Combustion Characteristics of a Two-Dimensional Twin Cavity Trapped Vortex Combustor

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Ezhil Kumar ◽  
D. P. Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Temperature Profile ◽  
Equivalence Ratio ◽  
Flame Length ◽  
Pollutant Emission ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Emission Level ◽  
Unburned Hydrocarbon ◽  
Exit Temperature ◽  
Trapped Vortex

Trapped vortex combustor (TVC) is a relatively new concept, having potential application in gas turbine engines. In this work, an attempt has been made to characterize the 2D twin cavity TVC experimentally in terms of its visible flame length, pollutant emission level, and exit temperature profile. Besides this, numerical results are also discussed to explain certain intricacies in flow and flame characteristics. Experimental results reveal that visible flame length value is sensitive to mainstream Reynolds number (Rems), primary (cavity) air velocity (Vp), and cavity equivalence ratio (Φc). For a particular Rems and Φc, an increase in Vp results in longer flame length; whereas, flame length gets shortened at higher mainstream Reynolds number cases. Numerical studies indicate that shortening of flame length at higher Rems cases is caused due to quenching of flame at the shear layer by the incoming flow. An attempt has been made to correlate flame length data with the operating parameters and Damkohler number (Da); Da takes care of flame quenching effects. Moreover, it is also brought out that the emission profile at the combustor exit is dependent on primary air velocity, mainstream Reynolds number, and cavity equivalence ratio. Emission studies indicate that higher primary air velocity cases make the carbon monoxide (CO) and unburned hydrocarbon (UHC) emission levels to lower values. Reduction in emission level is caused mainly due to the flame merging effects. Besides this, the influence of cavity flame merging on the exit temperature profile uniformity is also brought out. This study reveals that merging of cavity flames is essential for the optimized operation of a 2D trapped vortex combustor.

Characteristics of Multi-Cavity Trapped Vortex Combustors

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro M. Briones ◽  
Balu Sekar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Release ◽  
Temperature Profile ◽  
Viscous Drag ◽  
Reacting Flow ◽  
Total Drag ◽  
Pressure Drag ◽  
Air Jets ◽  
Exit Temperature ◽  
Trapped Vortex ◽  
Single Cavity

This research is motivated towards improving and optimizing the performance of AFRL’s Inter-Turbine Burner (ITB) in terms of greater combustion efficiency, reduced losses and exit temperature profile requirements. The ITB is a minicombustor concept, situated in between the high and low pressure turbine stages and typically contains multiple fueled and non-fueled Trapped Vortex Combustor (TVC) cavities. The size, placement, and arrangement of these cavities have tremendous effect on the combustor exit temperature profile. The detailed understanding of the effect of these cavities in a three-dimensional ITB configuration would be very difficult and computationally prohibited. Therefore, a simple but somewhat similar conceptual axi-symmetric burner is used here the design variations of Trapped Vortex Combustor (TVC) through modeling and simulation. The TVC can be one single cavity or can be represented by multi-cavity combustor. In this paper, both single cavity TVC and multi-cavity TVCs are studied. The single cavity TVC is divided into multiple cavities while the total volume of the combustor remains constant. Four combustors are studied: Baseline, Staged, Three-Staged, and Interdigitated TVC. An extensive computational investigation on the characteristics of these multi-cavity TVCs is presented. FLUENT is used for modeling the axisymmetric reacting flow past cavities using a global eddy dissipation mechanism for C3H8-air combustion with detailed thermodynamic and transport properties. Calculations are performed using Standard, RNG, and Realizable k-ε RANS turbulence models. The numerical results are validated against experimental temperature measurements on the Base TVC. Results indicate that the pressure drag is the major contributor to total drag in the Base TVC. However, viscous drag is still significant. By adding a concentric cavity in sequential manner (i.e. Staged TVC), the pressure drag decreases, whereas the viscous drag remains nearly constant. Further addition of a secondary concentric cavity (i.e. Three-Staged TVC), the total drag does not further decrease and both pressure and viscous drag contributions do not change. If instead a non-concentric cavity is added to the Base TVC (i.e. Interdigitated TVC), the pressure drag increases while the viscous drag decreases slightly. The effect of adding swirl flow is to increase the fuel-air mixing and as a result, it increases the maximum exit temperature for all the combustors modeled. The jets and heat release contribute to increase pressure drag with the former being greater. The fuel and air jets and heat release also modify the cavity flow structure. By turning off the fuel and air jets in the Staged TVC, lower drag (or pressure loss) and exit temperature are achieved. It is more effective to turn off the fuel and air jets in the upstream (front) cavity in order to reduce pressure losses. Based on these results, recommendations are provided to the engineer/designer/modeler to improve the performance of the ITB.

scholarly journals Can hydrogen enriched biogas be used as domestic fuel? - Part I – Thermal Characteristics of Blended Biogas/H2 Impinging Flames

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-67
Author(s):  
Yi Chen ◽  
Udaya Kahangamage ◽  
Quan Zhou ◽  
Chun Wah Leung
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Equivalence Ratio ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Flame Temperature ◽  
Thermal Characteristics ◽  
Pollutant Emission ◽  
Heating Value ◽  
Flux Profile ◽  
H2 Addition

Biogas is a renewable energy source widely produced by breakdowns of organic matters in natural environment and industry. However, it is not yet an ideal replacement of fossil fuels because its high CO2 content would deteriorate its thermal performance. To upgrade biogas for possible domestic application, hydrogen enrichment is proposed by adding high-grade hydrogen (H2) to biogas in order to improve its flammability and heating value, and reduce pollutant emission. However, most previous studies on blended Biogas/H2 focus on analysing the effects of H2 fraction and nozzle-to-plate distance on the heat flux profile and flame temperature. No comprehensive study has ever demonstrated the influence of the Reynolds number and equivalence ratio under a wide operating range. In this study, a test rig was built to investigate the effects of the Reynolds number and equivalence ratio on heat flux and thermal efficiency of blended biogas/H2 impinging flame. The blended biogas/H2 consisted of 80% biogas and 20% H2 addition in volume. Biogas was artificially made by 60% CH4 and 40% CO2 (BG60). The Reynolds number ranges from 300 to 1500 and equivalence ratio ranges from 1 to 3. A comparative study was also conducted between pure biogas (BG60) and biogas with 20% H2 enrichment.

Effects of the Equivalence Ratio and Reynolds Number on Turbulence and Flame Front Interactions by Direct Numerical Simulation

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 6727-6737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cong Xu ◽  
Zhihua Wang ◽  
Wubin Weng ◽  
Kaidi Wan ◽  
Ronald Whiddon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Direct Numerical Simulation ◽  
Flame Front ◽  
Equivalence Ratio

CFD Analysis of the Combustion Chamber of a Commercial Aircraft Engine of Medium Thrust Class From a Maintenance Perspective

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Kuntzagk ◽  
Jörn Kraft ◽  
Ina Esemann
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Chamber ◽  
Temperature Profile ◽  
Measurement Errors ◽  
Burning Velocity ◽  
Combustion Model ◽  
Cfd Analysis ◽  
Hexahedral Mesh ◽  
Flow Topology ◽  
Geometrical Features ◽  
Exit Temperature

The combustion chamber of aircraft engines plays an important role in achieving the optimum performance during an engine overhaul. For long decades, it has been common understanding in the MRO business that a well overhauled compressor and turbine are required to get an engine with low SFC and high EGT margin. In recent work at Lufthansa Technik AG, a comprehensive CFD analysis of the combustion chamber showed that, in contrast to this, small geometrical features influence the mixing process in the combustion chamber and can have an effect on the exit temperature profile. This in turn can reduce the accuracy of the EGT measurement significantly and create measurement errors and misinterpretations of the real engine performance. In order to get insight into the flow topology, a very detailed digital model has been created using scans of the hardware available in the shop. Important geometrical features such as the cooling provisions and swirl creating components have been included in a very detailed manner with an efficient hexahedral mesh. The model includes the HPT vanes and the cooling flow extraction from the secondary cold flow. CFD results have been generated using the flow solver Ansys CFX 17.1, which is able to predict all relevant physical effects such as injection of liquid fuel, evaporation, and combustion of Jet A1 fuel using the Burning-Velocity combustion model. The flow in the combustion chamber shows large natural fluctuations. Subsequently, for each case a transient calculation has been carried out in order to allow an evaluation of the time-averaged flow field. Different geometrical features are investigated to predict the effect of geometry deviations on the exit temperature profile, e.g. the shape and size of the dilution holes. Finally along the example of two CFM56 engines it will be shown how the data obtained by the detailed CFD model is used to optimize work-scoping and maintenance procedures. On the two cases put forward the combination of extended test-cell instrumentation and detailed modeling enabled not only the identification but also the rectification of combustion chamber deviations. This in turn minimized the necessary work, whereas in the past combustion chamber issues often went unnoticed and consequently resulted in extensive additional work.

Air Flow Analysis in Square Duct Bend

2014 ◽  
Vol 695 ◽  
pp. 622-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Nor Musa ◽  
Mohd Nurul Hafiz Mukhtar
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Square Duct ◽  
Inlet Velocity

This paper present new result for experimental analysis of air flow velocity and pressure distributions between two ducts bend: (1) 90° duct bend with a single turning vane having 0.03m radius and (2) 90° duct bend with double turning vane, in 0.06 × 0.06 m duct cross section. The experiment used five different Reynolds numbers chosen between the ranges 1 ×104 and 6×104. Each experiment has four point measurements: (1) point 1 and point 2 at cross section A-A and (2) point 3 and point 4 at cross section B-B. The first experimental study used single turning vane radius 0.03m with inlet air velocity from 2.5m/s to 12.2m/s. And for the second experiment that used square turning vane with 0.03m radius. In experiment 2, the inlet air velocity also start from 2.5m/s to 12.2m/s. From analysis results, the pressure drop in experiment 1 is higher than experiment 2. As example the maximum pressure drop at 7.5m/s inlet air velocity between point 1 and 3 was found to be 71.6203 Pa in experiment 1 as compared to 61.8093 Pa in experiment 2. The velocity after duct bend is greater when using double turning vane compare used single turning vane as maximum velocity at point 3 in experiment 2 compare to velocity at point 3 in experiment 1 that is 55.677× 10-4 m/s and 54.221× 10-4 m/s. The velocity at duct wall is equal to zero. When increase the value of Reynolds number or inlet velocity, the maximum velocity and total pressure also increase. For example in experiment 1 at point 1, the velocity is 48.785 × 10-4 m/s at Reynolds number 1 ×104 and velocity 65.115×10-4 m/s at Reynolds number 12.2 ×104 . Velocity flow in duct section are lower than inlet velocity. In experiment 1, the inlet velocity is 2.5m/s meanwhile the maximum velocity in the duct section at point 2 is 73.075×10-4 m/s that is much more lower than inlet velocity.

scholarly journals Unsteady RANS Simulation of Air Distribution in a Ventilated Classroom with Numerous Jets

2019 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 02010
Author(s):  
Nikolay Ivanov ◽  
Marina Zasimova ◽  
Evgueni Smirnov ◽  
Alexey Abramov ◽  
Detelin Markov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Velocity Field ◽  
Flow Structure ◽  
Air Distribution ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
3D Flow ◽  
Ansys Fluent ◽  
Test Conditions ◽  
Rectangular Form ◽  
Unsteady Rans

The study is devoted to the Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navies-Stokes (URANS) simulation of ventilation in an isothermal room with numerous jets supplied from ceiling diffusers. The computations of the airflow under the test conditions considered were carried out in the classroom of the Technical University of Sofia with no occupants. The room floor has a simple rectangular form, but several columns, beams, window sills, and four radiators are located inside the room that makes the geometry more complex. Air is supplied to the room through four ceiling fan coils, the Reynolds number is 2×104. Calculations were carried out using the ANSYS Fluent 18.2 software with the standard k-ε turbulence model chosen. Computational meshes of up to 33 million hexahedral cells clustered to the inlet and outlet sections were used. The main aim of the study presented is to analyze and discuss the complicated 3D flow structure in the room and to give foundation for future measurements of air velocity field in the room.

Soot and PAH Formation Characteristics in a Micro Flow Reactor With a Controlled Temperature Profile

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryu Tanimoto ◽  
Takuya Tezuka ◽  
Susumu Hasegawa ◽  
Hisashi Nakamura ◽  
Kaoru Maruta
Keyword(s):  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Temperature Profile ◽  
Mole Fraction ◽  
Equivalence Ratio ◽  
Flow Reactor ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Soot Formation ◽  
Soot Volume Fraction ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Micro Flow

To examine soot and PAH formation processes for rich methane/air and acetylene/air mixtures, a micro flow reactor with a controlled temperature profile was employed. In the experiment for a methane/air mixture, four kinds of responses to the variations of flow velocity and equivalence ratio were observed as follows: soot formation without a flame; a flame with soot formation; a flame without soot formation; and neither flame nor soot formation. Soot formations were observed in low flow velocity and high equivalence ratio. Starting point of soot formation shifted to the upstream side, i.e., low-temperature side, of the micro flow reactor with the decrease of flow velocity. One-dimensional steady-state computation was conducted by a flame code. In high flow velocity, low mole fraction of C2H2 and high mole fraction of OH were observed in the whole region of the micro flow reactor. Soot volume fraction did not increase in this case. On the other hand, in low flow velocity, high mole fraction of C2H2 and low mole fraction of OH were observed at the downstream side of the micro flow reactor. Soot volume fraction increased in this case. Since significant soot formation was observed at the low flow velocity and the high equivalence ratio, experiments with gas sampling were conducted for acetylene/air mixture to investigate temperature and equivalence ratio dependence of soot precursor production in such condition. Volume fractions of benzene increased with an increase of temperature. They were larger at higher equivalence ratio at the same temperature. Volume fractions of styrene increased with an increase of temperature. They were larger at higher equivalence ratio when the temperature is less than 1000 K. However the tendency was changed at 1000 K, styrene volume fraction at equivalence ratio of 7.0 was larger than that at equivalence ratio of 8.0.

Experimental Investigation on the Influence of Air Velocity on the Particle Dispersion Behavior of Rice Husk in a Fuel-Rich/Lean Burner

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weichen Ma ◽  
Hao Zhou ◽  
Kefa Cen
Keyword(s):  
Rice Husk ◽  
Ccd Camera ◽  
Particle Dispersion ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Pollutant Emission ◽  
Block Type ◽  
Separation Performance ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Large Particles ◽  
Rich Side

Recently the firing of biomass at existing power plant has drawn much attention because biomass fuels result in less pollutant emission. It is desirable to investigate the flow characteristics of biomass particles in existing combustors in order to determine whether the coal burners also have good adaptability for biomass fuel. The particle dispersion in the burner has a close relationship with pollutant emissions. In this paper, a monitoring system based on a charge-coupled device (abbreviated as CCD) camera was employed to measure the particle distribution of rice husk in a fuel-rich/lean burner. The influence of air velocity was taken into consideration. The particle-rich/lean ratio is 19.49, 16.23, 14.86, and 12.94 (corresponding to the air velocity of 9.5, 11, 12.5, and 14 m/s, respectively) at the exit of the burner model. The results indicates that the air velocity has a negative effect on the separation performance. In order to verify the particle distributions obtained by the digital imaging technique, specially designed filter bags were used to collect rice husk from both the fuel-rich side and fuel-lean side. Then mass and size distributions of the collected particles were analyzed. The results agrees with the trend above and indicates that the block-type concentrator has greater impacts on large particles. More large particles were collected from the fuel-rich side. The dispersion mechanism of rice husk particles revealed in this paper can propose solutions to the actual operation of plants that combust/co-combust the rice husk. (CSPE)

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