@article{AyedKustererFunkeetal.2016, author = {Ayed, Anis Haj and Kusterer, Karsten and Funke, Harald and Keinz, Jan}, title = {CFD Based Improvement of the DLN Hydrogen Micromix Combustion Technology at Increased Energy Densities}, series = {American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (ASRJETS)}, volume = {26}, journal = {American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (ASRJETS)}, number = {3}, publisher = {GSSRR}, issn = {2313-4402}, pages = {290 -- 303}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Combined with the use of renewable energy sources for its production, Hydrogen represents a possible alternative gas turbine fuel within future low emission power generation. Due to the large difference in the physical properties of Hydrogen compared to other fuels such as natural gas, well established gas turbine combustion systems cannot be directly applied for Dry Low NOx (DLN) Hydrogen combustion. Thus, the development of DLN combustion technologies is an essential and challenging task for the future of Hydrogen fuelled gas turbines. The DLN Micromix combustion principle for hydrogen fuel has been developed to significantly reduce NOx-emissions. This combustion principle is based on cross-flow mixing of air and gaseous hydrogen which reacts in multiple miniaturized diffusion-type flames. The major advantages of this combustion principle are the inherent safety against flash-back and the low NOx-emissions due to a very short residence time of reactants in the flame region of the micro-flames. The Micromix Combustion technology has been already proven experimentally and numerically for pure Hydrogen fuel operation at different energy density levels. The aim of the present study is to analyze the influence of different geometry parameter variations on the flame structure and the NOx emission and to identify the most relevant design parameters, aiming to provide a physical understanding of the Micromix flame sensitivity to the burner design and identify further optimization potential of this innovative combustion technology while increasing its energy density and making it mature enough for real gas turbine application. The study reveals great optimization potential of the Micromix Combustion technology with respect to the DLN characteristics and gives insight into the impact of geometry modifications on flame structure and NOx emission. This allows to further increase the energy density of the Micromix burners and to integrate this technology in industrial gas turbines.}, language = {en} } @article{AyedKustererFunkeetal.2017, author = {Ayed, Anis Haj and Kusterer, Karsten and Funke, Harald and Keinz, Jan and Bohn, D.}, title = {CFD based exploration of the dry-low-NOx hydrogen micromix combustion technology at increased energy densities}, series = {Propulsion and Power Research}, volume = {6}, journal = {Propulsion and Power Research}, number = {1}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, isbn = {2212-540X}, doi = {10.1016/j.jppr.2017.01.005}, pages = {15 -- 24}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{AyedStrieganKustereretal.2017, author = {Ayed, Anis Haj and Striegan, Constantin J. D. and Kusterer, Karsten and Funke, Harald and Kazari, M. and Horikawa, Atsushi and Okada, Kunio}, title = {Automated design space exploration of the hydrogen fueled "Micromix" combustor technology}, pages = {1 -- 8}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Combined with the use of renewable energy sources for its production, Hydrogen represents a possible alternative gas turbine fuel for future low emission power generation. Due to its different physical properties compared to other fuels such as natural gas, well established gas turbine combustion systems cannot be directly applied for Dry Low NOx (DLN) Hydrogen combustion. This makes the development of new combustion technologies an essential and challenging task for the future of hydrogen fueled gas turbines. The newly developed and successfully tested "DLN Micromix" combustion technology offers a great potential to burn hydrogen in gas turbines at very low NOx emissions. Aiming to further develop an existing burner design in terms of increased energy density, a redesign is required in order to stabilise the flames at higher mass flows and to maintain low emission levels. For this purpose, a systematic design exploration has been carried out with the support of CFD and optimisation tools to identify the interactions of geometrical and design parameters on the combustor performance. Aerodynamic effects as well as flame and emission formation are observed and understood time- and cost-efficiently. Correlations between single geometric values, the pressure drop of the burner and NOx production have been identified as a result. This numeric methodology helps to reduce the effort of manufacturing and testing to few designs for single validation campaigns, in order to confirm the flame stability and NOx emissions in a wider operating condition field.}, language = {en} } @article{BohnFunkeGier1999, author = {Bohn, D. and Funke, Harald and Gier, J.}, title = {Temperature jet development in a cross-over channel}, series = {Third European Conference on Turbomachinery - fluid dynamics and thermodynamics : : 2 - 5 March 1999, Royal National Hotel, London, UK / organized by the Energy Transfer and Thermofluid Mechanics Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE); with support and sponsorship from European Commission / Vol. B.}, journal = {Third European Conference on Turbomachinery - fluid dynamics and thermodynamics : : 2 - 5 March 1999, Royal National Hotel, London, UK / organized by the Energy Transfer and Thermofluid Mechanics Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE); with support and sponsorship from European Commission / Vol. B.}, publisher = {Professional Engineering Publ.}, address = {Bury St. Edmunds}, pages = {671 -- 680}, year = {1999}, language = {en} } @article{BohnFunkeGier1999, author = {Bohn, D. and Funke, Harald and Gier, J.}, title = {Numerical and Experimental Investigations on the Flow in a 4-Stage Turbine with Special Focus on the Development of a Radial Temperature Streak}, series = {ASME Turbo Expo 1999, Indianapolis, USA, 1999}, journal = {ASME Turbo Expo 1999, Indianapolis, USA, 1999}, year = {1999}, language = {en} } @article{BohnFunke2003, author = {Bohn, Dieter and Funke, Harald}, title = {Experimental investigations into the nonuniform flow in a 4-stage turbine with special focus on the flow equalization in the first turbine stage}, series = {ASME TURBO EXPO, Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo, 2003}, journal = {ASME TURBO EXPO, Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo, 2003}, isbn = {0-7918-3689-4}, pages = {281 -- 289}, year = {2003}, language = {en} } @techreport{BohnFunkeGier1998, author = {Bohn, Dieter and Funke, Harald and Gier, J.}, title = {Untersuchung des Str{\"o}mungsausgleichs in den Schaufelreihen ungleichf{\"o}rmig ungestr{\"o}mter Turbomaschinen}, organization = {Forschungsvereinigung Verbrennungskraftmaschinen (FVV)}, year = {1998}, abstract = {Zwischenbericht {\"u}ber das Vorhaben FVV - Nr. 665 (AIF-Nr. 10780) Heft R 498(1998) S. 123-136. Informationstagung Turbinen, Fr{\"u}hjahr 1998, Frankfurt}, subject = {Str{\"o}mungsmaschine}, language = {de} } @techreport{BohnFunkeGieretal.1999, author = {Bohn, Dieter and Funke, Harald and Gier, J. and Heuer, T.}, title = {Untersuchung des Str{\"o}mungsausgleichs in den Schaufelreihen ungleichf{\"o}rmig ungestr{\"o}mter Turbomaschinen}, organization = {Forschungsvereinigung Verbrennungskraftmaschinen (FVV)}, year = {1999}, abstract = {Abschlussbericht {\"u}ber das Vorhaben FVV-Nr. 665 (AIF-Nr. 10780). Laufzeit 01.08.1996 bis 31.10.1999. Heft R 504 (1999). S. 99-124. Informationstagung Turbinen, Herbst 1999, Heidelberg.}, subject = {Str{\"o}mungsmaschine}, language = {de} } @techreport{BohnFunkeHeuer2001, author = {Bohn, Dieter and Funke, Harald and Heuer, T.}, title = {Sonden-Schaufel-Interaktion bei station{\"a}ren Messungen mit pneumatischen Str{\"o}mungssonden in engen Axialspalten}, organization = {Forschungsvereinigung Verbrennungskraftmaschinen (FVV)}, year = {2001}, abstract = {Abschlussbereicht {\"u}ber das Anschlussvorhaben zu FVV-Nr. 665 (AIF-Nr. 10780). Heft R 511 (2001). 23 S. Informationstagung Turbinen, Fr{\"u}hjahr 2001, Frankfurt.}, subject = {Str{\"o}mungsmaschine}, language = {de} } @article{BohnFunkeHeueretal.2000, author = {Bohn, Dieter and Funke, Harald and Heuer, Tom and B{\"u}tikofer, J.}, title = {Numerical and experimental investigations of the influence of different swirl-ratios on the temperature streak equalization in a 4-stage turbine}, series = {ASME Turbo Expo 2000 ; Munich, May 8-11 2000}, journal = {ASME Turbo Expo 2000 ; Munich, May 8-11 2000}, address = {Munich}, year = {2000}, language = {en} }