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Bluff-body flames in hot and diluted environments

  • Chengyu Liu
  • , Tao Yang
  • , Jian Zhang*
  • , Yanhong Ma
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • CAS - Institute of Mechanics

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Abstract

Large eddy simulation/Flamelet progress variable approach is employed in current research to investigate how flame behaviour is influenced by bluff-body and coflow composition. We used Sydney bluff-body burner as the target burner. Computation grid in cylinder coordinates is approximately 2.7 million in total number, extended to the downstream location 80 times of jet diameter. Three coflow compositions with different oxygen ratio at the same inlet velocity are considered. Comparing to jet flames with hot and diluted coflow, instantaneous and statistical results showed that an introduction of bluffbody preheats the fuel and shortens the flame length. At lower oxygen ratio condition, a weaker reaction zone emerged, marked by lower temperature and OH concentration; the flame appeared lifted gradually, leading to a potential MILD combustion. Besides, bluff-body effect behaves differently in these flames: at lower oxygen ratio condition, a large-scale distribution of CH2O appeared as a marker of partial premixing and preignition reaction in recirculation area; on the contrary, in higher oxygen ratio case, the recirculation area brings out more reactive fuel at lower speed and higher temperature, hence ignitable in the vicinity of bluff-body.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFuels, Combustion, and Material Handling; Combustion Turbines Combined Cycles; Boilers and Heat Recovery Steam Generators; Virtual Plant and Cyber-Physical Systems; Plant Development and Construction; Renewable Energy Systems
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791851395
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
EventASME 2018 Power Conference, POWER 2018, collocated with the ASME 2018 12th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2018 Nuclear Forum - Lake Buena Vista, United States
Duration: 24 Jun 201828 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Power Division (Publication) POWER
Volume1

Conference

ConferenceASME 2018 Power Conference, POWER 2018, collocated with the ASME 2018 12th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2018 Nuclear Forum
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLake Buena Vista
Period24/06/1828/06/18

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