eprintid: 10198394 rev_number: 10 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/19/83/94 datestamp: 2024-10-14 14:06:29 lastmod: 2024-10-24 17:15:01 status_changed: 2024-10-14 14:06:29 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Alshahrani, A creators_name: Mohni, I creators_name: Ajisafe, A creators_name: Furi, M creators_name: Houde, M creators_name: Sadasivuni, S creators_name: Engelbrecht, G creators_name: Bulat, G creators_name: Talibi, M creators_name: Balachandran, R creators_name: Ducci, A title: Investigation of Viscor and Methanol Spray Dynamics Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition in Siemens Energy Industrial Atomisers (GT2024-126663) ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: F45 keywords: Atomisation, methanol, spray dynamics, POD, alternative fuels note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions (https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/). abstract: The demand to reduce carbon emissions has prompted research into alternative fuels that can replace conventional fuels like diesel in industrial gas turbines. Among different potential biofuels and e-fuels, methanol emerges as a sustainable and high-performance alternative to diesel for gas turbine applications. It is well established that the fuel physical properties, spray dynamics and degree of atomisation are strongly correlated and affect the engine performance. In this study, Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) was applied on spatio-temporally resolved images to characterise Viscor, here used as diesel surrogate, and methanol sprays of pressure-swirl atomisers employed in Siemens Energy industrial gas turbine (SGT-400) combustors. The methanol experimental results were then compared against Viscor results at analogous operating conditions, including density adjusted atomiser pressure drop and ambient pressures. Results confirmed that the methanol spray cone angle is slightly wider than Viscor at corresponding operating conditions. The POD analysis allowed to identify dominant spatial oscillation modes and characterise them in terms of oscillation amplitude, wavelength and onset distance from the atomiser edge for both fuels. Oscillation wavelengths and maximum amplitudes were found to correlate with Weber number, average SMD and axial jet velocities. date: 2024-08-28 date_type: published publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) official_url: http://doi.org/10.1115/GT2024-126663 full_text_type: other language: eng verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2321387 doi: 10.1115/GT2024-126663 isbn_13: 978-0-7918-8793-6 lyricists_name: Bin Mohni, Izwan lyricists_name: Balachandran, Ramanarayanan lyricists_name: Ducci, Andrea lyricists_name: Talibi, Midhat lyricists_id: IBMOH43 lyricists_id: RBALA57 lyricists_id: ADUCC64 lyricists_id: MTALI24 actors_name: Ducci, Andrea actors_id: ADUCC64 actors_role: owner full_text_status: restricted pres_type: paper publication: Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo volume: 2 place_of_pub: London, UK event_title: ASME Turbo Expo 2024: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition event_dates: 24 Jun 2024 - 28 Jun 2024 book_title: Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2024 citation: Alshahrani, A; Mohni, I; Ajisafe, A; Furi, M; Houde, M; Sadasivuni, S; Engelbrecht, G; ... Ducci, A; + view all <#> Alshahrani, A; Mohni, I; Ajisafe, A; Furi, M; Houde, M; Sadasivuni, S; Engelbrecht, G; Bulat, G; Talibi, M; Balachandran, R; Ducci, A; - view fewer <#> (2024) Investigation of Viscor and Methanol Spray Dynamics Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition in Siemens Energy Industrial Atomisers (GT2024-126663). In: Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2024. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME): London, UK. document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10198394/1/Methanol_Spray_Dynamics_of_Siemens_Energy_Industrial_Atomizers.pdf