Assessment of CO2 and NOx emissions in intercooled pulsed detonation turbofan engines
Journal article, 2019

In the present paper, the synergistic combination of intercooling with pulsed detonation combustion is analyzed concerning its contribution to NOx and CO2 emissions. CO2 is directly proportional to fuel burn and can, therefore, be reduced by improving specific fuel consumption and reducing engine weight and nacelle drag. A model predicting NOx generation per unit of fuel for pulsed detonation combustors, operating with jet-A fuel, is developed and integrated within Chalmers University's gas turbine simulation tool GESTPAN. The model is constructed using CFD data obtained for different combustor inlet pressure, temperature and equivalence ratio levels. The NOx model supports the quantification of the trade-off between CO2 and NOx emissions in a 2050 geared turbofan architecture incorporating intercooling and pulsed detonation combustion and operating at pressures and temperatures of interest in gas turbine technology for aero-engine civil applications.

Explosions

Combustion

Engines

Temperature

Emissions

Carbon dioxide

Combustion chambers

Turbofans

Fuels

Nitrogen oxides

Author

Carlos Xisto

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Fluid Dynamics

Olivier Petit

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Fluid Dynamics

Tomas Grönstedt

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Fluid Dynamics

Anders Lundbladh

GKN Aerospace Sweden

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

0742-4795 (ISSN) 1528-8919 (eISSN)

Vol. 141 1 011016

Ultra Low emission Technology Innovations for Mid-century Aircraft Turbine Engines (ULTIMATE)

European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/633436), 2015-09-01 -- 2018-09-01.

Subject Categories

Other Mechanical Engineering

Applied Mechanics

Energy Engineering

Areas of Advance

Transport

DOI

10.1115/1.4040741

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