2002•The proceedings of the JSME annual meetingOpen access

Experimental Study on Diffusion Flame Combustor for Advanced Humid Air Turbine

Tomomi Koganezawa, Hiroshi Inoue, Nariyoshi Kobayashi

Open full text 3 citations

Abstract

In this work, an experimental study is carried out to obtain the combustion characteristics of a diffusion flame combustor used under high humidity condition of the advanced humid air turbine (AHAT) system. Low flame temperature caused by high humidity condition is expected to decrease NOx emission, but it may weaken flame stability. The influence of humidity on NOx emission and flame stability is studied with combustion test using three types of combustor with different axial distribution of combustion air. The flame stability of diffusion flame combustor is enough for AHAT operation. NOx emission of the combustor with local humidification is 10ppm at 16.8wt% of humidity. The result shows that it is possible to cope with both flame stability and NOx reduction in AHAT system.

Open-access reader

About this research paper

What this paper is about

In this work, an experimental study is carried out to obtain the combustion characteristics of a diffusion flame combustor used under high humidity condition of the advanced humid air turbine (AHAT) system. Low flame temperature caused by high humidity condition is expected to decrease NOx emission, but it may weaken flame stability. The influence of humidity on NOx emission and flame stability is studied with combustion test using three types of combustor with different axial distribution of combustion air. The flame stability of diffusion flame combustor is enough for AHAT operation. NOx emission of the combustor with local humidification is 10ppm at 16.8wt% of humidity. The result shows that it is possible to cope with both flame stability and NOx reduction in AHAT system.

Why it matters

OpenAlex reports 3 citations for this work. Citation counts describe recorded attention and do not establish research quality.

Key contribution

A contribution statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Method / approach

Method details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Main findings

Findings are not separately available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Limitations

Limitations are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Applications

Application details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Available abstract

In this work, an experimental study is carried out to obtain the combustion characteristics of a diffusion flame combustor used under high humidity condition of the advanced humid air turbine (AHAT) system. Low flame temperature caused by high humidity condition is expected to decrease NOx emission, but it may weaken flame stability. The influence of humidity on NOx emission and flame stability is studied with combustion test using three types of combustor with different axial distribution of combustion air. The flame stability of diffusion flame combustor is enough for AHAT operation. NOx emission of the combustor with local humidification is 10ppm at 16.8wt% of humidity. The result shows that it is possible to cope with both flame stability and NOx reduction in AHAT system.

Key concepts: Combustor, Combustion, Diffusion flame, NOx, Humidity, Diffusion, Gas turbines, Work (physics)

Related papers

Back to paper searchBrowse research topicsOriginal source
Experimental Study on Diffusion Flame Combustor for Advanced Humid Air Turbine — Research Paper | ScholarLens