The Study of Waste-to-Energy Plant Combustion Characteristics Based on Computational Fluid Dynamics

2013 ◽  
Vol 871 ◽  
pp. 259-262
Author(s):  
Gui Chuan Hu
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Mass Fraction ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Plant Design ◽  
Detailed Understanding ◽  
Energy Plant ◽  
Proximate And Ultimate Analyses

The combustion process for using municipal solid waste as a fuel within a waste to energy plant calls for a detailed understanding of the following phenomena. Firstly, this process depends on many input parameters such as proximate and ultimate analyses, the season of the year, primary and secondary inlet air velocities and, secondly, on output parameters such as the temperatures or mass fraction of the combustible products. The variability and mutual dependence of these parameters can be difficult to manage in practice. Another problem is how these parameters can be tuned to achieving optimal combustible conditions with minimal pollutant emissions, during the plant-design phase. In order to meet these goals, a waste-to-energy plant with bed combustion was investigated by using computational fluid-dynamics approach.

Numerical Optimization of a Waste-to-Energy Plant Under Different Operating Conditions

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niko Samec ◽  
Miran Kapitler ◽  
Filip Kokalj
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Optimization ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Input Parameter ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Plant Design ◽  
Energy Plant ◽  
Input Parameters

The combustion process for using municipal solid waste (MSW) as a fuel within a waste-to-energy plant calls for a detailed understanding of the following phenomena. Firstly, this process depends on many input parameters such as MSW proximate and ultimate analysis, the season of the year, primary and secondary air-inlet velocity and, secondly, on output parameters such as the temperatures or mass-flow rates (MFR) of the combustible products. The variability and mutual dependence of these parameters can be difficult to manage in practice. Moreover, another problem is how these parameters can be tuned to achieving optimal combustion with minimal pollutant emissions during the initial plant-design phase. In order to meet these goals, a waste-to-energy plant with bed-combustion was investigated by using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach with ANSYS CFX 12.0 code within a WORKBENCH 2 environment. In this paper, the adequate variable input boundary conditions based on the real measurement and practical calculations of known MSW composition compared with other authors are used and the whole computational work is updated using real plant geometry and the appropriate turbulence, combustion and heat transfer models. Furthermore, the operating parameters were optimized on output parameters through a trade-off study. The different operating conditions were varied and the fluid flow direction, residence time, temperature field, velocity-field, nitric oxide formation and combustion products through the plant’s combustion chamber and preheat intersection in 3D were predicted and visualized. Optimization in real-time has showed the amounts for each input parameter when meeting the optimal operating conditions. Finally, the response charts between the input and output parameters are presented in order to monitor the dependence among these parameters. Further simulations have to be done to include the geometry dimensions as input parameters when applying the CDF simulation and numerical optimization within the project phase.

scholarly journals Numerical optimization of a waste-to-energy plant's operating parameters using CFD

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miran Kapitler ◽  
Niko Samec ◽  
Filip Kokalj
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Process ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Operating Parameters ◽  
Plant Design ◽  
Energy Plant ◽  
Computational Work ◽  
Mass Flow Rates

Institute for power, process and environmental engineering, Laboratory for combustion and Environmental engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Republic of Slovenia The combustion process for using municipal solid waste as a fuel within a waste to energy plant calls for a detailed understanding of the following phenomena. Firstly, this process depends on many input parameters such as proximate and ultimate analyses, the season of the year, primary and secondary inlet air velocities and, secondly, on output parameters such as the temperatures or mass-flow rates of the combustible products. The variability and mutual dependence of these parameters can be difficult to manage in practice. Another problem is how these parameters can be tuned to achieving optimal combustible conditions with minimal pollutant emissions, during the plant-design phase. in order to meet these goals, a waste-to-energy plant with bed combustion was investigated by using computational fluid-dynamics approach. The adequate variable input boundary conditions based on the real measurement are used and the whole computational work is updated using real plant geometry and the appropriate turbulence, combustion, or heat transfer models. The operating parameters were optimized on output parameters through a trade-off study. The different operating conditions were varied and the combustible products were predicted and visualized. Finally, the response charts and matrix among the input and output parameters during the optimization process are presented, which monitored the dependence among these parameters.

Reduction in Pollutants Emissions From Domestic Boilers—Computational Fluid Dynamics Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gasser Hassan ◽  
Mohamed Pourkashanian ◽  
Derek Ingham ◽  
Lin Ma ◽  
Stephen Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Combustion Chamber ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Combustion Model ◽  
Cfd Model ◽  
Inlet Velocity ◽  
Average Temperature ◽  
Partially Premixed Combustion

This study is concerned with building a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model to simulate the combustion process occurring in the combustion chamber of some domestic boilers. The burner used in this boiler is a conventional cylindrical premix burner with small inlet holes on its surface. A two-dimensional CFD model is built to simulate the combustion chamber domain, and the partially premixed combustion model with a postprocessor for NOx calculations is used to simulate the combustion process inside the combustion chamber. A complete description of the formation characteristics of NOx produced from the boiler is discussed in detail. A comparison between the CFD numerical results and the experimental measurements at different boiler loads is performed in order to validate the numerical model and investigate the accuracy of the CFD model. The validated CFD model is used to investigate the effect of different boundaries temperatures and the mixture inlet velocity on the flue gas average temperature, residence time, and hence the CO and NOx concentrations produced from the combustion chamber. The concept of changing the mixture inlet velocity is found to be an effective method to improve the design of the burner in order to reduce the pollutant emissions produced from the boiler with no effect on the boiler efficiency.

scholarly journals Exergetic efficiency analysis of hydrogen–air detonation in pulse detonation combustor using computational fluid dynamics

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pinku Debnath ◽  
KM Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Mass Fraction ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Exergetic Efficiency ◽  
Ansys Fluent ◽  
Pulse Detonation ◽  
Detonation Combustion

Exergy losses during the combustion process, heat transfer, and fuel utilization play a vital role in the analysis of the exergetic efficiency of combustion process. Detonation is thermodynamically more efficient than deflagration mode of combustion. Detonation combustion technology inside the pulse detonation engine using hydrogen as a fuel is energetic propulsion system for next generation. In this study, the main objective of this work is to quantify the exergetic efficiency of hydrogen–air combustion for deflagration and detonation combustion process. Further detonation parameters are calculated using 0.25, 0.35, and 0.55 of [Formula: see text] mass concentrations in the combustion process. The simulations have been performed for converging the solution using commercial computational fluid dynamics package Ansys Fluent solver. The details of combustion physics in chemical reacting flows of hydrogen–air mixture in two control volumes were simulated using species transport model with eddy dissipation turbulence chemistry interaction. From these simulations it was observed that exergy loss in the deflagration combustion process is higher in comparison to the detonation combustion process. The major observation was that pilot fuel economy for the two combustion processes and augmentation of exergetic efficiencies are better in the detonation combustion process. The maximum exergetic efficiency of 55.12%, 53.19%, and 23.43% from deflagration combustion process and from detonation combustion process, 67.55%, 57.49%, and 24.89%, are obtained from aforesaid [Formula: see text] mass fraction. It was also found that for lesser fuel mass fraction higher exergetic efficiency was observed.

The Application of Non-Axisymmetric Endwall Contouring in a Single Stage, Rotating Turbine

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen Snedden ◽  
Dwain Dunn ◽  
Grant Ingram ◽  
David Gregory-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Pressure Gradient ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Tip Clearance ◽  
Detailed Understanding ◽  
Low Speed ◽  
Endwall Contouring ◽  
Probe Measurements

As turbine manufacturers strive to develop machines that are more efficient, one area of focus has been the control of secondary flows. To a large extent these methods have been developed through the use of computational fluid dynamics and detailed measurements in linear and annular cascades and proven in full scale engine tests. This study utilises 5-hole probe measurements in a low speed, model turbine in conjunction with computational fluid dynamics to gain a more detailed understanding of the influence of a generic endwall design on the structure of secondary flows within the rotor. This work is aimed at understanding the influence of such endwalls on the structure of secondary flows in the presence of inlet skew, unsteadiness and rotational forces. Results indicate a 0.4% improvement in rotor efficiency as a result of the application of the generic non-axisymmetric endwall contouring. CFD results indicate a clear weakening of the cross passage pressure gradient, but there are also indications that custom endwalls could further improve the gains. Evidence of the influence of endwall contouring on tip clearance flows is also presented.

Reactive computational fluid dynamics modelling methane–hydrogen admixtures in internal combustion engines part II: Large eddy simulation

2020 ◽  
pp. 146808742091034
Author(s):  
Jann Koch ◽  
Christian Schürch ◽  
Yuri M Wright ◽  
Konstantinos Boulouchos
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Large Eddy Simulation ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Flame Speed ◽  
Hydrogen Addition ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Modelling Framework ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Dynamics Modelling

Fuels based on admixtures of methane/natural gas and hydrogen are a promising way to reduce CO2 emissions of spark ignition engines and increase their efficiency. A lot of work was conducted experimentally, whereas only limited numerical work is available in the context of three-dimensional modelling of the full engine cycle. This work addresses this fact by proposing a reactive computational fluid dynamics modelling framework to consider the effects of hydrogen addition on the combustion process. Part I of this two-part study focuses on the modelling and crucial considerations in order to predict the mean cycle based on the G-equation combustion model using the Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations. There, the effect of increased burning speed was globally captured by increasing the flame speed coefficient A, appearing in the considered flame speed closure. The proposed simplified modelling of the early flame stage proved to be robust for the conducted hydrogen variation from 0 to 50 vol% H2 for stoichiometric and lean operation. Scope of this work, Part II, are cyclic fluctuations and the hydrogen influence thereon using large eddy simulation and the proposed modelling framework. The model is probed towards its capabilities to predict the fluctuation of the combustion process for 0 and 50 vol% H2 and correlations influencing the observed peak pressure of the individual cycle are presented. It is shown that the considered approach is capable to reproduce the cyclic fluctuations of the combustion process under the influence of hydrogen addition as well as lean operation. The importance of the early flame phase with respect to arising fluctuations is highlighted as well as the contribution of the resolved scales in terms of the flame front wrinkling.

Review of Computational Fluid Dynamics Studies on Chemical Looping Combustion

2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yali Shao ◽  
Ramesh K. Agarwal ◽  
Xudong Wang ◽  
Baosheng Jin
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Oxygen Carrier ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Chemical Looping Combustion ◽  
Chemical Looping ◽  
Flow Process ◽  
Gas Leakage ◽  
Fuel Reactor ◽  
Energy Penalty

Abstract Chemical looping combustion (CLC) is an attractive technology to achieve inherent CO2 separation with low energy penalty. In CLC, the conventional one-step combustion process is replaced by two successive reactions in two reactors, a fuel reactor (FR) and an air reactor (AR). In addition to experimental techniques, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a powerful tool to simulate the flow and reaction characteristics in a CLC system. This review attempts to analyze and summarize the CFD simulations of CLC process. Various numerical approaches for prediction of CLC flow process are first introduced and compared. The simulations of CLC are presented for different types of reactors and fuels, and some key characteristics including flow regimes, combustion process, and gas-solid distributions are described in detail. The full-loop CLC simulations are then presented to reveal the coupling mechanisms of reactors in the whole system such as the gas leakage, solid circulation, redox reactions of the oxygen carrier, fuel conversion, etc. Examples of partial-loop CLC simulation are finally introduced to give a summary of different ways to simplify a CLC system by using appropriate boundary conditions.

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