; Circumferential Fuel Distribution Combustion Noise; Introduction; Direct Combustion Noise; Combustion Instabilities; Control of Combustion Instabilities; Modeling of Combustion Instabilities Heat Transfer; Introduction; Heat-Transfer Processes; Internal Radiation; External Radiation; Internal Convection; External Convection; Calculation of Uncooled Liner Temperature; Film Cooling; Correlation of Film-Cooling Data; Practical Applications of Transpiration Cooling; Advanced Wall-Cooling Methods; Augmented Cold-Side Convection; Thermal Barrier Coatings; Materials; Liner Failure Modes Emissions; Introduction; Concerns; Regulations; Mechanisms of Pollutant Formation; Pollutants Reduction in Conventional Combustors; Pollutants Reduction by Control
- Of Flame Temperature; Dry Low-Oxides of Nitrogen Combustors; Lean Premix Prevaporize Combustion; Rich-Burn, Quick-Quench, Lean-Burn Combustor; Catalytic Combustion; Correlation and Modeling of Oxides of Nitrogen and Carbon Monoxide Emissions; Concluding Remarks Alternative Fuels ; Introduction; Types of Hydrocarbons; Production of Liquid Fuels; Fuel Properties; Combustion Properties of Fuels; Classification of Liquid Fuels; Classification of Gaseous Fuels; Alternative Fuels; Synthetic Fuels Index References appear at the end of each chapter.