A Computational Model for the Study of Gas Turbine Combustor Dynamics

A dynamic combustor model is developed for inclusion into a one-dimensional full gas turbine engine simulation code. A flux-difference splitting algorithm is used to numerically integrate the quasi-one-dimensional Euler equations, supplemented with species mass conservation equations. The combustion model involves a single-step, global finite-rate chemistry scheme with a temperature-dependent activation energy. Source terms are used to account for mass bleed and mass injection, with additional capabilities to handle momentum and energy sources and sinks. Numerical results for cold and reacting flow for a can-type gas turbine combustor are presented. Comparisons with experimental data from this combustor are also made.

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