Oxidation behavior of dodecane and two mixtures of dodecane and m-xylene (90/10wt.% and 80/20wt.%) over an Rh catalyst in a meso-scale heat recirculating combustor was examined to isolate the effect of aromatic content on performance. The fuel conversion, product selectivities, and reaction...

High intensity distributed combustion assists to provide substantial performance improvement for gas turbine applications for our quest to simultaneously seek improved pattern factor, ultra-low emission of NOx and CO, low noise, enhanced stability, fuel flexibility and higher efficiency. In such...

Colorless distributed combustion (CDC) has been shown to provide significant improvement in gas turbine combustor performance. Colorless distributed combustion with swirl is investigated here to develop ultra-low emissions of NO and CO, and significantly improved pattern factor. Experimental...

Distributed combustion has been shown to provide significant improvements of gas turbine combustors performance including uniform thermal field in the entire combustion chamber (improved pattern factor), ultra-low emission of NOx and CO, low noise, enhanced stability and higher efficiency. The...

The results obtained from the combustion behavior of propane over platinum and rhodium catalysts in a meso-scale heat recirculating combustor are presented. The extinction limits, conversion, product selectivity/yield, and activation energy using the two catalysts were compared in an effort to...

Waste and agricultural residues offer significant potential for harvesting chemical energy with simultaneous reduction of environmental pollution, providing carbon neutral (or even carbon negative) sustained energy production, energy security and alleviating social concerns associated with the...

Distributed combustion offers significant performance improvement with near zero emissions for industrial gas turbine applications. Our efforts to further develop zero emission distributed combustion are explored here by utilizing swirl to the flow. The beneficial aspects of distributed swirl...

Distributed combustion provides significant performance improvement of gas turbine combustors. Key features of distributed combustion includes uniform thermal field in the entire combustion chamber, thus avoiding hot-spot regions that promote NOx emissions (from thermal NOx) and significantly...

The performance of two synthetic aviation fuels was evaluated in a meso-scale heat recirculating combustor and the respective results compared with the combustion characteristics of a conventional petroleum-based jet fuel. One of the alternative jet fuels was synthesized via a Fischer–Tropsch...

Ultra-high thermal intensity colorless distributed combustion has been examined for methane and methane diluted with air, nitrogen or carbon dioxide gas and liquid fuel (ethanol) burning in air at a fixed thermal load. Fuel was diluted with inert gases and air to simulate the combustion of low...