Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power: Recent submissions
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Polynuclear Hydrocarbon Emission From Coal-Fired Installations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1967)Trace quantities of the polynuclear hydrocarbons have been identified in flue gases resulting from combustion or carbonaceous fuels. Some of these hydrocarbons, particularly benzo(a)pyrene, possess ... -
Preliminary Estimation of Antisurge Valve Carrying Capacity
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Multivariable Trend Analysis Using Neural Networks for Intelligent Diagnostics of Rotating Machinery
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)The objective of this paper is the development of an efficient intelligent diagnostic procedure that considers several diagnostic indices for the quantification of developing faults and for ... -
The Negative Information Problem in Mechanical Diagnostics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)Condition-based maintenance (CBM) is an emerging technology, which seeks to develop sensors and processing systems aimed at monitoring the operation of complex machinery such as turbine engines, ... -
Hydrocarbon Fuel Cooling Technologies for Advanced Propulsion
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)Storable hydrocarbon fuels that undergo endothermic reaction provide an attractive heat sink for future high-speed aircraft. An investigation was conducted to explore the endothermic potential of ... -
Split Stream Boilers for High-Temperature/High-Pressure Topping Steam Turbine Combined Cycles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)Research and development work on high-temperature and high-pressure (up to 1500°F TIT and 4500 psia) topping steam turbines and associated steam generators for steam power plants as well ... -
Differential Mass and Energy Balances in the Flame Zone From a Practical Fuel Injector in a Technology Combustor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)This paper presents further analysis of experimental results from an Air Force program conducted by researchers at Brigham Young University (BYU), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), and ... -
Modeling Sulfur Dioxide Capture in a Pulverized Coal Combustor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)The formation and capture of sulfur dioxide in a pulverized coal combustor is investigated. A two-dimensional, steady, axisymmetric code, PCGC-2 (Pulverized Coal Gasification and Combustion—two ... -
The Effects of Different Sulfur Compounds on Jet Fuel Oxidation and Deposition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)This paper presents research that supports a proposed fuel oxidation/deposition mechanism involving acid:base reactions between “oxidizable” sulfur compounds, “basic” nitrogen compounds, and ... -
An Experimental and Numerical Study of the Isothermal Flowfield Behind a Bluff Body Flameholder
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)An experimental and numerical investigation was conducted to study the turbulent velocities and stresses behind a two-dimensional bluff body. Simultaneous three-component laser-Doppler velocimeter ... -
Next-Generation Integration Concepts for Air Separation Units and Gas Turbines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)The commercialization of Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Power has been aided by concepts involving the integration of a cryogenic air separation unit (ASU) with the gas turbine ... -
An Experimental and Computational Study of Swirling Hydrogen Jet Diffusion Flames
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)Computations using the joint velocity-scalar probability density function (pdf) method as well as benchmark quality experimental data for swirling and nonswirling hydrogen jet diffusion flames are ... -
Optimization of Multiple Jets Mixing With a Confined Crossflow
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)An experimental investigation of a nonreacting multiple jet mixing with a confined crossflow has been conducted. Flow and geometric conditions were varied in order to examine favorable parameters ... -
Economic Scales for First-Generation Biomass-Gasifier/Gas Turbine Combined Cycles Fueled From Energy Plantations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)This paper assesses the scales at which commercial, first-generation biomass integrated-gasifier/gas turbine combined cycle (BIG/GTCC) technology is likely to be most economic when fueled by ... -
Combustion Oscillation Control by Cyclic Fuel Injection
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)A number of recent articles have demonstrated the use of active control to mitigate the effects of combustion instability in afterburner and dump combustor applications. In these applications, ... -
Non-Random Adaptive Grid Method for High-Speed Optimization of Highly Dimensional, Badly Behaving Real Time Functions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)The majority of optimization methods lose their applicability when solving highly dimensional functions. The required calculation effort usually becomes enormous as dimensions increase, regardless ... -
Erosion-Oxidation of Carbon Steel in the Convection Section of an Industrial Boiler Cofiring Coal–Water Fuel and Natural Gas
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)Walsh et al. (1994) reported measurements of erosion of carbon steel by fly ash and unburned char particles in the convective heat transfer section of an industrial boiler cofiring coal–water ... -
Numerical Investigation of the Grinding Process in a Beater Wheel Mill With Classifier
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)A numerical investigation is presented for a two-dimensional simulation of the gas flow field and of the dynamic behavior of lignite particles inside Beater Wheel mills with classifier, installed ... -
Frequency Spectrum Analysis and Applications to Steam Turbine Vibrations
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Prediction of Flow and Erosion in Power Utility Boilers and Comparison With Measurement
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)Multidimensional simulations of both flue gas and fly ash (solid particle) flows with application to erosion prediction in the economisers of coal-fired power utility boilers are reported. A ...