AIR CURTAIN INCINERATOR TESTS

1983 ◽  
Vol 1983 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
Keith F. Kruk
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Test System ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Front Wall ◽  
Water Spray ◽  
Air Flow Rate ◽  
Air Curtain ◽  
Operating Variables ◽  
Combustion Tests

ABSTRACT The use of an curtain incinerator to dispose of materials recovered from an oil spill was investigated for the Alaskan Beaufort Sea Oilspill Response Body (ABSORB). A series of combustion experiments was conducted in a prototype incinerator 10 feet wide by 10 feet long by 14 feet high. Combustion rates, emissions, and temperatures were monitored during the experiments. Operating variables investigated included air flow rate, direction of air into the combustion chamber, waste feed rate, water spray over the combustion zone, and the slant of the combustion chamber's front wall. Some of the major results were:Optimum air flow rate into the incinerator is 7,000 cubic feet per minute.The system performed satisfactorily at combustion rates exceeding 600 barrels per day.At 600 bbl/day, most emulsions burned with emissions less than 1 Ringelmann.Oil with 20-to-30 percent water burned most efficiently.Oil-saturated straw was consistently burned in the incinerator at measured emission levels of less than 1 Ringelmann.Combustion temperatures in the incinerator will exceed 2,000°F with an 18,500-Btu-per-pound oil. Included in this paper are details of the test system, results of combustion tests, and recommended design criteria for an arctic system.

Performance Analysis of Eductor Used for Main Control Room Ventilating in Nuclear Power Plant

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Yu ◽  
Yuqing Lin ◽  
Yan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Test System ◽  
Air Pressure ◽  
Air Flow Rate ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Entrainment Ratio ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Set Up

This paper proposes the experimental research for the performance of the air eductor used in main control room (MCR). The air eductor is used for emergency ventilating in advanced passive pressurized water reactor in accident. The compress air is supplied to the eductor as a power source and the indoor air is suctioned to the eductor. The performance of the eductor is related to the habitability of MCR. The entrainment ratio and the air pressure of discharge side are the main concerned performance. The entrainment ratio is a value that resulted from the compress air flow rate divided by the suction air flow rate. A test system was set up to test the performance of eductor. The experimental results show that the entrainment ratio of rectangle nozzle with compress air pressure 0.76MPa, 0.80MPa and 0.83MPa were 15.02, 15.04 and 15.06, respectively.

Coordinated control of fuel flow rate and air flow rate of a supersonic heat-airflow simulated test system

2020 ◽  
Vol 124 (1278) ◽  
pp. 1170-1189
Author(s):  
C. Cai ◽  
L. Guo ◽  
J. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Control Algorithm ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Coordinated Control ◽  
Test System ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
Air Flow Rate ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Fuel Flow ◽  
Simulated Test

ABSTRACTThe gas temperature of the supersonic heat airflow simulated test system is mainly determined by the fuel and air flow rates which enter the system combustor. In order to realise a high-quality control of gas temperature, in addition to maintaining the optimum ratio of fuel and air flow rates, the dynamic characteristics of them in the combustion process are also required to be synchronised. Aiming at the coordinated control problem of fuel and air flow rates, the mathematical models of fuel and air supply subsystems are established, and the characteristics of the systems are analysed. According to the characteristics of the systems and the requirements of coordinated control, a fuzzy-PI cross-coupling coordinated control strategy based on neural sliding mode predictive control is proposed. On this basis, the proposed control algorithm is simulated and experimentally studied. The results show that the proposed control algorithm has good control performance. It cannot only realise the accurate control of fuel flow rate and air flow rate, but also realise the coordinated control of the two.

scholarly journals Model of thermal buoyancy in cavity-ventilated roof constructions

2021 ◽  
pp. 174425912098418
Author(s):  
Toivo Säwén ◽  
Martina Stockhaus ◽  
Carl-Eric Hagentoft ◽  
Nora Schjøth Bunkholt ◽  
Paula Wahlgren
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Model ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Wind Pressure ◽  
Air Flow Rate ◽  
Test Set ◽  
Air Cavity ◽  
Thermal Buoyancy ◽  
The Impact

Timber roof constructions are commonly ventilated through an air cavity beneath the roof sheathing in order to remove heat and moisture from the construction. The driving forces for this ventilation are wind pressure and thermal buoyancy. The wind driven ventilation has been studied extensively, while models for predicting buoyant flow are less developed. In the present study, a novel analytical model is presented to predict the air flow caused by thermal buoyancy in a ventilated roof construction. The model provides means to calculate the cavity Rayleigh number for the roof construction, which is then correlated with the air flow rate. The model predictions are compared to the results of an experimental and a numerical study examining the effect of different cavity designs and inclinations on the air flow rate in a ventilated roof subjected to varying heat loads. Over 80 different test set-ups, the analytical model was found to replicate both experimental and numerical results within an acceptable margin. The effect of an increased total roof height, air cavity height and solar heat load for a given construction is an increased air flow rate through the air cavity. On average, the analytical model predicts a 3% higher air flow rate than found in the numerical study, and a 20% lower air flow rate than found in the experimental study, for comparable test set-ups. The model provided can be used to predict the air flow rate in cavities of varying design, and to quantify the impact of suggested roof design changes. The result can be used as a basis for estimating the moisture safety of a roof construction.

scholarly journals Modeling and optimization of radish root extract drying as peroxidase source using spouted bed dryer

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahrbanoo Hamedi ◽  
M. Mehdi Afsahi ◽  
Ali Riahi-Madvar ◽  
Ali Mohebbi
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Root Extract ◽  
Air Flow Rate ◽  
Spouted Bed ◽  
Radish Root

AbstractThe main advantages of the dried enzymes are the lower cost of storage and longer time of preservation for industrial applications. In this study, the spouted bed dryer was utilized for drying the garden radish (Raphanus sativus L.) root extract as a cost-effective source of the peroxidase enzyme. The response surface methodology (RSM) was used to evaluate the individual and interactive effects of main parameters (the inlet air temperature (T) and the ratio of air flow rate to the minimum spouting air flow rate (Q)) on the residual enzyme activity (REA). The maximum REA of 38.7% was obtained at T = 50 °C and Q = 1.4. To investigate the drying effect on the catalytic activity, the optimum reaction conditions (pH and temperature), as well as kinetic parameters, were investigated for the fresh and dried enzyme extracts (FEE and DEE). The obtained results showed that the optimum pH of DEE was decreased by 12.3% compared to FEE, while the optimum temperature of DEE compared to FEE increased by a factor of 85.7%. Moreover, kinetic parameters, thermal-stability, and shelf life of the enzyme were considerably improved after drying by the spouted bed. Overall, the results confirmed that a spouted bed reactor can be used as a promising method for drying heat-sensitive materials such as peroxidase enzyme.

Method to Determine an Optimal Air-Flow Rate in Solar Collectors

1979 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 357-362
Author(s):  
H. C. Hewitt ◽  
E. I. Griggs
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Solar Collectors ◽  
Air Flow Rate

Model-Based Analysis of Transient Behavior of Large Scale CFB Boilers

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ari Kettunen ◽  
Timo Hyppa¨nen ◽  
Ari-Pekka Kirkinen ◽  
Esa Maikkola
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Air Flow Rate ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Cfb Boiler ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Load Change ◽  
Secondary Air

The main objective of this study was to investigate the load change capability and effect of the individual control variables, such as fuel, primary air and secondary air flow rates, on the dynamics of large-scale CFB boilers. The dynamics of the CFB process were examined by dynamic process tests and by simulation studies. A multi-faceted set of transient process tests were performed at a commercial 235 MWe CFB unit. Fuel reactivity and interaction between gas flow rates, solid concentration profiles and heat transfer were studied by step changes of the following controllable variables: fuel feed rate, primary air flow rate, secondary air flow rate and primary to secondary air flow ratio. Load change performance was tested using two different types of tests: open and closed loop load changes. A tailored dynamic simulator for the CFB boiler was built and fine-tuned by determining the model parameters and by validating the models of each process component against measured process data of the transient test program. The know-how about the boiler dynamics obtained from the model analysis and the developed CFB simulator were utilized in designing the control systems of three new 262 MWe CFB units, which are now under construction. Further, the simulator was applied for the control system development and transient analysis of the supercritical OTU CFB boiler.

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