Design methodology for a lean premixed prevaporized can combustor

Abstract

By M a rc R .J . C h a r est A thesis subm itted to the Faculty of G raduate Studies and Research in p artial fulfillment of the requirem ents for th e degree of M a ster o f A p p lied S cien ce O ttaw a-C arleton In stitu te for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D epartm ent of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Development of a design tool for modern gas turbine combustors and commissioning of a gas turbine combustion research laboratory

“…The following conventional combustor resizing approach, to include premixing, has been reported by Charest (2005). The resizing process is based on maintaining an equivalent flame stability when converting a conventional combustor configuration to a premixed combustor design.…”

“…Particularly, the theory permits to estimate the premixer length required by 119 relating mean particle trajectory to the evaporation process. The theory presented is based on Charest's (2005) work.…”

“…This turbulent process increases the rate of convective heat and mass transfer. Therefore, the above equation is modified to be (Charest, 2005):…”