Emissions from Continuous Combustion Systems, 1972 Proceedings of the Symposium on Emissions from Continuous Combustion Systems held at the General Motors Research Laboratories Warren, Michigan September 27-28, 1971

This volume documents the proceedings of the Symposium on Emissions from Continuous Combustion Systems that was held at the General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Michigan on September 27 and 28, 1971. This symposium was the fifteenth in an annual series presented by the Research Laboratories. Each symposium has covered a different technical discipline. To be selected as the theme of a symposium, the subject must be timely and of vital interest to General Motors as well as to the technical community at large. For each symposium, the practice is to solicit papers at the forefront of research from recognized authorities in the technical discipline of interest. Approximately sixty scientists and engineers from academic, government and industrial circles in this country and abroad are then invited to join about an equal number of General Motors technical personnel to discuss freely the commissioned papers. The technical portion of the meeting is supplemented by social functions at which ample time is afforded for informal exchanges of ideas amongst the participants. By such a direct interaction of a small and select group of informed participants, it is hoped to extend the boundaries of research in the selected technical field.

Session I — Modeling Continuous Combustion.- Esso Research and Engineering Company Mathematical Models of Continuous Combustion.- Current Kinetic Modeling Techniques for Continuous Flow Combustors.- Some Observations on Flows Described by Coupled Mixing and Kinetics.- General Discussion.- Session Summary.- Session II — Pollutant Formation and Destruction Processes.- Nitric Oxide Formation in Laminar Diffuser Flames.- Investigation of NO Formation Kinetics in Combustion Processes: The Methane-Oxygen-Nitrogen Reaction.- Nitric Oxide Formation and Carbon Monoxide Burnout in a Compact Steam Generator.- Emissions from Gas Turbine-Type Combustors.- General Discussion.- Session Summary.- Session III — Effects of Operating Conditions and Fuel Factors.- Effect of Fuel Composition on Particulate Emissions from Gas Turbine Engines.- Measurement of Nitric Oxide Formation within in a Multi-Fueled Turbine Combustor.- Experimental Studies of Chemical Processes in a Model Gas Turbine Combustor.- Effects of Fuel Injection Method on Gas Turbine Combustor.- Effect of Operating Variables on Pollutant Emissions from Aircraft Turbine Engine Combustors.- General Discussion.- Session Summary.- Session IV — Powerplant Emissions.- Operational Control of the Nitric Oxide Emissions from Stationary Boilers.- Control and Reduction of Aircraft Turbine Engine Exhaust Emissions.- Emission Characteristics of Continuous Combustion Systems of Vehicular Powerplants — Gas Turbine, Steam, Stirling.- General Discussion.- Session Summary.- Symposium Summary.- Participants.- Authors and Discussors Index.