For a stable position of the flame front in the combustion chambers of gas turbine power plants, the fresh gas-air mixture must be heated to the ignition temperature during the entire operation process. With air excess coefficients in the interval between the upper and lower concentration limits, reverse currents from the zone of developed combustion successfully cope with this task. When organizing low-temperature combustion near the lean limit, the contribution of reverse currents to heating the fresh gas-air mixture turns out to be insufficient and additional external heating of the components in special heaters with exhaust gases from the turbine is required. The temperature characteristics of the fresh gas-air mixture at the inlet to the chamber and in the zone of return currents, as well as combustion products in the developed flame zone, were obtained from the solution of the energy balance equations. The modes of low-temperature lean combustion with excess air coefficients exceeding the lower concentration limit α = 2 are considered. The calculations were carried out for two values of the ejection coefficient in the zone of reverse currents K = 0.14 and K = 0.30. A K value of 0.14 was obtained using empirical relationships. The value K = 0.30 was obtained from the condition that during stoichiometric combustion, the gas-air mixture is heated completely by reverse currents. It is shown that with an increase in the excess air ratio to ensure a stable position of the flame front, the role of external heating of components increases.
INFLUENCE OF HEATING OF A GAS-AIR MIXTURE ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF COMBUSTION OF FUEL GASES