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Laser-Induced Fluorescence And Performance Analysis Of The Ultra-Compact Combustor, Patrick J. Lakusta
Laser-Induced Fluorescence And Performance Analysis Of The Ultra-Compact Combustor, Patrick J. Lakusta
Theses and Dissertations
The AFIT Combustion Optimization and Analysis Laser (COAL) lab’s modular design and state-of-the-art diagnostic systems make it a flexible and important facility for the analysis of combustion processes. The objectives of the current research are to install several enhancements in the lab, validate the laser diagnostic system, characterize the igniter for AFIT’s Ultra-Compact Combustor (UCC) sections, and perform a non-intrusive laser diagnostic, performance, and high-speed video analysis of a flat-cavity UCC section. Validation of the laser system was accomplished using OH Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence (PLIF) in a laminar hydrogen-air flame produced by a Hencken burner. Results are compared to previous …
Heat Transfer Due To Unsteady Effects As Investigated In A High-Speed, Full-Scale, Fully-Cooled Turbine Vane And Rotor Stage, Jonathan R. Mason
Heat Transfer Due To Unsteady Effects As Investigated In A High-Speed, Full-Scale, Fully-Cooled Turbine Vane And Rotor Stage, Jonathan R. Mason
Theses and Dissertations
Experiments were conducted to examine the effects of film cooling on a gas turbine engine’s high‐pressure turbine section. The focus for this effort was in the tip/shroud region of a rotor stage and a high pressure turbine vane. A primary goal was to understand the unsteady flow effects. Attempts were also made to characterize the effects as caused by the fully‐cooled rotor stage. Data for this investigation was taken at the U.S. Air Force’s Turbine Research Facility (TRF), a transient blowdown facility with instrumentation fitted to a full‐scale, high‐speed, fully‐cooled vane and rotor stage of proprietary design. Measurements of pressure, …
The Impact Of Heat Release In Turbine Film Cooling, Dave S. Evans
The Impact Of Heat Release In Turbine Film Cooling, Dave S. Evans
Theses and Dissertations
The Ultra Compact Combustor is a design that integrates a turbine vane into the combustor flow path. Because of the high fuel-to-air ratio and short combustor flow path, a significant potential exists for unburned fuel to enter the turbine. Using contemporary turbine cooling vane designs, the injection of oxygen-rich turbine cooling air into a combustor flow containing unburned fuel could result in heat release in the turbine and a large decrease in cooling effectiveness. The current study explores the interaction of cooling flow from typical cooling holes with the exhaust of a fuel-rich well-stirred-reactor operating at high temperatures over a …
Laser Diagnostic System Validation And Ultra-Compact Combustor Characterization, Terry B. Hankins
Laser Diagnostic System Validation And Ultra-Compact Combustor Characterization, Terry B. Hankins
Theses and Dissertations
The AFIT combustion optimization and analysis laser (COAL) lab is now completely operational and is state-of-the-art in combustion diagnostics. The objective of this research is to perform a validation of a laser diagnostic system and to begin the characterization of a small-scale model of an ultra-compact combustor (UCC). Validation of the laser system was accomplished by using planar laser induced fluorescence (PLIF) on a laminar premixed hydrogen-air flame produced by a Hencken burner. OH species concentrations are measured. Flame temperatures are determined with a two line fluorescence technique using different transitions in the (1,0) band of the OH (A-X) electronic …