Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power: Recent submissions
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Measured Force/Current Relations in Solid Magnetic Thrust Bearings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)When magnetic bearings are employed in a pump, compressor, turbine, or other rotating machine, measurement of the current in the bearing coils provides knowledge of the forces imposed on the ... -
Resonant Response of a Tapered Beam and Its Implications to Blade Vibration
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)The resonant response characteristics of a tapered beam are studied using Euler–Bernoulli beam theory. The sensitivity of the beam’s maximum stress to variations in its geometry is studied for ... -
Aero-Engine Derivative Gas Turbines for Power Generation: Thermodynamic and Economic Perspectives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)Both the direct use of aero-engine hardware, in gas turbines for power generation, and the indirect influence of aero-engine technology, in the design of more conventional heavy-duty plants ... -
Damage Tolerance Based Life Prediction in Gas Turbine Engine Blades Under Vibratory High Cycle Fatigue
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)A novel fracture mechanics approach has been used to predict crack propagation lives in gas turbine engine blades subjected to vibratory high cycle fatigue (HCF). The vibratory loading included ... -
Lean Blowout Research in a Generic Gas Turbine Combustor With High Optical Access
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)The U. S. Air Force is conducting a comprehensive research program aimed at improving the design and analysis capabilities for flame stability and lean blowout in the combustors of aircraft ... -
Effect of Steam-Injected Gas Turbines on the Unit Sizing of a Cogeneration Plant
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)The effect of installing steam-injected gas turbines in a cogeneration plant is analyzed with respect to unit sizing and operational planning. An optimization method is used to determine the ... -
An Adaptive Perturbation Scheme for the Analysis of Mistuned Bladed Disks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)In this paper, a novel perturbation technique is introduced for the determination of the forced vibration response of mistuned bladed disks. The proposed technique is adaptive in the sense that ... -
Discussion: “Facilities and Instrumentation for Aircraft Engine Noise Studies” (Gorton, R. E., 1967, ASME J. Eng. Power, 89, pp. 1–12)
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A Computational Study of Pressure Effects on Pollutant Generation in Gas Turbine Combustors
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)A numerical study of the effect of pressure on the formation of NOx and soot in an axisymmetric 30 deg counterrotating axial swirler lean low-NOx gas turbine combustor has been conducted. ... -
Dry Ultralow NOx “Green Thumb” Combustor for Allison’s 501-K Series Industrial Engines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)This paper describes the progress made in developing an external ultralow oxides of nitrogen (NOx ) “Green Thumb” combustor for the Allison Engine Company’s 501-K series engines. A lean premixed ... -
Variables Affecting NOx Formation in Lean-Premixed Combustion
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)The formation of NOx in lean-premixed, high-intensity combustion is examined as a function of several of the relevant variables. The variables are the combustion temperature and pressure, fuel ... -
On-Engine Evaluation of Emissions Characteristics of a Variable Geometry Lean-Premixed Combustor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)The design and on-engine testing of a lean-premixed, low-NOx combustor for a simple-cycle, single-shaft, 250-kW gas turbine engine of a pressure ratio of eight are described. A variable-geometry ... -
Combustor Stability and Emissions Research Using a Well-Stirred Reactor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)The design and development of low-emissions, lean premixed aero or industrial gas turbine combustors is very challenging because it entails many compromises. To satisfy the projected CO and NOx ... -
A Coal-Fueled Combustion Turbine Cogeneration System With Topping Combustion
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)Cogeneration systems fired with coal or other solid fuels and containing conventional extracting-condensing or back pressure steam turbines can be found throughout the world. A potentially more ... -
Interactions in Sulphur Oxide-Iron Oxide Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1967)Fe2 O3 -, Fe3 O4 -, NaOH-Fe2 O3 -, and NaOH-Fe3 O4 -coated substrates of Vycor and of iron were exposed to controlled gas mixtures containing SO2 and SO3 . Sulfate and sulfide formation ... -
Modeling of Gas Turbine Fuel Nozzle Spray
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)Satisfactory performance of the gas turbine combustor relies on the careful design of various components, particularly the fuel injector. It is, therefore, essential to establish a fundamental ... -
Dual-Use Conversion of a High-Mach-Number Jet Engine Test Cell for Industrial Gas Turbine Low-Emission Combustor Development
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)With the recent trend of reducing U.S. military expenditures, it has become desirable to develop dual use of certain Department of Defense facilities. These efforts have a commercial purpose, ... -
Topping Combustor Status for Second-Generation Pressurized Fluidized Bed Cycle Application
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)Second-generation Pressurized Fluidized Bed (PFB) combined cycles employ topping combustion to raise the turbine inlet temperature for enhanced cycle efficiency. This concept creates special combustion ... -
Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Ceramics and Ceramic Composites at Elevated Temperatures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)This paper presents the preliminary results of our research on dynamic mechanical properties of silicon nitride based ceramics and ceramic composites at elevated temperatures. The temperature-dependent ... -
Field Test Results of a Dry Low NOx Combustion System for the MS3002J Regenerative Cycle Gas Turbine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)A dry low NOx combustion system for the MS3002J regenerative cycle gas turbine has been developed and successfully installed at two pipeline compressor stations. Preparation for the DLN retrofits ...