Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
A low-NOx emissions combustor concept has been demonstrated in flame tube tests. A lean-direct injection concept was used where the fuel is injected directly into the flame zone and the overall fuel-air mixture is lean. In this concept the air is swirled upstream of a venturi section and the fuel is injected radially inward into the air stream from the throat section using a plain-orifice injector. Configurations have two-, four-, or six-wall fuel injectors and in some cases fuel is also injected from an axially located simplex pressure atomizer. Various orifice sizes of the plain-orifice injector were evaluated for the effect on NOx. Test conditions were inlet temperatures up to 8 1 OK, inlet pressures up to 2760 kPa, and flame temperatures up to 2100 K. A correlation is developed relating the NOx emissions to inlet temperature, inlet pressure, fuel-air ratio and pressure drop. Assuming that 15 percent of the combustion air would be used for liner cooling and using an advanced engine cycle, for the best configuration, the NOx emissions using the correlation is estimated to be 〈75 percent of the 1996 ICAO standard.
Keywords:
Aircraft Propulsion and Power
Type:
NASA/TM-2001-21105
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E-12950
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AIAA Paper 2001-3271
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NAS 1.15:211105
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37th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit; Jul 08, 2001 - Jul 11, 2001; Salt Lake City, UT; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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