CFD Simulation of Pollutant Emission in a Natural Draft Dry Cooling Tower with Flue Gas Injection: Comparison between LES and RANS

Guangjun Yang, Xiaoxiao Li, Li Ding, Fahua Zhu, Zhigang Wang, Sheng Wang, Zhen Xu, Jingxin Xu, Pengxiang Qiu and Zhaobing Guo
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Guangjun Yang: School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Xiaoxiao Li: Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Ministry of Education, College of Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China
Li Ding: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Physical Modeling and Pollution Control, National Environmental Protection Research Institute for Electric Power, Nanjing 210031, China
Fahua Zhu: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Physical Modeling and Pollution Control, National Environmental Protection Research Institute for Electric Power, Nanjing 210031, China
Zhigang Wang: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Physical Modeling and Pollution Control, National Environmental Protection Research Institute for Electric Power, Nanjing 210031, China
Sheng Wang: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Physical Modeling and Pollution Control, National Environmental Protection Research Institute for Electric Power, Nanjing 210031, China
Zhen Xu: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Physical Modeling and Pollution Control, National Environmental Protection Research Institute for Electric Power, Nanjing 210031, China
Jingxin Xu: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Physical Modeling and Pollution Control, National Environmental Protection Research Institute for Electric Power, Nanjing 210031, China
Pengxiang Qiu: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Physical Modeling and Pollution Control, National Environmental Protection Research Institute for Electric Power, Nanjing 210031, China
Zhaobing Guo: School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 19, 1-21

Abstract: Accurate prediction of pollutant dispersion is vital to the energy industry. This study investigated the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation of pollutant emission in a natural draft dry cooling tower (NDDCT) with flue gas injection. In order to predict the diffusion and distribution characteristics of the pollutant more accurately, Large Eddy Simulation (LES) was applied to predict the flow field and pollutant concentration field and compared with Reynolds Average Navier-Stokes (RANS) and Unsteady Reynolds Average Navier-Stokes (URANS). The relationship between pollutant concentration pulsation and velocity pulsation is emphatically analyzed. The results show that the flow field and concentration field simulated by RANS and URANS are very close, and the maximum value of LES is about 43 times that of RANS and URANS for the prediction of pollutant concentration in the inner shell of cooling tower. Pollutant concentration is closely related to local flow field velocity. RANS and URANS differ greatly from LES in flow field prediction, especially at the outlet and downwind of cooling tower. Compared with URANS, LES can simulate flow field pulsation with a smaller scale and higher frequency.

Keywords: NDDCT; flue gas; pollutant diffusion; RANS; LES (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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