The Design and Performance of a Sturdy Industrial Combustion Chamber for a 14 MW Gas Turbine

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Combustion Chamber ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Dual Fuel ◽  
Combustion Chambers ◽  
Fuel Injectors ◽  
Unburned Hydrocarbons ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Engine Power

The latest stage in the evaluation of a dual fuel industrial combustion chamber is reported. The design, fitting and maintability of the cans and fuel injectors is described. The performances studied are can wall temperatures, ignition and environment air pollution. The latter cover NO, NO2, CO, unburned hydrocarbons, smoke and solids. Those have been measured over a range of engine power settings, and also over a range of water injection ratios into the combustion chambers. Full engine performance was accordingly measured.

Fast-Burn Combustion Chamber Design for Natural Gas Engines

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 232-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Evans ◽  
J. Blaszczyk
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Chamber ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Fuel Mixture ◽  
Performance Parameters ◽  
Combustion Chambers ◽  
Natural Gas Engines ◽  
Chamber Design ◽  
Performance And Emissions ◽  
Unburned Hydrocarbons ◽  
Fuel Mixtures

The work presented in this paper compares the performance and emissions of the UBC “Squish-Jet” fast-burn combustion chamber with a baseline bowl-in-piston (BIP) chamber. It was found that the increased turbulence generated in the fastburn combustion chambers resulted in 5 to 10 percent faster burning of the air–fuel mixture compared to a conventional BIP chamber. The faster burning was particularly noticeable when operating with lean air–fuel mixtures. The study was conducted at a 1.7 mm clearance height and 10.2:1 compression ratio. Measurements were made over a range of air–fuel ratios from stoichiometric to the lean limit. At each operating point all engine performance parameters, and emissions of nitrogen oxides, unburned hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide were recorded. At selected operating points a record of cylinder pressure was obtained and analyzed off-line to determine mass-burn rate in the combustion chamber. Two piston designs were tested at wide-open throttle conditions and 2000 rpm to determine the influence of piston geometry on the performance and emissions parameters. The UBC squish-jet combustion chamber design demonstrates significantly better performance parameters and lower emission levels than the conventional BIP design. Mass-burn fraction calculations showed a significant reduction in the time to burn the first 10 percent of the charge, which takes approximately half of the time to burn from 10 to 90 percent of the charge.

scholarly journals Effect of Producer Gas from Redgram Stalk and Combustion Chamber Types on the Emission and Performance Characteristics of Diesel Engine

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
pp. 5879
Author(s):  
K. M. Akkoli ◽  
N. R. Banapurmath ◽  
Suresh G ◽  
Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar ◽  
T. M. Yunus Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Combustion Chamber ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Nozzle Geometry ◽  
Producer Gas ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
Combustion Chambers ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Exhaust Gas Temperature ◽  
Emission And Performance

The engine performance has been improved by modifying the combustion chamber shape of the diesel engine for dual-fuel operation with liquid fuel and producer gas (PG). The combined effect of gaseous fuel from redgram stalk and combustion chamber type on the emission and performance of blended-fuel of diesel and HOME biodiesel–PG has been investigated. In this experimental study, four varieties of combustion chambers hemispherical (HCC), low swirl (LSCC), dual swirl (DSCC), and toroidal re-entrant (TRCC) were analyzed comprehensively. The results presented that the TRCC configuration with a given nozzle geometry has 9% improved brake thermal efficiency (BTE) and 10.4% lower exhaust gas temperature (EGT). The smoke, unburnt hydrocarbon (UBHC), and carbon monoxide (CO) decreased by 10–40%, but a 9% increase in nitrogen oxides (NOX) emission levels was observed with TRCC. The delay period and combustion period were decreased by 5% and 7%. The fuel replacement of about 71% for the diesel–PG combination with HCC and 68% for the HOME–PG combination with TRCC was achieved.

scholarly journals The Effects of Port Water Injection on Spark Ignition Engine Performance and Emissions Fueled by Pure Gasoline, E5 and E10

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1214
Author(s):  
Farhad Salek ◽  
Meisam Babaie ◽  
Maria Dolores Redel-Macias ◽  
Ali Ghodsi ◽  
Seyed Vahid Hosseini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Injection ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Spark Ignition ◽  
Injection Rate ◽  
Spark Ignition Engine ◽  
Oxides Of Nitrogen ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Performance And Emissions ◽  
Engine Performance And Emissions ◽  
Engine Power

It has been proven that vehicle emissions such as oxides of nitrogen (NOx) are negatively affecting the health of human beings as well as the environment. In addition, it was recently highlighted that air pollution may result in people being more vulnerable to the deadly COVID-19 virus. The use of biofuels such as E5 and E10 as alternatives of gasoline fuel have been recommended by different researchers. In this paper, the impacts of port injection of water to a spark ignition engine fueled by gasoline, E5 and E10 on its performance and NOx production have been investigated. The experimental work was undertaken using a KIA Cerato engine and the results were used to validate an AVL BOOST model. To develop the numerical analysis, design of experiment (DOE) method was employed. The results showed that by increasing the ethanol fraction in gasoline/ethanol blend, the brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) improved between 2.3% and 4.5%. However, the level of NOx increased between 22% to 48%. With port injection of water up to 8%, there was up to 1% increase in engine power whereas NOx and BSFC were reduced by 8% and 1%, respectively. The impacts of simultaneous changing of the start of combustion (SOC) and water injection rate on engine power and NOx production was also investigated. It was found that the NOx concentration is very sensitive to SOC variation.

Effect on Temperature Distribution at Liner Wall for Different Equivalence Ratios of Primary Zone for Small Capacity Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Digvijay B. Kulshreshtha ◽  
S. A. Channiwala ◽  
Jatin R. Patel
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Chamber ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Combustion Chambers ◽  
Experimental Optimization ◽  
Primary Zone ◽  
Different Types ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Critical Components ◽  
Small Capacity

The combustion chamber of gas turbine unit is one of the most critical components to be designed. The study of literature review reveals that much work is available pertaining to design and performance of combustion chamber. However, the systematic approach and optimized liner wall configuration is not easily traceable in the literature. This is particularly true for small capacity units. Hence there is a need for experimental optimization of combustion chamber in small capacity range. The present work aims at the experimental optimization of liner wall configuration. Four different types of combustion chambers with primary zone equivalence ratios of 0.5, 0.7, 0.9 and 1.1 are designed, developed and experimented based on which an optimal configuration is recommended. It is worth to mention that the present work clearly focuses the combustion chamber with equivalence ratio in primary zone as 0.9 as the optimal combustion chamber.

Performance and Operating Characteristics of Micro Gas Turbine Driven by Pulse, Pressure Gain Combustor

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Sakurai ◽  
Shunsuke Nakamura
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Chamber ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Pulse Pressure ◽  
Constant Pressure ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Combustion Mode ◽  
Operating Characteristics ◽  
Combustion Chambers ◽  
Micro Gas Turbine ◽  
Pulse Combustion

Abstract This paper presents the experimental results of a micro gas turbine driven by pulse, pressure gain combustor. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the improvement of the engine performance by applying the pressure gain combustion. The micro gas turbine is composed of a combustor having two combustion chambers and an automotive turbocharger which is used as a compressor and a turbine. The outlets of two combustion chambers are joined by a confluence part to connect with the turbine. By changing the combustion methods of each combustion chamber, the gas turbine was operated in three modes; normal combustion mode, pulse combustion augmented mode, and fully pulse combustion mode. In the normal combustion mode, two combustion chambers were operated under continuous, constant-pressure combustion. In the pulse combustion augmented mode, one combustion chamber was operated under continuous, constant-pressure combustion and the other was operated under pulse combustion. In the fully pulse combustion mode, two combustion chambers were operated under pulse combustion. The pulse combustion applied in this study was the forced-ignition type, active pulse combustion. Although the pressure increase was attained by the pulse combustion comparing with the normal combustion, the mass-averaged pressure in the combustor showed that the net pressure gain in the combustor was not attained. The engine performance such as thermal efficiency and work and operating characteristics of gas turbine were investigated for two operation modes. In the pulse combustion augmented mode, the gas turbine could successfully sustain its operation as well as normal operation mode. The increase in the combustor pressure affected the air mass flow rate and the compressor performance, resulted in the decrease of performance comparing with the normal combustion mode.

scholarly journals Effect of Pre-Combustion Chamber Nozzle Parameters on the Performance of a Marine 2-Stroke Dual Fuel Engine

Processes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Guo ◽  
Song Zhou ◽  
Majed Shreka ◽  
Yongming Feng
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Chamber ◽  
Flame Propagation ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Propagation Speed ◽  
Nozzle Diameter ◽  
Dual Fuel ◽  
Shipping Industry ◽  
Reduce Emissions

In recent years and with the increasing rigor of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) emission regulations, the shipping industry has focused more on environment-friendly and efficient power. Low-pressure dual-fuel (LP-DF) engine technology with high efficiency and good emissions has become a promising solution in the development of marine engines. This engine often uses pre-combustion chamber (PCC) to ignite natural gas due to its higher ignition energy. In this paper, a parametric study of the LP-DF engine was proceeded to investigate the design scheme of the PCC. The effect of PCC parameters on engine performance and emissions were studied from two aspects: PCC nozzle diameter and PCC nozzle angle. The results showed that the PCC nozzle diameter affected the propagation of the flame in the combustion chamber. Moreover, suitable PCC nozzle diameters helped to improve flame propagation stability and engine performance and reduce emissions. Furthermore, the angle of the PCC nozzle had a great influence on flame propagation direction, which affected the flame propagation speed and thus the occurrence of knocking. Finally, optimizing the angle of the PCC nozzle was beneficial to the organization of the in-cylinder combustion.

scholarly journals Emission and Performance Optimization of Marine Four-Stroke Dual-Fuel Engine Based on Response Surface Methodology

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Huaiyu Wang ◽  
Huibing Gan ◽  
Guanjie Wang ◽  
Guoqiang Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Response Surface Methodology ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Response Surface ◽  
Performance Optimization ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Dual Fuel ◽  
Boost Pressure ◽  
Shipping Industry ◽  
Performance And Emissions ◽  
And Performance

As the emissions regulations have become more stringent, reducing NOX emissions is of great importance to the shipping industry. Due to the price and emissions advantages of natural gas, the diesel-natural gas engines have become an attractive solution for engine manufacturers. Firstly, in this paper, the NOX emissions prediction model of a large marine four-stroke dual-fuel engine is built by using AVL-BOOST. In addition, the model is further calibrated to calculate the performance and emissions of the engine. Then, the influences of boost pressure, compression ratio, and the timing of intake valve closing on engine performance and emissions are analyzed. Finally, the response surface methodology is used to optimize the emissions and performance to obtain the optimal setting parameters of the engine. The results indicate that the response surface method is a highly desirable optimization method, which can save a lot of repeated research. Compared with the results from manufactured data, the power is increased by 0.55% and the BSFC, the NOX emissions, and the peak combustion pressure are decreased by 0.60%, 13.21%, and 1.51%, respectively, at low load.

On the Computer-Aided Conversion of a Diesel Engine to CNG-Dedicated or Dual Fuel Combustion Regime

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Donateo ◽  
Arturo de Risi ◽  
Domenico Laforgia
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Combustion Chamber ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Combustion Regime ◽  
Fuel Combustion ◽  
Dual Fuel ◽  
Combustion Chambers ◽  
Analytical Methodology ◽  
Design Alternatives ◽  
Dual Fuel Combustion

The paper proposes a cost-saving analytical methodology using empirical based models to efficiently evaluate design alternatives in the optimization of a CNG converted diesel engine. The procedure is performed in five steps. Firstly, a database of different combustion chambers that can be obtained from the original piston is obtained. The chambers in the database differ for the shape of the bowl, the value of the compression ratio, the offset of the bowl and the size of the squish region. The second step of the procedure is the selection, from the first database, of the combustion chambers able to resist to the mechanical stresses due to the pressure and temperature distribution at full load. For each combination of suitable combustion chamber shape and ignition timing, a CFD simulation is used to evaluate the combustion performance of the engine. Then, a post-processing procedure is used to evaluate the detonation tendency and intensity of each combination. All the tools developed for the application of the method have been linked in the ModeFrontier optimization environment in order to perform the final choice of the combustion chamber. The overall process requires not more of a week of computation on the 4 processor servers considered for the optimization. Moreover, the selected chambers can be obtained from the original piston of the engine. Therefore, the conversion cost of the engine is quite small compared with the case of a completely new piston. The procedure can be applied to diesel engines to be converted to either CNG dedicated or dual fuel combustion. The main aspects and challenges to be taken into account in both cases are also analyzed.

scholarly journals State of Art of Using Biofuels in Spark Ignition Engines

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 779
Author(s):  
Ashraf Elfasakhany
Keyword(s):  
Engine Performance ◽  
Spark Ignition ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Spark Ignition Engines ◽  
Engine Emissions ◽  
Cold Starting ◽  
Starting Conditions ◽  
Unburned Hydrocarbons ◽  
Scientific Attention ◽  
State Of Art

Biofuels are receiving increased scientific attention, and recently different biofuels have been proposed for spark ignition engines. This paper presents the state of art of using biofuels in spark ignition engines (SIE). Different biofuels, mainly ethanol, methanol, i-butanol-n-butanol, and acetone, are blended together in single dual issues and evaluated as renewables for SIE. The biofuels were compared with each other as well as with the fossil fuel in SIE. Future biofuels for SIE are highlighted. A proposed method to reduce automobile emissions and reformulate the emissions into new fuels is presented and discussed. The benefits and weaknesses of using biofuels in SIE are summarized. The study established that ethanol has several benefits as a biofuel for SIE; it enhanced engine performance and decreased pollutant emissions significantly; however, ethanol showed some drawbacks, which cause problems in cold starting conditions and, additionally, the engine may suffer from a vapor lock situation. Methanol also showed improvements in engine emissions/performance similarly to ethanol, but it is poisonous biofuel and it has some sort of incompatibility with engine materials/systems; its being miscible with water is another disadvantage. The lowest engine performance was displayed by n-butanol and i-butanol biofuels, and they also showed the greatest amount of unburned hydrocarbons (UHC) and CO emissions, but the lowest greenhouse effect. Ethanol and methanol introduced the highest engine performance, but they also showed the greatest CO2 emissions. Acetone introduced a moderate engine performance and the best/lowest CO and UHC emissions. Single biofuel blends are also compared with dual ones, and the results showed the benefits of the dual ones. The study concluded that the next generation of biofuels is expected to be dual blended biofuels. Different dual biofuel blends are also compared with each other, and the results showed that the ethanol–methanol (EM) biofuel is superior in comparison with n-butanol–i-butanol (niB) and i-butanol–ethanol (iBE).

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