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Title: CRADA opportunities in pressurized combustion research

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OSTI ID:205576

The Morgantown Energy Technology Center recently began operation of a Low Emissions Combustor Test and Research (LECTR) Facility. This facility was built to support the development of Advanced Gas Turbine Systems (ATS) by providing test facilities and engineering support to METC customers through the ATS University-Industry Consortiu and through CRADA participation with industrial partners. The LECTR is a versatile test facility with capabilities for evaluating a variety of low emissions combustion concepts at temperatures and pressures representative of gas turbine applications. The LECTR was constructed as a mid-scale test platform to support DOE`s ATS program and utilizes the full range of high pressure (up to 30 atm) high temperature (1000{degrees}F air preheat, 3300{degrees}F combustor wall), and mass flows (3.5 lb/s combustion air) available in METC`s Advanced Combustion Facility. The LECTR is now operational and has most recently been employed to characterize the operating and emissions characteristics of an industrical-scale, lean premixed gas burner at elevated pressures for potential gas turbine applications.

Research Organization:
USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC), WV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
205576
Report Number(s):
DOE/METC/C-96/7200; CONF-9506162-64; ON: DE96007363; NC: NONE
Resource Relation:
Conference: Advanced coal-fired power systems `95 review meeting, Morgantown, WV (United States), 27-29 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English