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Integral Model for Simulating Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers

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Flow and Combustion in Advanced Gas Turbine Combustors

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Relying on the software platform FASTEST different sub-models of various complexities designed in the framework of the Collaborative Research Centre 568 were combined to form integral models. As review paper, this contribution summarizes the developments of a Large Eddy Simulation (LES) based integral model for reliably simulating gas turbine combustion chambers. The model was analyzed, validated and evaluated in terms of fuel flexibility, flow, mixing and combustion modeling and predictability. The parallel efficiency for large simulations with the integral model could be improved by using a load balancing strategy based on graph theory.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute for Numerical Methods in Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Dolivostr. 15, 64293, Darmstadt, Germany

    S. Kneissl, D. C. Sternel & M. Schäfer

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute for Energy and Power Plant Technology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Petersentr. 30, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany

    P. Pantangi, A. Sadiki & J. Janicka

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Kneissl, S., Sternel, D.C., Schäfer, M., Pantangi, P., Sadiki, A., Janicka, J. (2013). Integral Model for Simulating Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers. In: Janicka, J., Sadiki, A., Schäfer, M., Heeger, C. (eds) Flow and Combustion in Advanced Gas Turbine Combustors. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 1581. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5320-4_11

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