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EPSRC Reference: GR/K60985/01
Title: AN IMPROVED DESIGN METHOD FOR GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTORS WITH EMPHASIS ON TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS AND LOW NOX
Principal Investigator: Whitelaw, Dr J
Other Investigators:
Heyes, Professor AL Jones, Professor W
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Project Partners:
DSTL - JGS Rolls-Royce Plc (UK)
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Organisation: Imperial College London
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 October 1995 Ends: 31 March 1999 Value (£): 285,356
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Combustion
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Aerospace, Defence and Marine Energy
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The proposed research has two main components which will be closely integrated with each other and with related activities at Rolls-Royce PLC. The first component is a calculation method based on the numerical solution of conservation equations in differential form and the main contributions will be to be the models of scalar and liquid-fuel transport. Both models will be improved in relation to experiments performed with a can and an annular combustor and including measurements of scalar fluxes with gaseous fuel and droplet characteristics with liquid fuel. The specific purpose is to improive the two models and the general purpose to provide a method for the calculation fo the flow characteristics of the flows within gas turbine combustors and thereby improve the present design method.
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