Affiliation:
1. Cranfield University Centre for Propulsion and Thermal Power Engineering, , Cranfield, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL , UK
2. Mitsubishi Power Ltd. , The Point, 37 North Wharf Road, London W2 1AF , UK
Abstract
Abstract
The development of gas turbine combustors is expected to consider the effects of radiation heat transfer in modeling. However, this is not always the case in many studies that neglect this for adiabatic conditions. The effect of radiation is substantiated here, concerning the impact on the performance, mainly the emissions. Also, the fuel–air unmixedness (mixing quality) influenced by the combustor design and operational settings has been investigated with regard to the emissions. The work was conducted with a Mitsubishi-type dry low NOx combustor developed and validated against experimental data. This 3D computational fluid dynamics study was implemented using Reynolds-averaged Navier Stokes simulation and the radiative transfer equation model. It shows that NO, CO, and combustor outlet temperature reduce when the radiative effect is considered. The reductions are 17.6% and below 1% for the others, respectively. Thus, indicating a significant effect on NO. For unmixedness across the combustor in a non-reacting simulation, the mixing quality shows a direct relationship with the turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) in the reacting case. The most significant improvements in unmixedness are shown around the main burner. Also, the baseload shows better mixing, higher TKE, and lower emissions (particularly NO) at the combustor outlet, compared to part-load.
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