Properties of inverse nonpremixed pure O2/CH4 coflow flames in a model combustor

Sun Choi, Tae Young Kim, Hee Kyung Kim, Jaye Koo, Jeong Soo Kim and Oh Chae Kwon

Energy, 2015, vol. 93, issue P1, 1105-1115

Abstract: In order to evaluate the potential of oxy-combustion of inverse nonpremixed coflow flames using a clean fuel to improve the combustion and emission characteristics compared with the normal coflow flames using air, the fundamental properties of inverse nonpremixed pure oxygen (O2)/methane (CH4) coflow flames in a model combustor are experimentally investigated. The combustion stability (extinction) limits, structure and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions of the inverse coflow flames in the quartz-windowed combustion chamber with a single shear coaxial injector and a fully opened exhaust nozzle are measured using OH∗ chemiluminescence, a schlieren imaging system and a gas analyzer. Results show four distinct stability regimes and limits: the attached flame regime, the near-blowout flame regime, blowout limits and blowoff limits. The direct flame and OH∗ chemiluminescence images confirm the cooling effects of chamber walls that cause no steady liftoff flame and only the near-blowout flame. The extinction limits of the inverse CH4/O2 coflow flames are extended compared with the normal CH4/air coflow flames and reasonable levels of NOx emissions are observed, which supports that oxy-combustion of the inverse nonpremixed coflow flames using the clean fuel is acceptable for practical application, providing a useful database for modeling the flames in the confined chamber.

Keywords: Methane; Oxy-fuel combustion; Inverse coflow flame; Extinction limits; Bipropellants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.09.110

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