Thermal Efficiency of Oxyhydrogen Gas Burner

Roberto Moreno-Soriano, Froylan Soriano-Moranchel, Luis Armando Flores-Herrera, Juan Manuel Sandoval-Pineda and Rosa de Guadalupe González-Huerta
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Roberto Moreno-Soriano: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, ESIME-U. Azc., Av. de las Granjas 682, Col. Santa Catarina, Ciudad de México CP 02250, Mexico
Froylan Soriano-Moranchel: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, ESIME-U. Azc., Av. de las Granjas 682, Col. Santa Catarina, Ciudad de México CP 02250, Mexico
Luis Armando Flores-Herrera: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, ESIME-U. Azc., Av. de las Granjas 682, Col. Santa Catarina, Ciudad de México CP 02250, Mexico
Juan Manuel Sandoval-Pineda: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, ESIME-U. Azc., Av. de las Granjas 682, Col. Santa Catarina, Ciudad de México CP 02250, Mexico
Rosa de Guadalupe González-Huerta: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, ESIQIE, Laboratorio de Electroquímica, UPALM, Ciudad de México CP 07738, Mexico

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 20, 1-11

Abstract: One of the main methods used to generate thermal energy is the combustion process. Burners are used in both industrial and residential applications of the open combustion process. The use of fuels that reduce polluting gas emissions and costs in industrial and residential processes is currently a topic of significant interest. Hydrogen is considered an attractive fuel for application in combustion systems due to its high energy density, wide flammability range, and only produces water vapor as waste. Compared to research conducted regarding hydrocarbon combustion, studies on hydrogen burners have been limited. This paper presents the design and evaluation of an oxyhydrogen gas burner for the atmospheric combustion process. The gas is generated in situ with an alkaline electrolyzer with a production rate of up to 3 sL min −1 . The thermal efficiency of a gas burner is defined as the percentage of the input thermal energy transferred to the desired load with respect to a given time interval. The experimental results show a thermal efficiency of 30% for a minimum flow rate of 1.5 sL min −1 and 76% for a flow rate of 3.5 sL min −1 . These results relate to a 10 mm height between the burner surface and heated container.

Keywords: oxyhydrogen gas; oxyhydrogen gas burner; thermal efficiency; alkaline electrolyzer (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: 2020
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