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Fundamental Combustion Research Challenged to Meet Designers’ Expectations

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Authors in recent publications shared their personal “gripe” for the modeling capabilities not reasonably calibrated before the start of their application in gas turbine combustion technology programs conducted since 1973. Concurrently, the supporting fundamental research results did not provide the insight needed for making critical design decisions during the technology and/or product development phase. Therefore, a joint effort was kicked off in 2012 on fundamental research to gauge what it takes to calibrate or validate the models while in parallel support hypothesis-based technology development approach specifically targeted for developing swirl-venturi lean direct injection (SV-LDI) technology. As summarized in this paper, based on this pilot project’s output to date, for a properly formulated applicable fundamental research with limited resources, it takes much longer than what Mongia had wished for since 1973.

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  1. CSTI Associates, LLC, Yardley, PA, USA

    Hukam C. Mongia

  2. CFD Nexus, LLC, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Kumud Ajmani

  3. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

    Chih-Jen Sung

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  1. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

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  3. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Suresh K. Aggarwal

  4. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Mongia, H.C., Ajmani, K., Sung, CJ. (2021). Fundamental Combustion Research Challenged to Meet Designers’ Expectations. In: De, A., Gupta, A., Aggarwal, S., Kushari, A., Runchal, A. (eds) Sustainable Development for Energy, Power, and Propulsion. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5667-8_11

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