Dual-Location Fuel Injection Effects on Emissions and NO*/OH* Chemiluminescence in a High Intensity Combustor

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed O. Said ◽  
Ahmed E. E. Khalil ◽  
Ashwani K. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Single Injection ◽  
Mixing Time ◽  
Fuel Mixture ◽  
Combustion Noise ◽  
Fuel Distribution ◽  
Mixture Preparation ◽  
Pollutants Emission ◽  
Fuel Mixing ◽  
Colorless Distributed Combustion

Colorless distributed combustion (CDC) has shown to provide ultra-low emissions of NO, CO, unburned hydrocarbons, and soot, with stable combustion without using any flame stabilizer. The benefits of CDC also include uniform thermal field in the entire combustion space and low combustion noise. One of the critical aspects in distributed combustion is fuel mixture preparation prior to mixture ignition. In an effort to improve fuel mixing and distribution, several schemes have been explored that includes premixed, nonpremixed, and partially premixed. In this paper, the effect of dual-location fuel injection is examined as opposed to single fuel injection into the combustor. Fuel distribution between different injection points was varied with the focus on reaction distribution and pollutants emission. The investigations were performed at different equivalence ratios (0.6–0.8), and the fuel distribution in each case was varied while maintaining constant overall thermal load. The results obtained with multi-injection of fuel using a model combustor showed lower emissions as compared to single injection of fuel using methane as the fuel under favorable fuel distribution condition. The NO emission from double injection as compared to single injection showed a reduction of 28%, 24%, and 13% at equivalence ratio of 0.6, 0.7, and 0.8, respectively. This is attributed to enhanced mixture preparation prior to the mixture ignition. OH* chemiluminescence intensity distribution within the combustor showed that under favorable fuel injection condition, the reaction zone shifted downstream, allowing for longer fuel mixing time prior to ignition. This longer mixing time resulted in better mixture preparation and lower emissions. The OH* chemiluminescence signals also revealed enhanced OH* distribution with fuel introduced through two injectors.

Role of Fuel Injection Scheme in a High Intensity Combustor

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed O. Said ◽  
Ashwani K. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Zone ◽  
Intensity Distribution ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Mixing Time ◽  
Fuel Mixture ◽  
Fuel Distribution ◽  
Mixture Preparation ◽  
Injection Scheme ◽  
Pollutants Emission

Fuel injection at two locations in a combustor using premixed, partially pre-mixed and non-premixed schemes has been explored for improved distributed combustion. The effect of dual location fuel injection to the combustor is examined and the results compared from single fuel injection. Focus of dual and single injection scheme was on enhancing reaction zone uniformity in the combustor. A cylindrical combustor at a combustion intensity of 36MW/m3.atm and heat load of 6.25 kW was used. Three different schemes of dual location fuel injection with different proportions of fuel injected from each injector were investigated using methane as the fuel. The role of fuel distribution between the two injection ports using constant air flow rate to the combustor at room temperature was examined on reaction zone distribution and pollutants emission. Three different equivalence ratios of 0.6, 0.7 and 0.8 were examined with different fuel distributions between the two injectors to the combustor at a constant overall thermal load. The results showed lower emission with dual location fuel injection as compared to single location. Dual location fuel injection showed 48% NO reduction with 90% of the total fuel from injector 1 while only 13% reduction was achieved with 80% of the fuel injection from this location. . OH* Chemiluminescene intensity distribution within the combustor showed that under favorable fuel injection condition, the reaction zone shifted downstream to allow longer fuel mixture preparation time prior to ignition. The longer mixing time resulted in improved mixture preparation and lower emissions. The OH* Chemiluminescene intensity distribution with fuel introduced through two injectors showed improved OH* distribution in the combustor. Improved mixture preparation enhanced reaction distribution in the combustor and lower emission.

Hybrid Solid State Fluidic Technique in Engine Fuel Injection Systems

1993 ◽  
Vol 207 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q Huang ◽  
B Jones ◽  
N J Leighton
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Fuel Mixture ◽  
Control Flow ◽  
Injection System ◽  
Base Line ◽  
Fuel Injection System ◽  
Engine Fuel ◽  
Fuel Injector ◽  
Fuel Distribution ◽  
Fuel Mixing

This paper describes a multi-point fuel injection system utilizing fiuidic devices as fuel injector stages for spark ignition engines. The novel fuel injector unit consists of no-moving-part fluidic devices controlled by a solenoid valve interface and unique air/fuel mixing nozzles for good fuel atomization. The results of laboratory tests show that the fluidic device stage has a fast dynamic response and its on/off switching delay to the control flow signal is within 1 ms. A balanced fuel distribution at the four fluidic injector stages (for a four-cylinder engine) and well-atomized air/fuel mixture at the mixing nozzles were obtained from this injection system. The engine tests show that this fuel injection system provides an extended lean limit of the air/fuel mixture, 7 per cent improvement in fuel economy and 10 per cent reduction in hydrocarbon (HC) emissions compared with a base-line carburetted fuelling system due to the improved fuel distribution and air/fuel mixing quality by the multi-point fluidic injection system.

An Investigation of Lean Burn in a 2-Valve TJ376QE SI Engine

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu-Liang Liu ◽  
Tian-You Wang ◽  
Hong-Jun Su ◽  
Xing Li ◽  
Jian-Wen Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gasoline Engine ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Single Injection ◽  
Fuel Mixture ◽  
Strength Distribution ◽  
Injection System ◽  
Si Engine ◽  
Lean Burn ◽  
Load Range ◽  
Intake Swirl

The intake system of a 2-Valve TJ376QE gasoline engine was modified so that its intake swirl and tumble motions were considerably intensified. The stronger air motions are helpful to organize air and fuel mixture strength distribution. The previous port electronic fuel injection system was modified and the technique of TEFI (Twice Electronic Fuel Injection per cycle) is employed. Through regulations of the two injection timings and proportions, an adequate air and fuel mixture stratification–quasi-homogenous mixture was produced and the lean burn can be realized in a product 2-valve S.I. engine. The experimental results show that the scope of bsfc reduction can be >10 % at quite wide load range by ether 1 injection or by 2 injections. Comparing to the conventional single injection, a leaner mixture can be used by TEFI and an even more reduced fuel consumption of 5% was reached by 2 injections. The optimized values of A/F ratio can be higher by 2–3 units of A/F than that of the single injection method. The TEFI can reduce NOx emission by 35–50% than that of single injection at engine load (bmep) range of 0.20–0.75 (MPa).

scholarly journals Measurement and modeling of the generation and the transport of entropy waves in a model gas turbine combustor

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 299-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominik Wassmer ◽  
Bruno Schuermans ◽  
Christian Oliver Paschereit ◽  
Jonas P Moeck
Keyword(s):  
Equivalence Ratio ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Fuel Mixture ◽  
Combustion Noise ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
Gas Turbine Combustor ◽  
Reactor Model ◽  
Convection Diffusion ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Model Gas Turbine Combustor

Indirect combustion noise is caused by entropy spots that are accelerated at the first turbine stage. These so-called entropy waves originate from the equivalence ratio fluctuations in the air–fuel mixture upstream of the flame. As entropy waves propagate convectively through the combustion chamber, they are subject to diffusion and dispersion. Because of the inherent difficulty of accurately measuring the burned gas temperature with sufficient temporal resolution, experimental data of entropy waves are scarce. In this work, the transfer function between equivalence ratio fluctuations and entropy fluctuations is modeled by a linearized reactor model, and the transport of entropy waves is investigated based on a convection-diffusion model. Temperature fluctuations are measured by means of a novel measurement technique at different axial positions downstream of the premixed flame, which is forced by periodic fuel injection. Experiments with various flow velocities and excitation frequencies enable model validation over a wide range of parameters.

Parametric Study to Optimize Air/Fuel Mixing for Lean, Premix Combustion Systems

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Yimer ◽  
Ian Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Fuel Mixture ◽  
Statistical Technique ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
Physical Processes ◽  
Mixture Preparation ◽  
Premix Combustion ◽  
Planar Laser ◽  
Set Up

New designs of gas turbine combustors for power generation applications have to meet ever-tightening emission standards (mainly NOx, CO and UHC) while operating at high combustor pressures. This requires a detailed understanding of the physical processes involved. The air-fuel mixture preparation is a critical step in most advanced gas turbine combustion strategies to achieve lower emissions. It has long been established that the level of unmixedness between the fuel and air is strongly tied with NOx levels. The present paper applies the statistical technique of Design Of Experiments (DOE) to a generic mixer set-up that includes an axial swirler, with fuel injected at discrete locations and transverse to the flow. The objective is to identify influential design and operating parameters that will provide rapid and enhanced mixing. The parameters tested include Swirl strength as measured by the Swirl number, Swirl type (Constant angle vs. Free vortex), number and momentum of fuel injection sites and gas temperature. Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence of acetone (PLIF) was used to quantify mixing at various planar locations in the mixing section. Commercial CFD software is used to model the flow field and predict the spatial mixing at selected conditions. Comparisons are made with experimental measurements with the aim to validate the CFD code and also on comparing the model results with the measurements.

Industrial Trent Combustor — Combustion Noise Characteristics

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Scarinci ◽  
John L. Halpin
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Power Level ◽  
Technical Problem ◽  
Combustion Noise ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Noise Mapping ◽  
Noise Characteristics ◽  
Lean Premixed ◽  
In Series ◽  
Three Stages

Thermoacoustic resonance is a difficult technical problem that is experienced by almost all lean-premixed combustors. The Industrial Trent combustor is a novel dry-low-emissions (DLE) combustor design, which incorporates three stages of lean premixed fuel injection in series. The three stages in series allow independent control of two stages — the third stage receives the balance of fuel to maintain the desired power level — at all power conditions. Thus, primary zone and secondary zone temperatures can be independently controlled. This paper examines how the flexibility offered by a 3-stage lean premixed combustion system permits the implementation of a successful combustion noise avoidance strategy at all power conditions and at all ambient conditions. This is because at a given engine condition (power level and day temperature) a characteristic “noise map” can be generated on the engine, independently of the engine running condition. The variable distribution of heat release along the length of the combustor provides an effective mechanism to control the amplitude of longitudinal resonance modes of the combustor. This approach has allowed the Industrial Trent combustion engineers to thoroughly “map out” all longitudinal combustor acoustic modes and design a fuel schedule that can navigate around regions of combustor thermoacoustic resonance. Noise mapping results are presented in detail, together with the development of noise prediction methods (frequency and amplitude) that have allowed the noise characteristics of the engine to be established over the entire operating envelope of the engine.

Diesel engine performance mapping using a parametrized mixing time model

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Pasternak ◽  
Fabian Mauss ◽  
Christian Klauer ◽  
Andrea Matrisciano
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Mixing Time ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Injection Timing ◽  
Engine Control ◽  
Reactor Model ◽  
Time Model ◽  
Tabulated Chemistry

A numerical platform is presented for diesel engine performance mapping. The platform employs a zero-dimensional stochastic reactor model for the simulation of engine in-cylinder processes. n-Heptane is used as diesel surrogate for the modeling of fuel oxidation and emission formation. The overall simulation process is carried out in an automated manner using a genetic algorithm. The probability density function formulation of the stochastic reactor model enables an insight into the locality of turbulence–chemistry interactions that characterize the combustion process in diesel engines. The interactions are accounted for by the modeling of representative mixing time. The mixing time is parametrized with known engine operating parameters such as load, speed and fuel injection strategy. The detailed chemistry consideration and mixing time parametrization enable the extrapolation of engine performance parameters beyond the operating points used for model training. The results show that the model responds correctly to the changes of engine control parameters such as fuel injection timing and exhaust gas recirculation rate. It is demonstrated that the method developed can be applied to the prediction of engine load–speed maps for exhaust NOx, indicated mean effective pressure and fuel consumption. The maps can be derived from the limited experimental data available for model calibration. Significant speedup of the simulations process can be achieved using tabulated chemistry. Overall, the method presented can be considered as a bridge between the experimental works and the development of mean value engine models for engine control applications.

Evaluation of Fuel Preparation Systems for Lean Premixing-Prevaporizing Combustors

1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-395
Author(s):  
W. J. Dodds ◽  
E. E. Ekstedt
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Fuel Injectors ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Mixture Preparation ◽  
Design Variables ◽  
System Length

A series of tests was conducted to provide data for the design of premixing-prevaporizing fuel-air mixture preparation systems for aircraft gas turbine engine combustors. Fifteen configurations of four different fuel-air mixture preparation system design concepts were evaluated to determine fuel-air mixture uniformity at the system exit over a range of conditions representative of cruise operation for a modern commercial turbofan engine. Operating conditions, including pressure, temperature, fuel-air ratio, and velocity had no clear effect on mixture uniformity in systems which used low-pressure fuel injectors. However, performance of systems using pressure atomizing fuel nozzles and large-scale mixing devices was shown to be sensitive to operating conditions. Variations in system design variables were also evaluated and correlated. Mixture uniformity improved with increased system length, pressure drop, and number of fuel injection points per unit area. A premixing system compatible with the combustor envelope of a typical combustion system and capable of providing mixture nonuniformity (standard deviation/mean) below 15% over a typical range of cruise operating conditions was demonstrated.

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