TY  - CHAP
A1  - Funke, Harald
A1  - Beckmann, Nils
A1  - Stefan, Lukas
A1  - Keinz, Jan
T1  - Hydrogen combustor integration study for a medium range aircraft engine using the dry-low NOx “Micromix” combustion principle
T2  - Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2023: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. Volume 1: Aircraft Engine. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. June 26–30, 2023
N2  - The feasibility study presents results of a hydrogen combustor integration for a Medium-Range aircraft engine using the Dry-Low-NOₓ Micromix combustion principle. Based on a simplified Airbus A320-type flight mission, a thermodynamic performance model of a kerosene and a hydrogen-powered V2530-A5 engine is used to derive the thermodynamic combustor boundary conditions. A new combustor design using the Dry-Low NOx Micromix principle is investigated by slice model CFD simulations of a single Micromix injector for design and off-design operation of the engine. Combustion characteristics show typical Micromix flame shapes and good combustion efficiencies for all flight mission operating points. Nitric oxide emissions are significant below ICAO CAEP/8 limits. For comparison of the Emission Index (EI) for NOₓ emissions between kerosene and hydrogen operation, an energy (kerosene) equivalent Emission Index is used.

A full 15° sector model CFD simulation of the combustion chamber with multiple Micromix injectors including inflow homogenization and dilution and cooling air flows investigates the combustor integration effects, resulting NOₓ emission and radial temperature distributions at the combustor outlet. The results show that the integration of a Micromix hydrogen combustor in actual aircraft engines is feasible and offers, besides CO₂ free combustion, a significant reduction of NOₓ emissions compared to kerosene operation.
KW  - emission index
KW  - nitric oxides
KW  - aircraft engine
KW  - Micromix
KW  - combustion
KW  - hydrogen
Y1  - 2023
SN  - 978-0-7918-8693-9
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/GT2023-102370
N1  - Paper No. GT2023-102370, V001T01A022
PB  - ASME
CY  - New York
ER  -