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Properties of inverse nonpremixed pure O2/CH4 coflow flames in a model combustor

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  • Choi, Sun
  • Kim, Tae Young
  • Kim, Hee Kyung
  • Koo, Jaye
  • Kim, Jeong Soo
  • Kwon, Oh Chae

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In order to evaluate the potential of oxy-combustion of inverse nonpremixed coflow flames using a clean fuel to improve the combustion and emission characteristics compared with the normal coflow flames using air, the fundamental properties of inverse nonpremixed pure oxygen (O2)/methane (CH4) coflow flames in a model combustor are experimentally investigated. The combustion stability (extinction) limits, structure and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions of the inverse coflow flames in the quartz-windowed combustion chamber with a single shear coaxial injector and a fully opened exhaust nozzle are measured using OH∗ chemiluminescence, a schlieren imaging system and a gas analyzer. Results show four distinct stability regimes and limits: the attached flame regime, the near-blowout flame regime, blowout limits and blowoff limits. The direct flame and OH∗ chemiluminescence images confirm the cooling effects of chamber walls that cause no steady liftoff flame and only the near-blowout flame. The extinction limits of the inverse CH4/O2 coflow flames are extended compared with the normal CH4/air coflow flames and reasonable levels of NOx emissions are observed, which supports that oxy-combustion of the inverse nonpremixed coflow flames using the clean fuel is acceptable for practical application, providing a useful database for modeling the flames in the confined chamber.

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  • Choi, Sun & Kim, Tae Young & Kim, Hee Kyung & Koo, Jaye & Kim, Jeong Soo & Kwon, Oh Chae, 2015. "Properties of inverse nonpremixed pure O2/CH4 coflow flames in a model combustor," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 93(P1), pages 1105-1115.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:93:y:2015:i:p1:p:1105-1115
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.09.110
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