TITLE AND SUBTITLE
Chemical and Physical Processes of Combustion
REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED
Final Report
FUNDING NUMBERSDAAD19-99-1-0354
AUTHOR(S)William L. Roberts, principal investigator
PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(bS)North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7514
SPONSORING / MONITORING AGENCY NAMfc(S) AND ADDRESS(bS)U
ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words)Experts assembled in the field of combustion science in order to provide a forum for exchange of research results, foster interactions among research groups, and to speed technology transfer.The Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute held its Fall Technical Meeting in Raleigh, NC in October 1999. It brought together researchers from ^ government, industry and academia. Combustion science is central to the Army s development of advanced gun, rocket and vehicle propulsion systems.
BanquetThe Meeting Banquet will be held on Tuesday Evening at the Velvet Cloak Inn with a "no-host" reception starting at 6:00 pm and dinner being served at 7:00 pm.
Lab TourA Tour of the Applied Energy Research Laboratory at North Carolina State University will be arranged starting at 1:30 pm on Wednesday, October 13. Transportation will be provided from the meeting hotels. A sign up sheet will be available during the meeting. Institute! We hope that you find the meeting productive and enjoyable. Our section's format consciously encourages presentation and discussion of new results, especially by promoting the participation of student presenters.
Chemical and Physical Processes of CombustionIn addition to the technical program, we have also arranged for the traditional welcoming reception on Sunday night; a barbeque lunch (North Carolina BBQ!) and reception on Monday;and the traditional banquet. These events should help us maintain the collegial atmosphere that we value so much at our Fall Technical Meetings.We are grateful for local sponsorship of this meeting by North Carolina State University and for all the contributions of time, facilities, and other resources toward the success of this meeting.The 28th International Symposium on Combustion will be held on July 30-August 4, 2000, in Edinburgh, Scotland (http://www.efm.leeds.ac.uk/edin2000/). As in 1998, we will not have a
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70.71. The Department of Energy (DOE) has recognized the need to make significant improvements to the overall thermal efficiency of coal-burning plants, while decreasing their environmental impact. Of all the proposed options for future plants, the highest efficiencies are achieved by using Brayton cycles (gas turbines) rather than exclusive reliance on Rankine cycles (steam turbines). The DOE then initiated the research effort for a High Performance Power Generating System (HIPPS), which utilizes gas turbines but excludes all coal combustion products from the working fluid, thus avoiding the expense of hot gas cleanup and/or the corrosion of turbine blades by coal ash. The specific goals for the HIPPS program are shown in Table 1. • Based on 90% reduction of...