Flashback Mechanisms in Lean Premixed Gas Turbine Combustion

A concise but comprehensive book addressing both the overall issue of flashback phenomena in combustion and the issue of fragmented and incomplete research on the subject.

Ali Cemal Benim (Author), Khawar Jamil Syed (Author)

9780128007556

Paperback, published 8 December 2014

134 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1 cm, 0.25 kg

Blending fuels with hydrogen offers the potential to reduce NOx and CO2 emissions in gas turbines, but doing so introduces potential new problems such as flashback. Flashback can lead to thermal overload and destruction of hardware in the turbine engine, with potentially expensive consequences. The little research on flashback that is available is fragmented. Flashback Mechanisms in Lean Premixed Gas Turbine Combustion by Ali Cemal Benim will address not only the overall issue of the flashback phenomenon, but also the issue of fragmented and incomplete research.

1. Introduction
2. An Overview of Modern Lean Premixed Gas Turbine Combustion Technology
3. Review of Combustion Aerodynamics of Premixed Swirl Burners
4. Properties of Fuels
5. The Flashback Phenomenon
6. Flashback in Gas Turbine Combustors
7. The Role of Fuel Injection Jets in the Premixer: Flameholding

Subject Areas: Power generation & distribution [THRB], Gas technology [THFG], Mechanical engineering [TGB]