Course program
The course deals with the design and environmental impact of gas turbines combustion chambers for aeronautical applications. Particular attention is devoted to the combustion chamber numerical modelling techniques. The topics covered by the course are listed below.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Combustion chambers design
Chapter 3 Review of thermodynamics of reacting mixtures
Chapter 4 Aviation fuels
Chapter 5 Fundamentals of turbulent flows and turbulent combustion modelling
Chapter 6 Fundamentals of spray dynamics and spray modelling
Chapter 7 Pollutants and contaminants formation and control
Prerequisites
The knowledge that the student must have at the beginning of the teaching activities, in order to understand their contents and to achieve the learning objectives of the teaching, are the following:
The knowledge of thermodynamic cycles of interest in aeronautical propulsion (Carnot cycle, Brayton-Joule cycle, ideal and real cycles) is indispensable.
Knowledge of the performance parameters of an aeronautical propulsion system (thrust, specific consumption, ...) is indispensable.
It is important to know the basic concepts of thermodynamics and chemistry of organic compounds.
It is useful to have knowledge of the basic concepts of aerodynamics of wing profiles and bluff bodies.
It is useful to know the basic concepts of gasdynamics of compressible flows including the jump relationships for normal and oblique shocks.
Books
Dilip R. Ballal, Arthur H. Lefebvre Gas Turbine Combustion: Alternative Fuels and Emissions, Third Edition, CRC 1983, Taylor and Francis
Arthur H. Lefebvre Vincent G. McDonell, Atomization and Sprays, Second Edition, CRC 2017, Taylor and Francis
T. Poinsot, D. Veynante, Theoretical and Numerical Combustion, R.T. Edwards, Inc., 2005
C.K. Law, Combustion Physics, Cambridge University Press 2010
Lecture notes: http://dma.dima.uniroma1.it:8080/STAFF2/
Teaching mode
The course will be delivered through frontal lessons in presence and/or in telematic mode.
The course materials and all communication between teacher and student will be managed through the Goggle Classroom platform which can be accessed using any internet browser.
All interested students are therefore invited to register on the Goggle Classroom page of the course of interest using their INFOSTUD credentials.
Students who enroll in the course will receive an email notification of the lesson calendar which will be provided in telematic mode until otherwise specified.
Frequency
The course will be delivered through frontal lessons in person and/or, in exceptional cases, in telematic mode.
The course materials and all communication between teacher and student will be managed through the Google Classroom platform, which can be accessed using any internet browser.
Exam mode
The assessment includes a written test, an oral test, and the evaluation of a group paper produced during the course.
The written test consists of open-ended questions.
The written test lasts 3 hours; you are not allowed to use any material during the test.
The projects will be valued by adding 0/30 to 3/30 to the mark obtained after the written and oral tests.
The delivery of the paper is a pre-requisite to take the written test.
Bibliography
Dilip R. Ballal, Arthur H. Lefebvre Gas Turbine Combustion: Alternative Fuels and Emissions, Third Edition, CRC 1983, Taylor and Francis
Arthur H. Lefebvre Vincent G. McDonell, Atomization and Sprays, Second Edition, CRC 2017, Taylor and Francis
T. Poinsot, D. Veynante, Theoretical and Numerical Combustion, R.T. Edwards, Inc., 2005
C.K. Law, Combustion Physics, Cambridge University Press 2010
Lecture notes: http://dma.dima.uniroma1.it:8080/STAFF2/
Lesson mode
The course will be delivered through frontal lessons in presence and/or in telematic mode.
The course materials and all communication between teacher and student will be managed through the Goggle Classroom platform which can be accessed using any internet browser.
All interested students are therefore invited to register on the Goggle Classroom page of the course of interest using their INFOSTUD credentials.
Students who enroll in the course will receive an email notification of the lesson calendar which will be provided in telematic mode until otherwise specified.
