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Journal of Combustion
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 718202, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/718202
Research Article
Flash Atomization: A New Concept to Control Combustion Instability in Water-Injected Gas Turbines
Mechanical Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78228, USA
Received 20 July 2011; Revised 1 November 2011; Accepted 15 November 2011
Academic Editor: Constantine D. Rakopoulos
Copyright © 2012 Vishwas Iyengar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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