Numerical Analysis and Experimental Validation of a Mono-block Natural Gas Burner
Abstract
Fossil fuels are still one the major sources of the energy production. Fuels, utilized in the power generation, especially in industrial scale applications, are almost hydrocarbons in gaseous, liquid or solid phases. In combustion of gaseous fossil fuels, besides the several other emissions carbon monoxide and nitric oxide which are identified as the main suspects of the environmental pollution are produced.
In this study, the flow field and the emission statistics of an industrial scale gas burner was investigated numerically. The burner and the assembled combustion chamber have been modelled using ANSYS-Fluent software. The standards for flue gas emissions of gas burners defined in TSE EN 676:2000 Class-3 have been taken into account. One of the most important emission of NOx level given in that standard, limited to be less than 80 mg/kWh, has been initially computed for the existing burner and then for the modified burner designs. Both the velocity and temperature fields are calculated and represented in terms of contour plots. The emission results are collected at the exit of the combustion chamber and the chamber wall temperatures have been also computed. The numerical model results were validated with the available experimental measurements obtained from on-site test facilities.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
March 31, 2019
Submission Date
October 5, 2018
Acceptance Date
March 18, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 31 Number: 1