Application of Turbulent Reacting Flow Analysis for Gas Turbine Combustor Development

Developing a low NOx gas turbine combustor, usually requires many experiments on flow and combustion. Computational prediction technology in the combustion field has progressed with advances in the computer technology and the turbulent combustion model. This report covers applications of CFD for the development of the gas turbine combustor and some discrepancies between CFD and experimental results, and improved methods to solve them.