Methane combustion in MILD oxyfuel regime: influences of dilution atmosphere in co-flow configuration

MILD (moderate or intense low oxygen dilution) oxyfuel combustion is a recently proposed clean combustion mode which can remedy the shortcomings of the standard oxyfuel combustion technology. Nowadays most available studies on MILD oxyfuel combustion focus on how to realize this new combustion regim...

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Main Authors: Chen, Sheng, Liu, Hao, Zheng, Chuguang
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Published: Elsevier 2017
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author Chen, Sheng
Liu, Hao
Zheng, Chuguang
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Liu, Hao
Zheng, Chuguang
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description MILD (moderate or intense low oxygen dilution) oxyfuel combustion is a recently proposed clean combustion mode which can remedy the shortcomings of the standard oxyfuel combustion technology. Nowadays most available studies on MILD oxyfuel combustion focus on how to realize this new combustion regime in O2/CO2 atmosphere. The open research on methane MILD oxyfuel combustion in O2/H2O atmosphere is quite sparse. In the present work, we carry out a comprehensive comparison study on methane MILD oxyfuel combustion in different dilution atmosphere for the first time. The JHC (jet in hot co-flow) burner is adopted as a research prototype. The investigation is based on numerical simulation, so firstly the adopted numerical approach is validated by some experimental data in open literature. The numerical comparison is conducted by varying the mass fraction of oxygen in the co-flow and the temperature of the hot co-flow, two key parameters affecting fine reaction structures in JHC. Through the present investigation, a number of findings are reported for the first time and some conclusions presented in previous publications are checked with analyses, especially on some conflicted claims between the previous publications. In addition, several new questions are raised, which may inspire further research activities in future.
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spelling nottingham-397622020-05-04T18:34:36Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39762/ Methane combustion in MILD oxyfuel regime: influences of dilution atmosphere in co-flow configuration Chen, Sheng Liu, Hao Zheng, Chuguang MILD (moderate or intense low oxygen dilution) oxyfuel combustion is a recently proposed clean combustion mode which can remedy the shortcomings of the standard oxyfuel combustion technology. Nowadays most available studies on MILD oxyfuel combustion focus on how to realize this new combustion regime in O2/CO2 atmosphere. The open research on methane MILD oxyfuel combustion in O2/H2O atmosphere is quite sparse. In the present work, we carry out a comprehensive comparison study on methane MILD oxyfuel combustion in different dilution atmosphere for the first time. The JHC (jet in hot co-flow) burner is adopted as a research prototype. The investigation is based on numerical simulation, so firstly the adopted numerical approach is validated by some experimental data in open literature. The numerical comparison is conducted by varying the mass fraction of oxygen in the co-flow and the temperature of the hot co-flow, two key parameters affecting fine reaction structures in JHC. Through the present investigation, a number of findings are reported for the first time and some conclusions presented in previous publications are checked with analyses, especially on some conflicted claims between the previous publications. In addition, several new questions are raised, which may inspire further research activities in future. Elsevier 2017-02-15 Article PeerReviewed Chen, Sheng, Liu, Hao and Zheng, Chuguang (2017) Methane combustion in MILD oxyfuel regime: influences of dilution atmosphere in co-flow configuration. Energy, 121 . pp. 159-175. ISSN 1873-6785 MILD combustion; Oxyfuel combustion; Methane; CO2-dilution; H2O-dilution; Oxy-steam http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544217300117 doi:10.1016/j.energy.2017.01.011 doi:10.1016/j.energy.2017.01.011
spellingShingle MILD combustion; Oxyfuel combustion; Methane; CO2-dilution; H2O-dilution; Oxy-steam
Chen, Sheng
Liu, Hao
Zheng, Chuguang
Methane combustion in MILD oxyfuel regime: influences of dilution atmosphere in co-flow configuration
title Methane combustion in MILD oxyfuel regime: influences of dilution atmosphere in co-flow configuration
title_full Methane combustion in MILD oxyfuel regime: influences of dilution atmosphere in co-flow configuration
title_fullStr Methane combustion in MILD oxyfuel regime: influences of dilution atmosphere in co-flow configuration
title_full_unstemmed Methane combustion in MILD oxyfuel regime: influences of dilution atmosphere in co-flow configuration
title_short Methane combustion in MILD oxyfuel regime: influences of dilution atmosphere in co-flow configuration
title_sort methane combustion in mild oxyfuel regime: influences of dilution atmosphere in co-flow configuration
topic MILD combustion; Oxyfuel combustion; Methane; CO2-dilution; H2O-dilution; Oxy-steam
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39762/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39762/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39762/