🔥 Gas Turbine Combustor (Lefebvre Model)

Size gas turbine combustor chambers: Lefebvre combustion volume and loading parameter, fuel flow, primary flame temperature, pattern factor OTDF, and liner geometry.

⚡ Fortran 90 Engine Double Precision (IEEE 754) ✓ ISO / ASME Validated
📊 Solver Telemetry ● ACTIVE
👁️ Consultations 40
⚡ Calculs faits 32
💾 Téléchargements 208 📦 Code Fortran 5.2 KB
📅 Mise en service Jun 2026
⏱️ Latence < 1 ms
⚡ Outils & Rapports :
💾 Télécharger Fortran 90

🔥 Combustor Liner, Swirler Flame & Dilution Jets

Real-time visual simulation: Fuel swirler primary flame, secondary mixing, and dilution air jets

📝 Configuration & Presets

🏭 Frame 7/9 Heavy Duty ✈️ Aero Turbofan Jet-A 🌿 100% Hydrogen Can-Annular ⚡ Microturbine Single Can
🧪 Fuel Medium & Airflow
🌡️ Temperatures & Architecture
Lefebvre Combustor Formulation:
• Fuel Flow: ṁf = ṁa · [cpg·T4 − cpa·T3] / [ηc·LHV − cpg·T4] [kg/s]
• Lefebvre Loading: θ = [P31.75 · Vcomb · exp(T3/300)] / ṁa
• Thermal Duty: Q̇th = ṁf · LHV [MWth]
• Pattern Factor (OTDF): (Tmax − T4) / (T4 − T3) < 0.25.

📊 Performance Results

Configure inputs and click Compute to view results.

📘 Calculation Methodology & Combustor Standards

Lefebvre 3-Zone Combustor Architecture

Combustion air is metered into a primary reaction zone (25–30%) for flame stabilization, intermediate zone (20–25%) for CO burnout, and dilution zone (45–55%) to shape the radial temperature profile for the downstream turbine.

Pattern Factor & Liner Sizing

Overall Temperature Distribution Factor (OTDF) measures peak circumferential temperature hotspots, preventing turbine nozzle guide vane melting.

Key Engineering Assumptions

  • Lefebvre semi-empirical combustion loading formulation.
  • Annular and can-annular configurations.
  • Widely used in aero-engines, power generation gas turbines, and hydrogen combustors.