Valeriu Vilag

By Ene Barbu, Valeriu Vilag, Jeni Popescu, Silviu Ionescu, Adina Ionescu, Romulus Petcu, Cleopatra Cuciumita, Mihaiella Cretu, Constantin Vilcu and Tudor Prisecaru

Part of the book: Advances in Gas Turbine Technology

By Ene Barbu, Romulus Petcu, Valeriu Vilag, Valentin Silivestru, Tudor Prisecaru, Jeni Popescu, Cleopatra Cuciumita and Sorin Tomescu

Part of the book: Progress in Gas Turbine Performance

By Ene Barbu, Valeriu Vilag, Jeni Popescu, Bogdan Gherman, Andreea Petcu, Romulus Petcu, Valentin Silivestru, Tudor Prisecaru, Mihaiella Cretu and Daniel Olaru

Part of the book: Gas Turbines

By Valeriu Vilag, Jeni Vilag, Razvan Carlanescu, Andreea Mangra and Florin Florean

The current chapter presents the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for simulating the combustion process taking place in gas turbines. The chapter is based on examples and results from a series of applications developed as part of the research performed by the authors in national and European projects. There are envisaged topics like flame stability, pollutant emission prediction, and alternative fuels in the context of aviation and industrial gas turbines, growing demands for lower fuel consumption, lower emissions, and overall sustainability of such energetic machines. Details on the available numerical models and computational tools are given along with the expectation for further developing CFD techniques in the field. The chapter includes also some comparison between theoretical, numerical, and experimental results.

Part of the book: Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations