Comparisons of Flashback Characteristics of Hydrogen Flames by Combustion Models in an Industrial Gas Turbine Combustor

Minjun Choi; Inyeong Gu; Youngjun Shin; Eun-Seong Cho; Dong-hyuk Shin

doi:10.15231/jksc.2022.27.4.040

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Comparisons of Flashback Characteristics of Hydrogen Flames by Combustion Models in an Industrial Gas Turbine Combustor 산업용 가스터빈 연소기에서 연소 모델에 따른 수소 화염의 역화 특성 비교연구

31 December 2022. pp. 40-49

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Abstract

Four different combustion models were investigated to test hydrogen flame flashback prediction capability in an industrial gas turbine combustor. The applied combustion models are (i) flamelet generated manifold - finite rate (FGM-FR) model, (ii) flamelet generated manifold - turbulent flame speed (FGM-S_T) model, (iii) steady diffusion flamelet (SDF) model, and (iv) eddy dissipation concept (EDC) model. Two conditions were simulated which showed experimentally non-flashback and flashback respectively. For the experimentally non-flashback condition, FGM-S_T, SDF, and EDC model simulations show flashback, while FGM-FR did not show flashback. For the experimentally flashback condition, FGM-S_T, SDF, and EDC model simulations show flashback, while FGM-FR did not show flashback. To be able to predict hydrogen-flame flashback, further investigation on combustion model are needed.

Keywords

Flashback

Hydrogen

Gas turbine

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Publisher :The Korean Society of Combustion
Publisher(Ko) :한국연소학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
Journal Title(Ko) :한국연소학회지
Volume : 27
No :4
Pages :40-49
Received Date : 2022-09-26
Revised Date : 2022-10-03
Accepted Date : 2022-11-08
DOI :https://doi.org/10.15231/jksc.2022.27.4.040

Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion ISSN:1226-0959(Print) 2466-2089(Online) 한국연소학회지

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