Research project

Smart System for Thermal Analysis of Combustor

Research groups:

Computational Engineering and Design Group
Status:

Not active

Project overview

This project was implemented as the Dynamo working package III (3.1-3.3), which is a part of CleanSky2 project. It aimed to extend the capabilities of the Prometheus design system on a number of fronts. Firstly, extend the aerothermal network generation and CFD capabilities to cope with lean burn combustors (WPs 3.1 and 3.2 respectively) and then develop a completely new finite element analysis (FEA) capability to enable thermal simulations of the entire combustor and individual components to be performed automatically (WP3.3).

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Computational Engineering and Design Group

Our research group is a centre for multidisciplinary engineering simulation and design, combining a range of analytical, computational and experimental techniques.

Research outputs

The potential of a multi-fidelity approach to gas turbine combustor design optimization

David Toal,

Xu Zhang,

Andy Keane,

Chin Yik Lee,

& Marco Zedda

, 2020 , Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

DOI: 10.1115/1.4048654

Type: article

Combustor design optimization using the Prometheus Design System

David J.J. Toal,

Xu Zhang,

Andrew J. Keane,

Simon Stow,

Marco Zedda,

Fred Witham,

& Jonathan Gregory

, 2017

Type: conference

Isothermal combustor prediffuser and fuel injector feed arm design optimization using the Prometheus design system

Xu Zhang,

David Toal,

Andrew Keane,

Fred Witham,

Jonathan Gregory,

Murthy Ravikanti,

Emmanuel Aurifeille,

Simon Stow,

Mark Rogers,

& Marco Zedda

, 2016 , Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power , 138 (6)

DOI: 10.1115/1.4031711

Type: article