Accession Number:

ADA067709

Title:

Fuel Hydrogen Content as an Indicator of Radiative Heat Transfer in an Aircraft Gas Turbine Combustor

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AIR FORCE AERO PROPULSION LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

Report Date:

1979-02-01

Abstract:

Eleven fuels representing a wide range of hydrogen content were studied using a T56 single can combustor rig. Test fuels included single and double ring aromatic types as well as paraffins blended with each other and with JP-4. Fuel mixtures with hydrogen contents ranging from 9.9 to 15.9 per cent by weight were examined. The combustor inlet conditions simulated the discharge from both low and high pressure ratio gas turbine compressors operating at the cruise condition. Thermocouple data from the T56 liner are correlated with fuel hydrogen content using a new, nondimensional combustor liner temperature parameter. Least-squares mathematical treatment of the data resulted in an excellent second order correlation between the nondimensional temperature parameter and fuel hydrogen content and a simplified radiation analysis is presented which also explains the resulting empirical trends.

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Final rept. Jun-Nov 1976

Supplementary Note:

Presented at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Winter Annual Meeting, 27 Nov-2 Dec 77, Atlanta, GA. See also Rept. no. AFAPL- TR-77-93 dated Jul 78, AD-A060 218.

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0024

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