Internal entrainment effects on high intensity distributed combustion using non-intrusive diagnostics

Ahmed E.E. Khalil and Ashwani K. Gupta

Applied Energy, 2015, vol. 160, issue C, 467-476

Abstract: High intensity colorless distributed combustion (CDC) provides high efficiency combustion with stable operation and ultra-low emissions. The role of internal entrainment of hot reactive gases requires further investigation in order to obtain minimum requirements for distributed combustion. In this paper, the impact of internal entrainment of reactive gases on the flame behavior and structure is investigated with focus on fostering distributed combustion. A mixture of nitrogen and carbon dioxide was introduced to the air stream prior to mixing with the fuel to simulate the recirculated product gases from within the combustor. Increase dilution with nitrogen or carbon dioxide increased the reaction zone volume to result in uniform distribution of CH∗ and OH∗ chemiluminescence signal and uniform equivalence ratio (measured optically). These conditions replaced the normally present blue flame with a uniform almost invisible faint bluish flame. The increased entrainment also decreased NO chemiluminescence significantly for the same amounts of fuel burned. The chemiluminescence data suggested that lowering oxygen concentration from 21% to 15% resulted in improved distributed combustion conditions with the reaction volume occupying most of the combustor. These conditions provide the minimum entrainment requirement and reduction of oxygen concentration for achieving distributed combustion. Results obtained at different equivalence ratios and entrained gas temperatures showed similar behavior at oxygen concentration of 15%. The reaction distribution was further enhanced at lower oxygen concentration (∼11%) with further reduction in pollutants emissions.

Keywords: High intensity distributed combustion; Gas turbine combustion; Local equivalence ratio; Reactive gas entrainment; Ultra low NOx (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.09.053

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