Energy Innovation 2018: New Frontiers

CBOne is present at the Symposium EnInnov 2018 on Energy Innovation at TU Graz, from the 14th to the 16th of February.

Blueprint of the pressurised combustor used in emootionBlueprint of the pressurised combustor used in the emootion project.

This year, two articles are presented:

  • The first one is the project emootion, about the combined optic-acoustic precision monitoring of a flame in continuous flow machines. We show how this miniature monitoring system, developed at first for gas turbines can be used for atmospheric burners and heavy-use applications.
  • The second topic is the project rePorT, about advanced burner design with integrated instrumentation. Instead of starting from an existing design - or conventional design - we show how a novel swirler shape was designed using additive manufacturing, and how this shape presents a lower pressure than a conventional swirler. This approach can result in significant gains in terms of weight and congestion. Combined to additional features such as the instrumentation, it simply leads towards better burners.

 

Our contributions are (in German):

THERMISCHE ÜBERWACHUNG UND PRÄZISE VERBRENNUNGSKONTROLLE AUF BASIS OPTISCHER DIAGNOSE TECHNIKEN IN BRENNKAMMERN
Moosbrugger, V., Giuliani, F. and  Andracher L.
BLOCKHEIZKRAFTWERKE U. KRAFT-WÄRME-KOP. (SESSION F2: DO, 8:00-10:00, I7)
Presented by Mrs Moosbrugger from CBOne
 
NEUE BRENNERGEOMETRIEN FÜR EINE BESSERE VERBRENNUNG DURCH ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Paulitsch, N., Giuliani, F., Andracher, L., Cozzi, D., Görtler, M.
ENERGIESYSTEM UND BIOMASSE (SESSION A5: FR, 08:00-10:00, I1)
Presented by Mrs Paulitsch from CBOne
 

CBOne and its contributions since 2012 about Energy Innovation:

Energy Innovation, and particularly innovation in combustion are at the heart of the R&D department of Combustion Bay One. By pushing forward the limits on flame stability, precision flame monitoring and ad-hoc burner shapes we can update constantly our know-how on combustion engineering, and offer services of engineering of  premium quality.

  • A variable-geometry burner able to generate a detached flame at part load (in co-operation with TU Graz)
Giuliani, F., Woisetschläger, J., and Leitgeb, T., 2012.
Design and validation of a burner with variable geometry for extended combustion range.
In Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, pp. 155–165.
GT2012-68236.

 

  • Progress in replacement fuels for aviation (in co-operation with TU Graz)
Rajamäki, J., Giuliani, F., Fritzer, J., and Heitmeir, F., 2013.
About low emission combustion with replacement fuels (paper review)
In Proceedings of the ISABE, no. 1333, International Society of Air-Breathing Engines.
Busan, Korea, 2013.

 

  • A line-of-sight optical method for the detailed investigation of flame turbulence (in co-operation with TU Graz and Ecole Centrale Paris)
Leitgeb, T., Schuller, T., Durox, D., Giuliani, F., Koeberl, S., and Woisetschlaeger, J., 2013.
Interferometric determination of heat release rate in a pulsated flame
Combustion and Flame, 160(3), pp. 589–600.

 

  • Using the pilot flame as a thermoacoustic driver for combustion improvement at some operation (CBOne stand alone)
Giuliani, F., Pfefferkorn, L., and Kraft, G. E., 2017.
Improvement of impaired combustion conditions at some off-design operation by driving a precisely controlled modulation of the burner air feed.
In Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
GT2017-64429.

 

  • About smart signal processing and data management for gas turbine combustion monitoring (in co-operation with Meggitt Sensing Systems)
F. Giuliani, L. Pfefferkorn, C. Wieland, H. Reiss
Synchronous capture of GT combustor operating conditions and main combustion dynamics parameters combining quasistatic and fastresponse measurements in a well-documented and compact manner
EVI-GTI and PIWG Joint Conference on Gas Turbine Instrumentation, Berlin Germany, Sept. 2016
IET Conference Publications 693

 

Combustion Bay One e.U. is now well visible in the combustion community. CBOne sums-up the know-how on adavanced combustion management based on the progress gathered through the years. The regular publication rate and the elevated impact factor of our dissemination attests the quality of our works. CBOne is in Austria one of the most active private companies in terms of research and development in combustion. Our partnerships allow us to make ambitious project, with a high degree of sophistication, and accurate results.

Towards less fuel consumption, less pollutants for more flexibility and more safety in your thermal facility. This is what we do, and this is what we share, openly. Because at the end of the day it is about the management of what is left in terms of fossil fuels, and it has a lot to do with the air we breathe.

This is Combustion Bay One. The publications listed previously are available on demand. Do not hesitate to contact us!