Abstract: This paper addresses the impact of fuel composition on the operability of lean premixed gas turbine combustors. This is an issue of current importance due to variability in the composition of ...

Abstract: Chemiluminescence continues to be of interest as a cost-effective optical diagnostic for gas turbine combustor health monitoring. However, most chemical kinetics mechanisms of the chemiluminescence ...

Abstract: One of the alkanes found within gaseous fuel blends of interest to gas turbine applications is butane. There are two structural isomers of butane, normal butane and isobutane, and the combustion ...

Abstract: High-pressure experiments and chemical kinetics modeling were performed to generate a database and a chemical kinetic model that can characterize the combustion chemistry of methane-based fuel ...

Abstract: Alkanes such as methane, ethane, and propane make up a large portion of most natural gas fuels. Natural gas is the primary fuel used in industrial gas turbines for power generation. Because ...