Holistic evaluation and improvement of a gas turbine with a periodic pressure-gain combustion (D01)

• Subject Area: Technical Thermodynamics ; Hydraulic and Turbo Engines and Piston Engines ; Fluid Mechanics
• Term: from 2016 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 200291049

Despite numerous research projects on the performance and efficiency of gas turbines with pressure gain combustion, their part load and transient operation has not been investigated yet. The aim of this project is therefore the development and optimization of suitable concepts for off-design operation of both the pulsed detonation combustor and the entire gas turbine engine. This will be achieved via a three-step approach, which has already proven itself in the 2nd period of the SFB 1029.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1029: TurbIn - Substantial Efficiency Increase in Gas Turbines through Direct Use of Coupled Unsteady Combustion and Flow Dynamics
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Berlin
• Project Heads: Professor Dr.-Ing. Dieter Peitsch, since 1/2020; Professor Dr. Panagiotis Stathopoulos, from 1/2020 until 6/2020