TY - JOUR A1 - Funke, Harald A1 - Beckmann, Nils A1 - Keinz, Jan A1 - Abanteriba, Sylvester T1 - Comparison of Numerical Combustion Models for Hydrogen and Hydrogen-Rich Syngas Applied for Dry-Low-NOx-Micromix-Combustion JF - ASME Turbo Expo 2016: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition Volume 4A: Combustion, Fuels and Emissions Seoul, South Korea, June 13–17, 2016 N2 - The Dry-Low-NOₓ (DLN) Micromix combustion technology has been developed as low emission combustion principle for industrial gas turbines fueled with hydrogen or syngas. The combustion process is based on the phenomenon of jet-in-crossflow-mixing. Fuel is injected perpendicular into the air-cross-flow and burned in a multitude of miniaturized, diffusion-like flames. The miniaturization of the flames leads to a significant reduction of NOₓ emissions due to the very short residence time of reactants in the flame. In the Micromix research approach, CFD analyses are validated towards experimental results. The combination of numerical and experimental methods allows an efficient design and optimization of DLN Micromix combustors concerning combustion stability and low NOₓ emissions. The paper presents a comparison of several numerical combustion models for hydrogen and hydrogen-rich syngas. They differ in the complexity of the underlying reaction mechanism and the associated computational effort. For pure hydrogen combustion a one-step global reaction is applied using a hybrid Eddy-Break-up model that incorporates finite rate kinetics. The model is evaluated and compared to a detailed hydrogen combustion mechanism derived by Li et al. including 9 species and 19 reversible elementary reactions. Based on this mechanism, reduction of the computational effort is achieved by applying the Flamelet Generated Manifolds (FGM) method while the accuracy of the detailed reaction scheme is maintained. For hydrogen-rich syngas combustion (H₂-CO) numerical analyses based on a skeletal H₂/CO reaction mechanism derived by Hawkes et al. and a detailed reaction mechanism provided by Ranzi et al. are performed. The comparison between combustion models and the validation of numerical results is based on exhaust gas compositions available from experimental investigation on DLN Micromix combustors. The conducted evaluation confirms that the applied detailed combustion mechanisms are able to predict the general physics of the DLN-Micromix combustion process accurately. The Flamelet Generated Manifolds method proved to be generally suitable to reduce the computational effort while maintaining the accuracy of detailed chemistry. Especially for reaction mechanisms with a high number of species accuracy and computational effort can be balanced using the FGM model. Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-0-7918-4975-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2016-56430 PB - ASME CY - New York, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Funke, Harald A1 - Beckmann, Nils A1 - Keinz, Jan A1 - Horikawa, Atsushi T1 - 30 years of dry low NOx micromix combustor research for hydrogen-rich fuels: an overview of past and present activities T2 - Conference Proceedings Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea and Air, Volume 4B: Combustion, Fuels, and Emissions N2 - The paper presents an overview of the past and present of low-emission combustor research with hydrogen-rich fuels at Aachen University of Applied Sciences. In 1990, AcUAS started developing the Dry-Low-NOx Micromix combustion technology. Micromix reduces NOx emissions using jet-in-crossflow mixing of multiple miniaturized fuel jets and combustor air with an inherent safety against flashback. At first, pure hydrogen as fuel was investigated with lab-scale applications. Later, Micromix prototypes were developed for the use in an industrial gas turbine Honeywell/Garrett GTCP-36-300, proving low NOx characteristics during real gas turbine operation, accompanied by the successful definition of safety laws and control system modifications. Further, the Micromix was optimized for the use in annular and can combustors as well as for fuel-flexibility with hydrogen-methane-mixtures and hydrogen-rich syngas qualities by means of extensive experimental and numerical simulations. In 2020, the latest Micromix application will be demonstrated in a commercial 2 MW-class gas turbine can-combustor with full-scale engine operation. The paper discusses the advances in Micromix research over the last three decades. KW - Micromix KW - Hydrogen KW - Fuel-flexibility KW - NOx KW - Emissions Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-0-7918-8413-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2020-16328 N1 - ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition September 21–25, 2020, Virtual, Online N1 - Paper No. GT2020-16328, V04BT04A069 PB - ASME CY - New York, NY ER - 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. 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 - https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2023-102370 N1 - Paper No. GT2023-102370, V001T01A022 N1 - ASME Turbo Expo 2023: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition June 26–30, 2023, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PB - ASME CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Funke, Harald A1 - Börner, Sebastian A1 - Falk, F. A1 - Hendrick, P. T1 - Control system modifications and their effects on the operation of a hydrogen-fueled Auxiliary Power Unit JF - XX international symposium on air breathing engines 2011 : ISABE 2011, Gothenburg, Sweden, 12-16 September, 2011. Vol. 2. Y1 - 2011 SN - 9781618391803 N1 - 20th International Symposium on Air Breathing Engines 2011 : (ISABE 2011) : Gothenburg, Sweden, 12-16 September, 2011. SP - 929 EP - 938 PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics CY - Reston, VA ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Funke, Harald A1 - Börner, Sebastian A1 - Hendrick, P. A1 - Recker, E. T1 - Modification and testing of an engine and fuel control system for a hydrogen fuelled gas turbine T2 - Progress in Propulsion Physics. Vol. 2 Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-2-7598-0673-7 SP - 475 EP - 486 PB - EDP Sciences CY - Les Ulis ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Funke, Harald A1 - Börner, Sebastian A1 - Hendrick, P. A1 - Recker, E. A1 - Elsing, R. ED - DeLuca, Luigi T. T1 - Development and integration of a scalable low NOx combustion chamber for a hydrogen fuelled aero gas turbine T2 - Progress in Propulsion Physics. - Vol. 4 Y1 - 2013 SN - 978-2-7598-0876-2 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1051/eucass/201304357 N1 - 4th European Conference for Aero-Space Sciences : July 4 - 8, 2011, St Petersburg, Russia ; EUCASS <4, 2011, St. Petersburg> SP - 357 EP - 372 PB - EDP Sciences CY - [Les Ulis] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Funke, Harald A1 - Börner, Sebastian A1 - Keinz, Jan A1 - Hendrick, P. A1 - Recker, E. T1 - Low NOx Hydrogen combustion chamber for industrial gas turbine applications“, 14th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery T2 - ISROMAC-14 : the Forteenth International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery ; Honolulu, Hawaii, February 27 - March 02nd, 2012 Y1 - 2012 N1 - International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery ; (14 ; 2012.02.27-03.02 ; Honolulu, Hawaii) ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Funke, Harald A1 - Börner, Sebastian A1 - Keinz, Jan A1 - Kusterer, K. A1 - Kroninger, D. A1 - Kitajima, J. A1 - Kazari, M. A1 - Horikama, A. T1 - Numerical and experimental characterization of low NOx Micromix combustion principle for industrial hydrogen gas turbine applications T2 - Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2012 Y1 - 2013 N1 - ASME Turbo Expo 2012, GT2012, June 11-15, 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Funke, Harald A1 - Börner, Sebastian A1 - Krebs, W. A1 - Wolf, E. T1 - Experimental Characterization of Low NOx Micromix Prototype Combustors for Industrial Gas Turbine Applications JF - ASME Turbo Expo 2011 ; Vancouver, Canada, June 6-10, 2011 Y1 - 2011 N1 - GT2011-45305 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Funke, Harald A1 - Börner, Sebastian A1 - Robinson, A. A1 - Hendrick, P. A1 - Recker, E. T1 - Low NOx H2 combustion for industrial gas turbines of various power ranges JF - 5th International Gas Turbine Conference ETN-IGTC, ETN-2010-42, Brussels, Belgium, October 2010 Y1 - 2010 ER -