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Low-swirl Burner for Turbines and Furnaces
Researchers developed a low-swirl burner for turbines and furnaces requiring no pilot light or moving parts. This computer simulation shows a cutaway profile of the concentration of hydroxyl molecules (produced and consumed at the flame). Red areas mark regions of intense combustion; fine gray-blue vortex structures at the base of the flame mark turbulence.
[This research by Robert Cheng at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation.] (Date of Image: 2010)
Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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