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List <strong>of</strong> Figures<br />

2.1 The SIT <strong>gas</strong> <strong>turbine</strong>, SGT-750. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />

2.2 Temperature entropy diagram for the Brayton cycle. . . . 9<br />

2.3 Thermal efficiency vs Specific Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />

2.4 Schematic illustration <strong>of</strong> a general <strong>combustor</strong>. . . . . . . . 12<br />

2.5 Cross section <strong>of</strong> the SIT burner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

2.6 Variation <strong>of</strong> recirculated mass flow with swirl number. . . 14<br />

2.7 Combustion efficiency as function <strong>of</strong> <strong>combustor</strong> loading. . 15<br />

3.1 Flame half angles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />

3.2 The dual fan system with heaters and flow meters. . . . . 20<br />

3.3 Glowing liner after burner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />

3.4 Setup for the atmospheric experiments. . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />

3.5 Combustion <strong>of</strong> syn<strong>gas</strong> without the liner. . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />

3.6 The connection piece <strong>of</strong> the high pressure facility. . . . . . 24<br />

3.7 Burner plenum for high pressure RPL experiments. . . . . 25<br />

3.8 The new plenum and test section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />

3.9 High pressure facility flow chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />

3.10 The new plenum with ceramic beads. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />

4.1 Single shot PIV images showing the recirculation zone. . . 30<br />

4.2 PIV schematic image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />

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