Research of Exhaust Gas Boiler Heat Exchange Surfaces with Reduced Corrosion When Water-Fuel Emulsion Combustion

Zongming Yang, Victoria Kornienko (), Mykola Radchenko (), Andrii Radchenko and Roman Radchenko
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Zongming Yang: School of Energy and Power, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, No. 2 Mengxi Road, Zhenjiang 212000, China
Victoria Kornienko: Department of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, Heroes of Ukraine Avenue 9, 54025 Mykolayiv, Ukraine
Mykola Radchenko: Department of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, Heroes of Ukraine Avenue 9, 54025 Mykolayiv, Ukraine
Andrii Radchenko: Department of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, Heroes of Ukraine Avenue 9, 54025 Mykolayiv, Ukraine
Roman Radchenko: Department of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, Heroes of Ukraine Avenue 9, 54025 Mykolayiv, Ukraine

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-21

Abstract: The application of water-fuel emulsion (WFE) in internal combustion engines enables to reduce the consumption of sulfurous fuel oils, thereby protecting the environment from emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides, as well revealing a great potential for the heat utilization of exhaust gases. The efficiency of utilization of exhaust gas heat in exhaust boilers (EGB) depends on their temperature at the outlet of EGB, id est. the depth of heat utilization. Exhaust gas temperature is limited by the rate of low-temperature corrosion (LTC), which reaches a level of 1.2 mm/year at the wall temperature of about 110 °C for the condensing heat exchange surfaces (HES) and reduces the reliability of the HES operation. Therefore, decreasing the corrosion rate of condensing HES at wall temperature below 110 °C to an acceptable level (about 0.2 mm/year) when undergoing WFE combustion will make it possible to reduce the exhaust gas temperature and, consequently, increase the efficiency of EGB and fuel saving during the operation of the ship power plant. The aim of the research is to assess improvements to the reliability, durability and efficient operation of condensing HES in marine EGB undergoing WFE combustion in a diesel engine based on experimental studies of the LTC process. A special experimental setup was developed for investigation. The use of WFE with a decreased wall temperature of HES below 80 to 70 °C would improve the reliability of the EGB along the accepted service life, increase the lifetime of the HES metal by almost six times as well as the overhaul period, and reduce the cost of repairing condensing HES. Furthermore, due to the reducing corrosion rate under WFE combustion, the application of low-temperature condensing HES makes it possible to enhance the efficiency of deeper exhaust gas heat utilization and provide sustainable efficient operation of a diesel engine plant on the whole at a safe thermal and environmentally friendly level.

Keywords: low-temperature corrosion; condensing heat exchange surface; diesel engine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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