Contact Dr David Abbott
- Email: D.Abbott@cranfield.ac.uk
Background
Dr David Abbott is a gas turbine combustion specialist. His doctorate is in the combustion acoustics of solid rocket propellants. His early career focused on acoustic problems in gas fired boilers and furnaces. In 1995 he joined the European Gas Turbines working on the development of gas turbine combustion systems. In 2006 he moved to E.ON New Build and Technology providing combustion support for all aspects of their power generation to gas turbine fleet. Since 2014 he has been a technical consult for Uniper Technologies Ltd and a visiting Fellow at Cranfield University.
Current activities
Dr Abbott is a visiting fellow in the Centre for Propulsion and Thermal Power Engineering and is part of the Low Emissions Technologies and Combustion (LETC) group. He supports the Thermal Power and Propulsion MSc giving lectures on Combustion Thermoacoustics. He also lectures on thermoacoustics and the challenges of variable fuel composition and low carbon fuels for power generation gas turbines on the Gas Turbine Combustion and Emissions Short Course.
Current activities and interests focus on low carbon combustion solutions for both aviation and land-based gas turbines, with particular interests in:
Low emissions hydrogen combustion systems for both aviation and land-based gas turbines
Combustion Thermoacoustics
Utilising blends of natural gas and hydrogen in large power generation gas turbines
Impact of changing natural gas quality/composition, including blending with low carbon fuels (such as bio-gas and bio-LPG), on power generation gas turbines
Potential for low carbon 'drop-in' fuels for existing power generation gas turbines
Retrofit solutions for utilising low carbon fuels (including bio- and e-gases, Bio- and e- alcohols, Bio-oils) in power generation gas turbines.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Yudha Wiranegara R, Igie U, Szymanski A, Abudu K, Abbott D, .... (2024). Power augmentation and Ramp-Up rate improvement through compressed air Injection: A dry low NOx combustor CFD analysis. Applied Thermal Engineering, 243
- Yudha Wiranegara R, Igie U, Ghali P, Abudu K, Abbott D, .... (2023). Minimum environmental load extension through compressed air extraction: Numerical analysis of a dry low NOx combustor. Applied Energy, 336(April)
- Wiranegara RY, Igie U, Ghali P, Zhao R, Abbott D, .... (2022). Numerical Study of Radiation and Fuel–Air Unmixedness on the Performance of a Dry Low NOx Combustor. ASME Open Journal of Engineering, 1(January)
- Liu Y, Sun X, Sethi V, Li Y-G, Nalianda D, .... (2021). Development and application of a preliminary design methodology for modern low emissions aero combustors. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 235(4)
Conference Papers
- Zhao R, Igie U & Abbott D. (2023). Hydrogen-Enriched Natural Gas Co-Firing: A Comparison of FGM and EDC Models
- Zhao R, Igie U, Abbott D & Wiranegara RY. (2023). Co-Firing of Hydrogen and Natural Gas in a Practical DLN Combustor Model
- Abbot D, Giannotta A, Sun X, Gauthier P & Sethi V. (2021). Thermoacoustic Behaviour of a Hydrogen Micromix Aviation Gas Turbine Combustor Under Typical Flight Conditions
- Sun X, Abbott D, Vir Singh A, Gauthier P & Sethi B. (2021). Numerical Investigation of Potential Cause of Instabilities in a Hydrogen Micromix Injector Array
- Giannouloudis A, Sun X, Corsar MR, Booden SJ, Singh G, .... (2021). On the development of an experimental rig for hydrogen micromix combustion testing
- Sun X, Agarwal P, Carbonara F, Abbott D, Gauthier P, .... (2020). Numerical Investigation Into the Impact of Injector Geometrical Design Parameters on Hydrogen Micromix Combustion Characteristics
- López-Juárez M, Sun X, Sethi B, Gauthier P & Abbott D. (2020). Characterising Hydrogen Micromix Flames: Combustion Model Calibration and Evaluation
- McClure J, Abbott D, Agarwal P, Sun X, Babazzi G, .... (2019). Comparison of Hydrogen Micromix Flame Transfer Functions Determined Using RANS and LES
- Ben Abdallah R, Sethi V, Gauthier PQ, Rolt AM & Abbott D. (2018). A Detailed Analytical Study of Hydrogen Reaction in a Novel Micromix Combustion System