Soot Formation and Its Effect in an Aero Gas Turbine Combustor
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R. K. Mishra
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Sunil Chandel
Abstract
Soot formation and the effect of soot deposit on the performance and integrity on an aero gas turbine combustor has been studied. Defective atomizer or blockage of air passages creates a fuel rich mixture which promotes soot formation in combustor primary zone. The temperature field and soot concentration inside the liner has been analyzed at high equivalence ratio using computational model in CFX. The peak temperature in primary zone increases till equivalence ratio reaches ϕ=1.1. But at high equivalence ratio, i. e., ϕ≥1.2, the peak temperature in primary zone decreases and that in dilution zone increases. Soot concentration increases at liner front end as well as in dilution zone when equivalence ratio increases from 1.25 to 3.0. Erosion and distortion of atomizer flow passages cause higher spray cone angle which again increases the soot concentration. Soot deposit inside liner has detrimental effect on the life and performance of the combustor as well as of the aero engine.
Acknowledgment
The authors are very grateful to the Chief Executive, CEMILAC, Bangalore, India for his kind permission to publish this technical paper. The authors highly acknowledge the engineers of Engine Division, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore, India for their support and valuable suggestions during this study.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Original Research Articles
- Optimization Design and Experimental Study of a Two-disk Rotor System Based on Multi-Island Genetic Algorithm
- Experimental Investigation of the Effect of the Probe Support Tail Structure on the Compressor Cascade Flow Field
- Investigation on Rotor-Labyrinth Seal System with Variable Rotating speed
- Numerical Prediction of Impact of Clearance on Rotordynamic Coefficients for Labyrinth Brush Seal
- CH* Luminance Distribution Application and a One-Dimensional Model of the Supersonic Combustor Heat Release Quantization
- Bleeding Control for Improving Internal Waverider Inlet Self-Starting ability
- Soot Formation and Its Effect in an Aero Gas Turbine Combustor
- Studies on the Effect of Staggering the Rear Rotor in a Counter Rotating Turbine with Respect to Flow and Performance Parameters
- Aerodynamic Performance and Flow Characteristics of an Industrial Centrifugal Blower Volute with Varied Cross-Sectional Shapes/Area Ratios
- CFD Design Study of a Pressure Probe for Centerline Static Pressure Measurement in Supersonic Ejectors
- The Performance of the Self-Supplying Vortex Generator Jets on a High-Speed Compressor Cascade
