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(SET)—Task 4, Regional Turboprop/Turbofan Engine Advanced Combustor Study NASA/CR—2003-212470 Small Engine Technology (SET)—Task 4, Regional Turboprop/Turbofan Engine Advanced Combustor Study Robert Reynolds, Ram Srinivasan, Geoffrey Myers, and Manuel Cardenas AlliedSignal Engines, Phoenix, Arizona October 2003 The NASA STI Program Office . in Profile Since its founding, NASA has been dedicated to • CONFERENCE PUBLICATION. Collected the advancement of aeronautics and space papers from scientific and technical science. The NASA Scientific and Technical conferences, symposia, seminars, or other Information (STI) Program Office plays a key part meetings sponsored or cosponsored by in helping NASA maintain this important role. NASA. The NASA STI Program Office is operated by • SPECIAL PUBLICATION. Scientific, Langley Research Center, the Lead Center for technical, or historical information from NASA’s scientific and technical information. 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Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302, and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0704-0188), Washington, DC 20503. 1. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank) 2. REPORT DATE 3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED October 2003 Final Contractor Report 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE 5. FUNDING NUMBERS Small Engine Technology (SET)—Task 4, Regional Turboprop/Turbofan Engine Advanced Combustor Study WU–538–17–10–00 6. AUTHOR(S) NAS3–27483 Robert Reynolds, Ram Srinivasan, Geoffrey Myers, and Manuel Cardenas 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION AlliedSignal Engines REPORT NUMBER 111 S. 34th Street P.O. Box 52180 E–14008 Phoenix, Arizona 85072–2180 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY REPORT NUMBER National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, DC 20546–0001 NASA CR—2003-212470 11. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES This research was originally published internally as AST010 in March 1998. This Final Report, prepared by AlliedSignal Engines (AE), Phoenix, Arizona, a division of the Aerospace Sector of AlliedSignal, Inc., provides a summary of the research efforts performed by AE under the Small Engines Technology (SET) program, Task 4—Advanced Combustor Study, conducted for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH. The work reported was performed under Contract No. NAS3–27483 during the reporting period February 1995—February 1996. Project Manager, Paul F. Penko, Turbomachinery and Propulsion Systems Division, NASA Glenn Research Center, organization code 5830, 216–433–5356. 12a. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT 12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE Unclassified -Unlimited Subject Category: 07 Distribution: Nonstandard Available electronically at http://gltrs.grc.nasa.gov This publication is available from the NASA Center for AeroSpace Information, 301–621–0390. 13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words) Under the SET Program Task 4—Regional Turboprop/Turbofan Engine Advanced Combustor Study, a total of ten low-emissions combustion system concepts were evaluated analytically for three different gas turbine engine geometries and three different levels of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) reduction technology, using an existing AlliedSignal three-dimensional (3-D) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code to predict Landing and Takeoff (LTO) engine cycle emission values. A list of potential Barrier Technologies to the successful implementation of these low-NOx combustor designs was created and assessed. A trade study was performed that ranked each of the ten study configurations on the basis of a number of manufacturing and durability factors, in addition to emissions levels. The results of the trade study identified three basic NOx-emissions reduction concepts that could be incorporated in proposed follow-on combustor technology development programs aimed at demonstrating low-NOx combustor hardware. These concepts are: high-flow swirlers and primary orifices, fuel-preparation cans, and double-dome swirlers. 14. SUBJECT TERMS 15. NUMBER OF PAGES 83 Regional aircraft engine; Turbofan; Turboprop; Emissions 16. PRICE CODE 17. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 18. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 19. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 20. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT OF REPORT OF THIS PAGE OF ABSTRACT Unclassified Unclassified Unclassified NSN 7540-01-280-5500 Standard Form 298 (Rev. 2-89) Prescribed by ANSI Std. Z39-18 298-102.
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