Gas Turbine Combustion Short Course (GTCSC)

Register Here! General Information Course Objective Instructors Course Content and Materials UC Irvine Combustion Laboratory Advanced Power and Energy Program

COURSE DATES:

March 18-22, 2024

Monday through Friday
8:00 am to 4:15 pm M, T, Th, F
8:00 am to 4:15 pm W - A banquet will immediately follow the course until 8:00 pm

LOCATION: UCI

Course Content

FUNDAMENTALS OF COMBUSTION

Classification of flames. Factors influencing laminar flame speed. Turbulent flames.
Flammability limits, stoichiometry, flame temperature, and chemical dissociation.
Chemical kinetics. Stirred reactor theory, reaction rate parameters applicable to practical combustion systems.
Evaporation of single fuel drops and fuel sprays.

GAS TURBINE COMBUSTION

Basic design features and types of combustion chambers; relative merits of tubular, tubo-annular, and annular chambers.
Performance criteria: Combustion efficiency, stability, ignition performance, temperature traverse quality, and exhaust emissions.
Applications of combustion theory in design and performance assessment; relationship between performance, and pressure loss.
Combustion chamber aerodynamics: Diffuser performance and design, hole discharge coefficients, jet penetration, and mixing.
Fuel preparation: Pressure atomizers, vaporizing systems, airblast atomizers, and effervescent atomizers.
Fundamentals of gas turbine ignition. The three-stage concept of ignition; design requirements for high-altitude relight capability.

LOW EMISSIONS GAS TURBINE COMBUSTION

Mechanism of carbon formation; influence of fuel properties, atomizer characteristics, and combustor design on exhaust smoke.
Gaseous pollutants; formation of unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and oxides of nitrogen. Methods of pollution control; variable geometry, staged, and premix/prevaporizing combustors.
Design of combustors for low- NOx emissions. Regulatory history and current forcing functions for advanced technologies.

EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

Model combustors, optical and conventional diagnostics, spray characterization, high pressure and temperature experiments.
Tour of the UCI Combustion Laboratory research test cells and support facilities.

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS
Current, state-of-the-art, and advanced computational methods for gas turbine combustors.

Course Materials

Participants receive:
(1) A binder with all slides, room for notes, and a CD for supplemental materials, and
(2) The popular text by Professor Arthur H. Lefebvre and Professor Dilip R. Ballal, "Gas Turbine Combustion."

For Registration or other Questions, Contact:
Jeff Wojciechowski
Email jsw @ ucicl.uci.edu