Analysis of NO formation in high temperature diluted air combustion in a coaxial jet flame using an unsteady flamelet model

The high temperature diluted air combustion, which improves the flame stability while lowers the NO emission level, has been numerically investigated. The Favre-averaged Navier–Stokes equations are solved by a finite volume method of SIMPLE type that incorporates the laminar flamelet concept with the standard k–ε turbulence model. The NO formation is estimated by solving the Eulerian particle transport equations in a postprocessing mode. Calculations are performed for a coflowing jet flame for various conditions of inlet air temperature and oxygen concentration. A production rate analysis of elementary reactions reveals major paths for NO formation. When the oxygen concentration is high, the reaction zone is formed near the fuel nozzle and the NO formation by the thermal mechanism becomes dominant, due to the increase in flame temperature. On the other hand, when the oxygen concentration is low, the reaction is spread out more uniformly in the furnace. The NO formation by the prompt route is dominant compared to other routes especially when the air is diluted with nitrogen.     

高温低氧燃烧条件下氮氧化物的生成特性

高温低氧燃烧原理是高温空气燃烧技术赖以发展的基础，使得高温燃烧条件下的氮氧化物的生成与排放受到大大抑制。为了掌握这种非常规燃烧现象及污染物生成的基本规律，采用扩散燃烧模型、热力NO生成模拟与湍流N－S方程，数值研究了燃烧空间中空气氧浓度对燃烧特性和氮氧化物排放浓度的影响，再现了高温与低氧两种条件相结合，形成的稳定的低氮氧化物排放的燃烧特性。计算结果与实验数据吻合，为发展高温空气燃烧技术提供了理论基础。     

Numerical study of fuel temperature influence on single gas jet combustion in highly preheated and oxygen deficient air

Combustion of a single jet of propane in a cross-flowing stream of preheated and oxygen deficient air is numerically analyzed with emphasis on influences of fuel temperature. Both Eddy-Break-Up and PDF/mixture fraction combustion models coupled with RNG k–ε turbulent model were applied and the predicted results were compared. Thermal and prompt NO models were employed to calculate NO emissions. Results show that the Eddy-Break-Up model is more suitable for predicting temperature field and flame shape. It was showed that flame during high temperature air combustion condition is spread over a much larger volume. Flame volume increases with a reduction of oxygen concentration, and this trend is clearer if oxygen concentration in the preheated air is below 10%. Additionally, it is almost constant at fixed oxygen concentration and fuel inlet temperature for the temperature of the preheated and oxygen deficient air equal to 1041–1273 K. Increase of the fuel inlet temperature results in smaller flame, shorter mean residence time, smaller temperature peaks, and lower emission of NO.     

Investigation of the effect of air turbulence intensity on NOx emission in non-premixed hydrogen and hydrogen-hydrocarbon composite fuel combustion

In this paper, the effect of air turbulence intensity on NO formation in the combustion of mixed hydrogen-hydrocarbon fuel is numerically studied. The fuels used in this study are 100% H₂, 70% H₂ + 30% CH₄, 10% H₂ + 90% CH₄ and 100% CH₄. Finite volume method is utilized to solve the governing equations. The obtained results using realizable k-ε and β-PDF models show good agreement with other numerical and experimental results. The results show that increasing air turbulence intensity decreases NO concentration in the flame zone and at the combustor outlet. With increasing air turbulence intensity, maximum decreasing of NO at the combustor outlet is for the case of pure hydrogen fuel. It is also found that adding hydrogen to methane rises the peak temperature of the flame.     

Effect of free stream turbulence on NOx and soot formation in turbulent diffusion CH4-air flames

A two-dimensional axisymmetric RANS numerical model was solved to investigate the effect of increasing the turbulence intensity of the air stream on the NOx and soot formation in turbulent methane diffusion flames. The turbulence–combustion interaction in the flame field was modelled in a k − ε/EDM framework, while the NO and soot concentrations were predicted through implementing the extended Zildovich mechanism and two transport equations model, respectively. The predicted spatial temperature gradients showed acceptable agreement with published experimental measurements. It was found that the increase of free stream turbulence intensity of the air supply results in a significant reduction in the NO formation of the flame. Such phenomenon is discussed by depicting the spatial distribution of the NO concentration in the flame. An observable reduction of the soot formation was also found to be associated with the increase of inlet turbulence intensity of air stream.     

Effects of hydrogen peroxide on combustion enhancement of premixed methane/air flames

Hydrogen peroxide is generally considered to be an effective combustion promoter for different fuels. The effects of hydrogen peroxide on the combustion enhancement of premixed methane/air flames are investigated numerically using the PREMIX code of Chemkin collection 3.5 with the GRI-Mech 3.0 chemical kinetic mechanisms and detailed transport properties. To study into the enhancement behavior, hydrogen peroxide is used for two different conditions: (1) as the oxidizer substituent by partial replacement of air and (2) as the oxidizer supplier by using different concentrations of H₂O₂. Results show that the laminar burning velocity and adiabatic flame temperature of methane flame are significantly enhanced with H₂O₂ addition. Besides, the addition of H₂O₂ increases the CH₄ consumption rate and CO production rate, but reduces CO₂ productions. Nevertheless, using a lower volumetric concentration of H₂O₂ as an oxidizer is prone to reduce CO formation. The OH concentration is increased with increasing H₂O₂ addition due to apparent shifting of major reaction pathways. The increase of OH concentration significantly enhances the reaction rate leading to enhanced laminar burning velocity and combustion. As to NO emission, using H₂O₂ as an oxidizer will never produce NO, but NO emission will increase due to enhanced flame temperature when air is partially replaced by H₂O_2.     

氧质量分数对高温空气下火焰氮氧化物生成影响

揭示高温空气燃烧过程中的火焰结构和氮氧化物生成机理.以对向流扩散火焰为对象,利用基于详细基元反应动力学模型的燃烧数值解析方法研究了氧质量分数对高温空气(温度为1 300 K)/甲烷扩散火焰火焰结构和氮氧化物生成的影响.结果表明,随着氧质量分数的逐渐减小,火焰结构和NO的生成机理发生显著变化,扩散火焰的NO生成主要由热力...     

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。     

预热温度对高温空气/甲烷扩散火焰中NO生成的影响

NO生成机理的基础研究对利用高温空气燃烧技术非常重要.本文以对向流扩散火焰为对象,利用基于详细基元反应动力学模型的燃烧数值解析方法研究了预热温度对高温空气(630～1 800 K)/甲烷扩散火焰中氮氧化物生成的影响.结果表明,随着预热温度的逐渐升高,NO的生成机理发生显著变化,扩散火焰中的NO生成主要由快速型机理控制变...     

Hydrogen addition effect on NO formation in methane/air lean-premixed flames at elevated pressure

The present study investigates freely propagating methane/hydrogen lean-premixed laminar flames at elevated pressures to understand the hydrogen addition effect of natural gas on the NO formation under the conditions of industrial gas turbine combustors. The detailed chemical kinetic model which was used in the previous study on the NO formation in high pressure methane/air premixed flames was adopted for the present study to analyze NO formation of methane/hydrogen premixed flames. The present mechanism shows good agreement with experimental data for methane/hydrogen mixtures, including ignition delay times, laminar burning velocities, and NO concentration in premixed flames. Hydrogen addition to methane/air mixtures with maintaining methane content leads to the increase of NO concentration in laminar premixed flames due to the higher flame temperature. Methane/hydrogen/argon/air premixed flames are simulated to avoid the flame temperature effect on NO formation over a pressure range of 1–20atm and equivalence ratio of 0.55. Kinetic analyses shows that the N₂O mechanism is important on NO formation for lean flames between the reaction zone and postflame region, and thermal NO is dominant in the postflame zone. The hydrogen addition leads to the increase of NO formation from prompt NO and NNH mechanisms, while NO formation from thermal and N₂O mechanisms are decreased. Additionally, the NO formation in the postflame zone has positive pressure dependencies for thermal NO with an exponent of 0.5. Sensitivity analysis results identify that the initiation reaction step for the thermal NO and the N₂O mechanism related reactions are sensitive to NO formation near the reaction zone.