TY - JOUR
T1 - Modelling of ammonia/air non-premixed turbulent swirling flames in a gas turbine-like combustor at various pressures
AU - Somarathne, Kapuruge Don Kunkuma Amila
AU - Colson, Sophie
AU - Hayakawa, Akihiro
AU - Kobayashi, Hideaki
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI) and by the Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) ?Energy Carriers,? (funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/9/3
Y1 - 2018/9/3
N2 - This study simulated bluff body stabilised non-premixed turbulent ammonia (NH3)/air flames using swirling flows. Although the space and time-averaged emission (STAE) of NO was found to decrease with increase in the global equivalence ratio (global (Formula presented.)) under stoichiometric and rich conditions, similar to the behaviour of premixed flames, the local NO concentration distribution within the combustor was heterogeneous, unlike the almost uniform NO distribution in premixed flames. Zones of high NO concentration were identified near the combustor wall boundaries, whereas there was almost nil NO in the combustor centre, irrespective of the global (Formula presented.). The localised NO concentrations in non-premixed flames were shown to depend on the local (Formula presented.) within the combustor and the model reproduced the NO emission characteristics of premixed flames in terms of (Formula presented.). This study also found that the effect of pressure on NO emissions is significant irrespective of the combustion type, because reducing the OH radical concentration in NH3/air flame at high pressure limits the NO generation. However, the STAE of NO of non-premixed flames were slightly higher than those of premixed flames, especially under rich conditions, possibly owing to zones of elevated NO concentrations near the wall boundaries. The introduction of an additional NH3 stream external to the air stream (by splitting the original NH3 flow) may mitigate this effect by creating an almost uniform (Formula presented.) distribution within the combustor and thus a homogeneous NO distribution. The STAE of NO was minimised (and equalled that of a premixed flame) by applying a volumetric flow ratio between the innermost and outermost NH3 flows of 0.6:0.4.
AB - This study simulated bluff body stabilised non-premixed turbulent ammonia (NH3)/air flames using swirling flows. Although the space and time-averaged emission (STAE) of NO was found to decrease with increase in the global equivalence ratio (global (Formula presented.)) under stoichiometric and rich conditions, similar to the behaviour of premixed flames, the local NO concentration distribution within the combustor was heterogeneous, unlike the almost uniform NO distribution in premixed flames. Zones of high NO concentration were identified near the combustor wall boundaries, whereas there was almost nil NO in the combustor centre, irrespective of the global (Formula presented.). The localised NO concentrations in non-premixed flames were shown to depend on the local (Formula presented.) within the combustor and the model reproduced the NO emission characteristics of premixed flames in terms of (Formula presented.). This study also found that the effect of pressure on NO emissions is significant irrespective of the combustion type, because reducing the OH radical concentration in NH3/air flame at high pressure limits the NO generation. However, the STAE of NO of non-premixed flames were slightly higher than those of premixed flames, especially under rich conditions, possibly owing to zones of elevated NO concentrations near the wall boundaries. The introduction of an additional NH3 stream external to the air stream (by splitting the original NH3 flow) may mitigate this effect by creating an almost uniform (Formula presented.) distribution within the combustor and thus a homogeneous NO distribution. The STAE of NO was minimised (and equalled that of a premixed flame) by applying a volumetric flow ratio between the innermost and outermost NH3 flows of 0.6:0.4.
KW - NO Emission
KW - ammonia
KW - gas turbine
KW - non-premixed flame
KW - swirling flow
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U2 - 10.1080/13647830.2018.1468035
DO - 10.1080/13647830.2018.1468035
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049077800
VL - 22
SP - 973
EP - 997
JO - Combustion Theory and Modelling
JF - Combustion Theory and Modelling
SN - 1364-7830
IS - 5
ER -