Biogas is a renewable and clean energy source that plays an important role in the current environment of lowcarbon transition.If high-content CO_(2) in biogas can be separated,transformed,and utilized,it not only real...Biogas is a renewable and clean energy source that plays an important role in the current environment of lowcarbon transition.If high-content CO_(2) in biogas can be separated,transformed,and utilized,it not only realizes high-value utilization of biogas but also promotes carbon reduction in the biogas field.To improve the combustion stability of biogas,an inhomogeneous,partially premixed stratified(IPPS)combustion model was adopted in this study.The thermal flame structure and stability were investigated for a wide range of mixture inhomogeneities,turbulence levels,CO_(2) concentrations,air-to-fuel velocity ratios,and combustion energies in a concentric flow slot burner(CFSB).A fine-wire thermocouple is used to resolve the thermal flame structure.The flame size was reduced by increasing the CO_(2) concentration and the flames became lighter blue.The flame temperature also decreased with increase in CO_(2) concentration.Flame stability was reduced by increasing the CO_(2) concentration.However,at a certain level of mixture inhomogeneity,the concentration of CO_(2) in the IPPS mode did not affect the stability.Accordingly,the IPPS mode of combustion should be suitable for the combustion and stabilization of biogas.This should support the design of highly stabilized biogas turbulent flames independent of CO_(2) concentration.The data show that the lower stability conditions are partially due to the change in fuel combustion energy,which is characterized by the Wobbe index(WI).In addition,at a certain level of mixture inhomogeneity,the effect of the WI on flame stability becomes dominant.展开更多
Re-ignited partially premixed flame(PPF)is a quite extensive flame type in real applications,which is directly relevant to the local and global extinction and re-ignition phenomenon.The authors designed a model burner...Re-ignited partially premixed flame(PPF)is a quite extensive flame type in real applications,which is directly relevant to the local and global extinction and re-ignition phenomenon.The authors designed a model burner to establish laminar re-ignited PPFs.Numerical simulations were carried out to reveal the morphology of laminar re-ignited PPF.Based on the distributions of temperature,heat release and radicals,the morphologies of re-ignited flames were explored.W-shaped flames were formed under pilot-lean conditions.Line-shaped and y-shaped flames were formed under pilot-rich conditions.Both w-shaped and y-shaped flames had a triple-flame structure.The re-ignited flames can stand beyond the rich flammability limit.Additionally,OH distributions indicated both pilot flame and re-ignited flame well as it rapidly increased near the flame front.OH concentration did not increase visibly while CH2O concentration mildly increased during the mild re-ignition process in the pre-zone of the re-ignited PPF.According to the results of 0-D simulations using closed homogeneous reactor,both OH and CH2O reduced ignition time significantly.The results of this work are helpful for understanding re-ignited PPF more closely.展开更多
Premixed and partially premixed flames (PPFs) of H2/CO/air syngas are studied numerically to investigate the effect of pressure on syngas PPF structure. Chemical characteristics of the syngas flame at different pressu...Premixed and partially premixed flames (PPFs) of H2/CO/air syngas are studied numerically to investigate the effect of pressure on syngas PPF structure. Chemical characteristics of the syngas flame at different pressures are investigated based on reaction limit analysis using a one-dimensional configuration. The results show that CO affects the syngas reaction limits through both physical effects that consist mainly in dilution and chemical effects that are related to both R23 (CO+OH=CO2+H) and HCO pathway. In particular, the HCO pathway weakens the flame at low pressures due to the chain-terminating effect of R25 (HCO+O2=CO+HO2) and R26 (HCO+H=CO+H2), and enhances the flame at high pressures because of the contribution of R25 to the HO2chain-branching process. These CO chemical characteristics are also observed in the premixed zone of 50%H2+50%CO syngas PPFs whereas only R23 is important in the non-premixed zone.展开更多
基金funded by the American University in Cairo research grants(Project number SSE-MENG-M.M.-FY18-FY19-FY20-RG(1-18)–2017-Nov-11-17-52-02).
文摘Biogas is a renewable and clean energy source that plays an important role in the current environment of lowcarbon transition.If high-content CO_(2) in biogas can be separated,transformed,and utilized,it not only realizes high-value utilization of biogas but also promotes carbon reduction in the biogas field.To improve the combustion stability of biogas,an inhomogeneous,partially premixed stratified(IPPS)combustion model was adopted in this study.The thermal flame structure and stability were investigated for a wide range of mixture inhomogeneities,turbulence levels,CO_(2) concentrations,air-to-fuel velocity ratios,and combustion energies in a concentric flow slot burner(CFSB).A fine-wire thermocouple is used to resolve the thermal flame structure.The flame size was reduced by increasing the CO_(2) concentration and the flames became lighter blue.The flame temperature also decreased with increase in CO_(2) concentration.Flame stability was reduced by increasing the CO_(2) concentration.However,at a certain level of mixture inhomogeneity,the concentration of CO_(2) in the IPPS mode did not affect the stability.Accordingly,the IPPS mode of combustion should be suitable for the combustion and stabilization of biogas.This should support the design of highly stabilized biogas turbulent flames independent of CO_(2) concentration.The data show that the lower stability conditions are partially due to the change in fuel combustion energy,which is characterized by the Wobbe index(WI).In addition,at a certain level of mixture inhomogeneity,the effect of the WI on flame stability becomes dominant.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 106112017CDJXY320001)the open funds of Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Aerospace Power System (No. CEPE2018009)National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51706027)
文摘Re-ignited partially premixed flame(PPF)is a quite extensive flame type in real applications,which is directly relevant to the local and global extinction and re-ignition phenomenon.The authors designed a model burner to establish laminar re-ignited PPFs.Numerical simulations were carried out to reveal the morphology of laminar re-ignited PPF.Based on the distributions of temperature,heat release and radicals,the morphologies of re-ignited flames were explored.W-shaped flames were formed under pilot-lean conditions.Line-shaped and y-shaped flames were formed under pilot-rich conditions.Both w-shaped and y-shaped flames had a triple-flame structure.The re-ignited flames can stand beyond the rich flammability limit.Additionally,OH distributions indicated both pilot flame and re-ignited flame well as it rapidly increased near the flame front.OH concentration did not increase visibly while CH2O concentration mildly increased during the mild re-ignition process in the pre-zone of the re-ignited PPF.According to the results of 0-D simulations using closed homogeneous reactor,both OH and CH2O reduced ignition time significantly.The results of this work are helpful for understanding re-ignited PPF more closely.
基金supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China(2014CB239603)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1738113,91441131)
文摘Premixed and partially premixed flames (PPFs) of H2/CO/air syngas are studied numerically to investigate the effect of pressure on syngas PPF structure. Chemical characteristics of the syngas flame at different pressures are investigated based on reaction limit analysis using a one-dimensional configuration. The results show that CO affects the syngas reaction limits through both physical effects that consist mainly in dilution and chemical effects that are related to both R23 (CO+OH=CO2+H) and HCO pathway. In particular, the HCO pathway weakens the flame at low pressures due to the chain-terminating effect of R25 (HCO+O2=CO+HO2) and R26 (HCO+H=CO+H2), and enhances the flame at high pressures because of the contribution of R25 to the HO2chain-branching process. These CO chemical characteristics are also observed in the premixed zone of 50%H2+50%CO syngas PPFs whereas only R23 is important in the non-premixed zone.
