The CFD Modeling of NOx Emission,HiTAC and Heat Transfer in an Industrial Boiler

NOx emission, heat transfer, and high temperature air combustion (HiTAC) in a boiler of Mobin Petrochemical Complex, Iran was numerically studied. The comparison between the measured values and the CFD predicted results showed good agreement, which implied that the adopted combustion and NOx formation models are suitable for correctly predicting characteristics of the heat recovery steam generation (HRSG) boiler. The predicted results show that NOx emission within the boiler depends highly on temperature, as well as oxygen concentration. Moreover, the influence of the equivalence ratio at a fixed air mass flow rate on the flame temperature and NOx formation has been investigated.     

Diluted Air Combustion and NOx Emission in a HiTAC Furnace

CFD modeling of NOx emission via N₂O-intermediate mechanism was developed to predict the NOx formation in an experimental furnace equipped with high temperature air combustion (HiTAC) system. The good agreement between the predicted and measured results illustrates the superiority of using a N₂O-intermediate model in prediction of NOx emission during low peak temperature, which happens in HiTAC systems. Moreover, the CFD and measured results show that the flame volume as well as NOx emission significantly depends on temperature and oxygen concentration. Lower NOx emission was experimentally and numerically obtained at lower input oxygen concentration conditions.     

射流对高温空气燃烧过程中NO_x生成的影响

总结了燃料燃烧过程中NOx的生成机理和各种影响因素,并结合高温空气燃烧（High Temperature Air Combustion-HiTAC）的特点和射流的基本原理,研究了燃料和空气射流的卷吸作用对该燃烧方式NOx生成量的影响。为选择合理的设计与运行参数,实现该燃烧方式的超低NOx排放和高效节能,也为更好地在我国推广和应用这一先进技术提供理论基础。     

高温贫氧燃烧过程中NOx排放的特点

对高温贫氧燃烧过程中NOx的排放特点，以及燃烧过程中影响NOx生成的各主要因素，如预热空气中的含氧量，预热空气温度，预热空气和燃料的流动状态及混合方式以及燃料的化学成分等进行了研究和分析。并在此基础上提出了今后研究工作的方向和重点。图8表2参l0     

天然气锅炉分级柔和燃烧模拟研究

燃气锅炉在我国应用广泛,随着煤改气的进行,应用越来越多, NO_x排放标准也越来越严格。降低NO_x的排放有利于减少空气污染。以小型天然气柔和燃烧炉膛为研究对象,通过数值模拟的方法研究燃料分级下的柔和燃烧特性,分析在不同当量比、不同热强度条件下轴向分级对炉膛烟气中NO_x生成的影响。结果表明,给定条件下柔和燃烧分级带来的NO_x减排收益随着二级燃料量的增加而减小,当二级燃料量在15%左右的时候可以最大程度地优化温度场分布,降低燃烧峰值温度,获得比较好的NO_x控制效果。随着当量比和热强度的提高,燃料分级带来的收益也会变大。     

Mechanism analysis on the pulverized coal combustion flame stability and NOx emission in a swirl burner with deep air staging

Low NOx burner and air staged combustion are widely applied to control NOx emission in coal-fired power plants. The gas-solid two-phase flow, pulverized coal combustion and NOx emission characteristics of a single low NOx swirl burner in an existing coal-fired boiler was numerically simulated to analyze the mechanisms of flame stability and in-flame NOx reduction. And the detailed NOx formation and reduction model under fuel rich conditions was employed to optimize NOx emissions for the low NOx burner with air staged combustion of different burner stoichiometric ratios. The results show that the specially-designed swirl burner structures including the pulverized coal concentrator, flame stabilizing ring and baffle plate create an ignition region of high gas temperature, proper oxygen concentration and high pulverized coal concentration near the annular recirculation zone at the burner outlet for flame stability. At the same time, the annular recirculation zone is generated between the primary and secondary air jets to promote the rapid ignition and combustion of pulverized coal particles to consume oxygen, and then a reducing region is formed as fuel-rich environment to contribute to in-flame NO_X reduction. Moreover, the NOx concentration at the outlet of the combustion chamber is greatly reduced when the deep air staged combustion with the burner stoichiometric ratio of 0.75 is adopted, and the CO concentration at the outlet of the combustion chamber can be maintained simultaneously at a low level through the over-fired air injection of high velocity to enhance the mixing of the fresh air with the flue gas, which can provide the optimal solution for lower NOx emission in the existing coal-fired boilers.     

燃料分配对燃烧室内压力脉动及NOx 生成的影响

采用大涡模拟的方法研究了燃料分配对燃气轮机燃烧室内压力脉动及NO_x生成的影响规律。分析表明:增大值班燃料比使得压力脉动幅值明显降低,脉动频率也有所下降,其降幅则随值班燃料比的增加而减小。这说明,较高值班燃料比条件下,继续增大值班燃料比对燃烧不稳定性的进一步抑制作用减弱。增大值班燃料比使得预混段内温度升高,燃烧反应速率加快,高温区向上游移动,燃烧室内NO_x摩尔分数增大,其增幅随值班燃料比的增加而增大。这说明,较高值班燃料比条件下,继续增大值班燃料比导致NO_x生成速率进一步增大,不利于控制NO_x排放。     

小缸径柴油机采用浅ω型燃烧系统的研究──燃烧率与NO_x排放

在两台采用浅ω型燃烧系统的高速柴油机上，对延迟供油的燃油消耗率、最高燃烧压力、NOx排放与排气烟度的影响进行了试验研究，并依据实测示功图采用现象学燃烧模型推求燃烧率与NOx生成，据此对试验结果作出理论解释。     

A comprehensive study on NOx emission and fuel nitrogen conversion of solid biomass in bubbling fluidized beds under staged combustion

Despite the relatively low emissions in fluidized-bed combustion, NOx emission for biomass combustion is still a major concern because of increasingly stricter regulations. To realize NOx emission behavior in fluidized beds comprehensively, the effects of bed temperature, excess oxygen, staged combustion, and flue gas recirculation (FGR) are investigated in this study. In particular, three different types of operation are applied in staged combustion to find out the key parameter. The results indicate that NOx emissions increase with both bed temperature and excess oxygen, in which the influence of excess oxygen is greater than the other. Lowering bed temperature by water addition seems to be able to simultaneously reduce NOx emission and agglomerate formation, especially for fuels with high nitrogen content, but the pros and cons should be considered. The results in staged combustion infer that the residence time is much more critical than the stoichiometry in the bed. As for FGR, its impact appears to depend on the type of fuel. The correlation between NOx emission behavior and fuel characteristics is also scrutinized; it is concluded that the fuel-N conversion to NOx is essentially related to some features of fuels.     

旋流预混燃烧室燃烧特性及排放特性的数值模拟研究

为了综合考察燃气轮机燃烧室在高稳定性、低排放以及燃料适应性等方面的新要求,基于旋流预混燃烧技术,通过三维数值模拟方法开展了甲烷/空气、丙烷/空气预混燃烧特性及排放特性研究。结果表明：在一定的预混气进气质量流量条件下,当量比增大易引发回火,燃烧温度更高,同时NO_x排放指数增大,增加预混气质量流量,可在一定程度上提高回/熄火极限;当量比固定,增加预混气进气质量流量可避免潜在的回火现象,且NO_x排放指数线性降低;旋流器的旋流数增大能形成强旋流,稳定火焰,降低NO_x排放指数,但过大的旋流强度会引发回火现象;相比于甲烷/空气预混燃烧,丙烷/空气预混燃烧温度偏高,NO_x排放指数较大,但回熄火边界更宽,对应更广阔的稳定燃烧区间。     

The decreasing effect of ammonia enrichment on the combustion emission of hydrogen,methane, and propane fuels

In the present study, non-premixed combustion and NOx emission of H₂, NH₃, C₃H₈, and CH₄ fuels have been studied in a combustion test unit under lean mixture conditions (λ = 4) at 8.6 kW thermal capacity. Furthermore, the combustion and NOx emission of the H₂, C₃H₈, and CH₄ fuels have been investigated for various NH₃ enrichment ratios (5, 10, 20, and 50%) and excess air coefficients (λ = 1.1, 2, 3, and 4) at the same thermal capacity. The obtained results have been compared for each fuel. Numerical simulation results show that H₂ emits intense energy through the reaction zone despite the lowest fuel consumption in mass, among others, due to its high calorific value. Therefore, it has a higher flame temperature than others. At the same time, C₃H₈ has the lowest flame temperature. Besides, NH₃ has the shortest flame length among others, while C₃H₈ has the most extended flame form. The highest level of NOx is released from the NH₃ flame in the combustion chamber, while the lowest NOx is released from the CH₄. However, the lowest NOx emission at the combustion chamber exit is obtained in NH₃ combustion, while the highest NOx emission is obtained with H₂ combustion. It results from the shortest flame length of NH₃, short residence time, and backward NOx reduction to N₂ for NH₃. As for H₂, high flame temperature and relatively long flame, and high residence time of the products trigger NOx formation and keep the NOx level high. On the other hand, excess air coefficient from 1.1 to 2 increases NOx for H₂, CH₄, and NH₃ due to their large flame diameters, unlike propane. Then, NOx emission levels decrease sharply as the excess air coefficient increases to 4 for each fuel. NH₃ fuel also emits minimum NOx in other excess air coefficients at the exit, while H₂ emits too much emission. With NH₃ enrichment, the NOx emissions of H₂, CH₄, and C₃H₈ fuels at the combustion chamber exit decrease gradually almost every excess air coefficient apart from λ = 1.1. As a general conclusion, like renewable fuels, H₂ appears to be a source of pollution in terms of NOx emissions in combustion applications. In contrast, NH₃ appears to be a relatively modest fuel with a low NOx level. In addition, the high amount of NOx emission released from H₂ and other fuels during the combustion can be remarkably reduced by NH₃ enrichment with an excess air combustion.     

氢燃料发动机燃烧与排放控制研究进展

围绕氢燃料作为车用发动机理想代用燃料这一主题,全面论述氢燃料发动机混合气的形成规律和点火技术;剖析氢发动机的异常燃烧机理和NOx的排放机理;分析影响氢燃料发动机排放的主要因素;总结异常燃烧和NOx排放的控制技术。     

旋流对天然气高温空气燃烧特性影响的数值模拟

以工业炉的高温空气燃烧技术应用为背景,对一个新型轴向旋流式单烧嘴燃烧室内天然气的高温空气燃烧特性进行了数值研究。采用数值模拟的方法研究了同心式轴向旋流燃烧器（HCASbumer）中螺旋肋片的旋转角度对燃烧特性的影响,其中湍流采用Reynolds应力模型,气相燃烧模拟采用β函数形式的PDF燃烧模型,采用离散坐标法模拟辐射换热过程,NOx模型为热力型与快速型。计算结果表明,对预热空气采用旋转射流时,能明显降低NOx生成量。对于HCAS型燃烧器,随着空气射流旋转角度的增大,燃烧室内的回流区域增大增强,降低了局部的氧体积分数分布,燃烧室中平均温度和最高温度都有所增加,且燃烬程度大幅度提高,而局部高温区缩小,只在靠近入口处出现。总的NOx排放量随着空气射流旋转角度的增大先减小,后增大。因此,适当调整肋片的旋转角度可以降低NOx生成量。     

运行调整对循环流化床锅炉NOx排放影响分析

在300 MW循环流化床锅炉上进行了运行调整对NOx排放影响分析,考查了燃烧温度、过剩空气系数、空气分级、Ca/S等因素对NOx排放的影响.试验结果表明：燃烧温度与过剩空气系数对NOx的排放浓度影响显著;空气分级燃烧对NOx的排放浓度有一定影响,但影响相对有限;过大的Ca/S易导致NOx排放浓度的增加.     

空气预热温度对燃烧状况的影响

空气预热是有效的节能技术,但预热温度的提高同时带来NOx排放浓度增加的问题。为了了解其规律,本文针对某烯烃厂芳烃加热炉的空气预热改造项目,对不同空气预热温度情况下的燃烧状况和NOx排放规律做了研究。首先利用数值模拟方法,构建了加热炉三维几何模型,将燃烧模型和NOx生成模型结合,对不同空气温度下的燃烧温度和NOx排放进行模拟,对炉膛内部温度分布及NOx排放规律做了研究,最后找出空气预热最佳温度。     

初始条件对燃气轮机DLE燃烧室性能影响研究

以单头部中心分级旋流干式低排放(Dry Low Emission, DLE)燃烧室为研究对象,以天然气为燃料,针对不同的全局当量比、进口温度、进口压力条件开展试验测试和数值模拟,研究燃烧室的燃烧性能以及污染物排放的变化规律。研究发现：随全局当量比增大,中心回流区长度略有增大、宽度变窄、回流速度增大,燃料量的增加使得高温区面积明显扩大,燃烧室出口温升明显增大,出口温度分布系数变化不大,燃烧室出口CO和NO_x排放摩尔分数明显增大;随进口温度的增大,中心回流区长度先明显增大再减小、宽度变窄、回流速度先增大再减小,进口空气温度的升高使得反应速率加快从而导致燃烧室出口温度升高,但温升、出口温度分布系数变化不大,CO和NO_x排放摩尔分数增大;随进口压力的增大,中心回流区长度、宽度略有增大,回流速度增大,燃烧室内部和燃烧室出口温度无明显变化,出口温度分布系数减小,CO和NO_x排放摩尔分数受影响较小。     

复合分级燃烧对四角切圆锅炉NOx排放特性的影响

采用复合分级燃烧技术对某一燃用褐煤的四角切圆600 MW锅炉进行了低氮燃烧改造。这种复合分级燃烧技术主要是将水平浓淡燃烧技术,燃尽风技术,偏置二次风技术等有机结合起来。改造后,对一次风量,辅助风的配风方式,燃尽风率,燃尽风配风方式,锅炉过量空气系数等对锅炉NOx排放特性的影响进行了研究。在改造和燃烧优化后,锅炉实现了在高效燃烧的同时NOx浓度大幅降低。     

Thermal performance analysis on a two composite material honeycomb heat regenerators used for HiTAC burners

Honeycomb heat regenerators do not only reduce the fuel consumption in a high temperature air combustion (HiTAC) burning system but also provide the necessary high temperature of combustion air. A two-dimensional simulation model was developed to numerically determine the dynamic temperature and velocity profiles of gases and solid heat-storing materials in a composite material honeycomb regenerator. Consequently, the energy storage and the pressure drop are calculated and the thermal performance of honeycomb heat regenerator is evaluated at different switching times and loading. The model takes into account the thermal conductivity parallel and perpendicular to flow direction of solid and flowing gases. It considers the variation of all thermal properties of solid material and gases with temperature. Moreover, the radiation from combustion flue gases to the storage materials was considered in the analysis. The results are presented in a non-dimensional form in order to be a design tool as well. These analyses were applied on a regenerator made of two layers of ceramic materials, one is pure alumina and other is cordierite. This regenerator is contained in a 100 kW twin-type regenerative-burning system used for HiTAC. The effectiveness and the energy recovery rate were 88% and 72% respectively at nominal operating range of the regenerator and the pressure drop across the twin regenerator system was 1.16 kPa. The periodic steady state condition is reached after about 11 min and it takes only 2 min of operation until the temperature of combustion air remains above the self-ignition temperature that is required for HiTAC. Furthermore, these mathematical analyses show good agreement with experiments made on the same regenerator. In the experiments, the dynamic behavior of the heat regenerator operation was considered in order to compensate measurement readings for this effect.     

零碳燃料对燃气锅炉燃烧过程调控作用

利用小型化模拟炉膛开展了零碳燃料氢气对燃气锅炉燃烧过程调控作用实验研究,研究了掺氢比对炉膛内部预混火焰宏观形态、炉膛温度均匀性、炉膛污染物排放规律的影响,并总结了CO及NO_x的排放规律。实验结果表明：随着预混当量比增加,纯甲烷火焰长度逐渐缩短;对于20%掺氢火焰,随着预混程度的提高,火焰长度降低明显;不同火焰条件下,炉膛温度只由燃烧功率控制;改变燃烧条件时,处于壁面附近位置的温度变化较为平稳,而靠近火焰处温度变化较大;天然气中掺入氢气,燃烧时可以有效降低未燃CO排放;在相同预混程度下,全局当量比减小导致未燃空气增加,热量被稀释,火焰温度降低,热力型NO_x的生成降低;随着掺氢比的增加,燃烧时火焰温度升高,导致热力型NO_x排放增加。     

Modeling study of soot formation and oxidation in DI diesel engine using an improved soot model

Particulate emission is one of the most deleterious pollutants generated by Diesel fuel combustion. The ability to predict soot formation is one of the key elements needed to optimize the engine performance and minimize soot emissions. This paper reports work on developing, a phenomenological soot model to better model the physical and chemical processes of soot formation in Diesel fuel combustion. This hybrid model features that the effect of turbulence on the chemical reaction rate was considered in soot oxidation. Soot formation and oxidation processes were modeled with the application of a hybrid method involving particle turbulent transport controlled rate and soot oxidation rate. Compared with the original soot model, the in-cylinder pressures, heat release rate and soot emissions predicted by this hybrid model agreed better with the experimental results. The verified hybrid model was used to investigate the effect of injection timing on engine performance. The results show that the new soot model predicted reasonable soot spatial profiles within the combustion chamber. The high temperature gas zone in cylinder for hybrid model case is distributed broadly soot and NOx emission dependence on the start-of-injection (SOI) timing. Retarded SOI timing increased the portion of diffusion combustion and the soot concentration increased significantly with retarding of the fuel injection timing. The predicted distributions of soot concentration and particle mass provide some new insights on the soot formation and oxidation processes in direct injection (DI) engines. The hybrid phenomenological soot model shows greater potential for enhancing understanding of combustion and soot formation processes in DI diesel engines.