Spray combustion experiments and numerical predictionsThe next generation of commercial aircraft will include turbofan engines with performance levels significantly better than those in the current fleet. Control of particulate and gaseous emissions will also be an integral part of the engine design criteria. These performance and emission requirements present a technical challenge for the combustor: control of the fuel and air mixing and control of the local stoichiometry will have to be maintained much more rigorously than with combustors in current production. A better understanding of the flow physics of liquid fuel spray combustion is necessary. This paper describes recent experiments on spray combustion where detailed measurements of the spray characteristics were made, including local drop-size distributions and velocities. Also, an advanced combustor CFD code has been under development and predictions from this code are compared with experimental results. Studies such as these will provide information to the advanced combustor designer on fuel spray quality and mixing effectiveness. Validation of new fast, robust, and efficient CFD codes will also enable the combustor designer to use than as valuable additional design tools for optimization of combustor concepts for the next generation of aircraft engines.
Document ID
19940024774
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Mularz, Edward J. (Army Research Lab. Cleveland, OH., United States)
Bulzan, Daniel L. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Chen, Kuo-Huey (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: AGARD, Fuels and Combustion Technology for Advanced Aircraft Engines
IDRelationTitle19940023858Collected WorksWorkshop on Countering Space Adaptation with Exercise: Current Issues19940023858Collected WorksWorkshop on Countering Space Adaptation with Exercise: Current Issues