CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL and AEROSPACE

ENGINEERING

MECH 6961 – Low Emissions Combustion Design Case Study

Professor: Dr. Pierre Q. Gauthier

Course Website: Access from your “My Concordia” portal
e-Mail: pierre.gauthier1@concordia.ca
Lectures: Mondays 17:45 – 20:15
Office hours: By Appointment

Course Objectives

The subject of the case study will be on the challenges faced in designing new low emission
combustion systems for decarbonization; in particular, for utilizing Ammonia, Hydrogen and
Hydrogen blends as fuels for Combustion Systems. The technical subjects studied as part of the
course will include flame types and combustion dynamics, considerations relevant to injection
system design, combustion and emissions modeling techniques and challenges, the use of
Computational Fluid Dynamics [CFD] and other numerical simulation tools used in the design
process.
The main objective of this course is to introduce the students to the modern Design and Analysis
Methods and Tools currently being used in Industry, in the effort to significantly reduce the Carbon
footprint of gas Turbine Engines, for both land-based Industrial Power Generation; as well as, for
Aviation applications.

Topics
w Review of Fluid Mechanics and Gas Dynamics required for Fuel Injector Design
 Conservation Equations
 Pressure Relations and Effective Area Calculations
w Combustion Basics
 Thermodynamics of reactions
 Flame Types
 Chemical Kinetics
 Classical and Modern Combustion Models used in Industry and research
 Emissions Modeling
w Computational Fluid Dynamics [CFD] Labs

Assignments

1. Literature review:
a. Decarbonization of Gas Turbines for the Energy and Aviation Industry
b. Current state-of-the-art Combustion Technologies and Methods for achieving
low emissions with fuels such as Hydrogen, Ammonia and Methanol…
2. Computational Fluid Dynamics 1: Non-Reacting Flows
a. Boundary Conditions
b. Fully developed flows
c. Flow Splits and Pressure drops.
d. Mixing
e. Turbulence
3. Computational Fluid Dynamics 2: Reacting Flows
a. Combustion Models: Turbulence/Chemistry Interactions
b. Emissions Modeling (NOx)
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Project: Injector Design

 Two (2) Fuel Injector Variants

 Create a CAD geometry and CFD Model for each design and report on
o Pressure drops.
o Mixing characteristics
o Flames
 Types, shapes, and positions
 Temperature
o NOx emissions
 Create a PPT of your Designs and Analysis
 Submit an Engineering report summarizing your results, conclusions, and
recommendations.

Grading Scheme
Grading is based on 3 assignments and a course project.

Assignments: 30%
Project: 70%

Students with Disabilities

 Student with disabilities are encouraged to contact the Access Centre for Students with
Disabilities as early as possible in order to efficiently accommodate their needs.

Code of Conduct

 Students should be aware and become familiar with the University’s Code of Conduct
located at: http://web2.concordia.ca/legal_counsel/policies/english/AC/code.html.
 There will be a zero tolerance policy pertaining to violations of this code. In the event of an
offense, an Incident Report will be completed and submitted to the Dean. Plagiarism may
be punished by failure of the exam, or the course, and may lead to expulsion from
University.
 http://www.concordia.ca/programs-and-courses/academic-integrity/plagiarism/

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Other Remarks
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