MISSION
CRC supports industrial research and development of advance state-of-the-art
gas turbine combustor technologies to reduce fuel consumption by 60%, and
LTO and cruise NOx emission by 80% relative to CAEP 6 by 2025
CLIENTS
GE Aviation, GE Power and Water, GE GRC, Parker and Hannifin, SVT, NASA
RESEARCH
- Turbulent Combustion
- Novel Injectors
- Development Spray Analysis
- Low NOx Combustor Technologies (LDI, DLN)
- Combustion Dynamics
- Non-intrusive Diagnostics
FACILITIES
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Spray Characterization
- 2 x PDPA Systems
- 1 x Spray Patternator
- 2 x Particle Analyzers
Fuel-Air Mixing Characteristics
- 1 x PLIF system
- 1 x In-house Gas Sampling system
Combustor Aerodynamics
- LDA systems
- 1 x high-speed PIV system (10 KHz)
- 1 x Standard PIV system
Combustion Diagnostics
- 1 x PLIF system
- 1 x high-speed IR camera
- Time-Resolved Spectroscopy
- Temperature and major species
Emission Analysis
- HC, O2, NOx, CO
- FTIR Analyzer
- Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
Miscellaneous Equipment
- 3 x high-speed Cameras up to 100 fps
- Several DAQ systems
- Several 3D Traverses
- Argon Ion, Nd-YAG and Dye Lasers
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