Aerodynamic Analysis Using CFD for Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber

Abstract

In the past few years, with the development of advanced numerical computational codes, numerical simulation became a promising option to developing and improving the technology in different fields. The obtained results by simulations are used to get important information during the design phase or optimization of industrial equipment. Its employment generates reliable results at low cost due to the reduced number of experiments as well as the opportunity to develop new products and perform many simulations before its production. However, the numerical simulation credibility can only be verified when compared to the obtained results by experiments. This work aims to present and evaluate different aerodynamics models applied to combustion chambers using a CFD tool. In addition, aerodynamic analysis is made in a model of combustion chamber, where the flow is simulated with successive refining of the mesh as part of its validation process. For it, it is used a Low Nox Emission Combustion Chamber from Floxcom project as reference to validate turbulence models. Once that it is done, the selected turbulence model with satisfactory precision is used to describe the aerodynamic behavior of an annular combustion chamber from velocity and pressure distribution, which are important parameters to set load losses and recirculation intensity, which can affect the complex phenomenon of combustion.