Full-engine field test

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3240191· OSTI ID:5773714

Gianola, M

For purposes of both final verification and optimization of TG 20 and TG 50 combustion systems, test programs have been carried out directly on full engines operating in the field, as well as in the test bench. These programs were carried out in two separate phases: the first one directed to determine the behavior at load by means of experimental data acquisition, including temperature distribution on the combustor exit plane for different burner arrangements, and the second one directed to optimize the ignition process and the acceleration sequence. This paper, after a brief description of the instrumentation used for each test, reports the most significant results burning both fuel oil and natural gas. Moreover, some peculiar operational problems are mentioned, along with their diagnosis and the corrections applied to the combustion system to solve them.

• Research Organization: Fiat Auto Spa, Turin (Italy)
• OSTI ID: 5773714
• Journal Information: J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power; (United States), Vol. 110:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
COMBUSTORS
TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
GAS TURBINES
OPTIMIZATION
NATURAL GAS
COMBUSTION
PETROLEUM
DATA ACQUISITION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FIELD TESTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DATA
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
INFORMATION
MACHINERY
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDATION
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
421000* - Engineering- Combustion Systems
025000 - Petroleum- Combustion
034000 - Natural Gas- Combustion