In this contribution, an overview of the progress in the design of an enhanced FLOX® burner is given. A fuel flexible burner concept was developed to fulfill the requirements of modern gas turbines: high specific power density, high turbine inlet temperature, and low emissions. The basis for the research work is numerical simulation. With the focus on pollutant emissions, a detailed chemical kinetic mechanism is used in the calculations. A novel mixing control concept, called HiPerMix®, and its application in the FLOX® burner are presented. In view of the desired operational conditions in a gas turbine combustor, this enhanced FLOX® burner was manufactured and experimentally investigated at the DLR test facility. In the present work, experimental and computational results are presented for natural gas and natural combustion at gas turbine relevant conditions and high adiabatic flame temperatures (up to ). The respective power densities are (natural gas (NG)) and , satisfying the demands of a gas turbine combustor. It is demonstrated that the combustion is complete and stable and that the pollutant emissions are very low.
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December 2010
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FLOX® Combustion at High Power Density and High Flame Temperatures
Oliver Lammel,
Oliver Lammel
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
e-mail: oliver.lammel@dlr.de
Institute of Combustion Technology
, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Harald Schütz,
Harald Schütz
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Combustion Technology
, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Guido Schmitz,
Guido Schmitz
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Combustion Technology
, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Rainer Lückerath,
Rainer Lückerath
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Combustion Technology
, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Michael Stöhr,
Michael Stöhr
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Combustion Technology
, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Berthold Noll,
Berthold Noll
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Combustion Technology
, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Manfred Aigner,
Manfred Aigner
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Combustion Technology
, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Matthias Hase,
Matthias Hase
Fossil Power Generation Division, Energy Sector,
Siemens AG
, 45473 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Werner Krebs
Werner Krebs
Fossil Power Generation Division, Energy Sector,
Siemens AG
, 45473 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Oliver Lammel
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Combustion Technology
, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germanye-mail: oliver.lammel@dlr.de
Harald Schütz
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Combustion Technology
, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Guido Schmitz
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Combustion Technology
, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Rainer Lückerath
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Combustion Technology
, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Michael Stöhr
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Combustion Technology
, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Berthold Noll
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Combustion Technology
, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Manfred Aigner
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Combustion Technology
, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Matthias Hase
Fossil Power Generation Division, Energy Sector,
Siemens AG
, 45473 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Werner Krebs
Fossil Power Generation Division, Energy Sector,
Siemens AG
, 45473 Mülheim an der Ruhr, GermanyJ. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Dec 2010, 132(12): 121503 (10 pages)
Published Online: August 25, 2010
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Received:
April 8, 2010
Revised:
April 13, 2010
Online:
August 25, 2010
Published:
August 25, 2010
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Lammel, O., Schütz, H., Schmitz, G., Lückerath, R., Stöhr, M., Noll, B., Aigner, M., Hase, M., and Krebs, W. (August 25, 2010). "FLOX® Combustion at High Power Density and High Flame Temperatures." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. December 2010; 132(12): 121503. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4001825
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