Energy and the Environment, 1998

ISBN Print: 1-56700-127-0

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF NOx REDUCTION BY STEAM INJECTION USING DETAILED CHEMICAL KINETICS

DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-127-0.440
pages 241-245

Abstract

In order to improve thermal efficiency of gas turbine system and better control NOx emission, the injection of steam into a gas turbine combustor has been employed. This study has used both chemical equilibrium calculations and the counterflow diffusion flame calculations of methane-air flame aiming at the elucidation of the NOx reduction mechanism due to the steam injection. The GRI-Mech was employed for modeling the chemical reactions.