Achieving improved cycle efficiency via pressure gain combustors

Conference · Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:42810

Gemmen, R S; Janus, M C; Richards, G A; Norton, T S ^[1]; Rogers, W A ^[2]

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1. USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center, WV (United States)
2. EG&G Technical Services of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV (United States)

As part of the Department of Energy`s Advanced Gas Turbine Systems Program, an investigation is being performed to evaluate ``pressure gain`` combustion systems for gas turbine applications. This paper presents experimental pressure gain and pollutant emission data from such combustion systems. Numerical predictions for certain combustor geometries are also presented. It is reported that for suitable aerovalved pulse combustor geometries studied experimentally, an overall combustor pressure gain of nearly 1 percent can be achieved. It is also shown that for one combustion system operating under typical gas turbine conditions, NO{sub x} and CO emmissions, are about 30 ppmv and 8 ppmv, respectively.

• Research Organization: USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC), WV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 42810
• Report Number(s): DOE/METC/C-95/7183; CONF-950629-2; ON: DE95008945
• Resource Relation: Conference: 40. International gas turbine and aeroengine congress and exposition, Houston, TX (United States), 5-8 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
COMBUSTORS
EFFICIENCY
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
GAS TURBINES
NITROGEN OXIDES
CARBON MONOXIDE
OPERATION