Master's Thesis Proposal

Ezekiel Marmureanu Bugay 

(Advisor: Dr. Wenting Sun) 

"Proposal for Characterization of Nascent Soot Particle Size Distribution from a Realistic Gas Turbine Combustor by use of Half-Mini DMA"

 Friday, May 5 

1:00 p.m.

Montgomery Knight Building 317 

Abstract

Developing carbon nanoparticles resulting from flames, known as nascent soot, has come under increasing scrutiny with regards to combustion engines and systems because of its direct contribution to non-volatile particulate matter (nvPM) emissions, which are a major global pollutant. A realistic gas-turbine-style combustion test rig was constructed with the intent of measuring and characterizing nascent soot size distributions utilizing a state-of-the-art differential mobility analyzer (DMA, Half-Mini #p model) for a variety of operating conditions. Methodologies, design alterations, and preliminary results are proposed as a proof-of-concept for proceeding with this research. 

Committee 

•    Dr. Wenting Sun– School of Aerospace Engineering
•    Dr. Adam M. Steinberg– School of Aerospace Engineering
•    Dr. Ellen Yi Chen Mazumdar – School of Mechanical Engineering