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Numerical Simulation Study on Supersonic Combustion using the Cavity (공동을 이용한 초음속 연소의 수치적 연구)

  • Jeong, Eun-Ju;Jeung, In-Seuck
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.255-260
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    • 2005
  • To achieve efficient combustion within a manageable length, a successful fuel injection scheme must provide rapid mixing between the fuel and airstreams. The aim of the present numerical research is to investigate the flame holding and combustion enhancement. Additional fuel into the cavity prevents shear flow impingement on the trailing edge of the cavity. The high temperature freestream flow mixes with the cold hydrogen fuel that is injected into the cavity and raises the fuel temperature remarkably and become to start combustion. The high pressure in the cavity due to the cavity structure and combustion leads the hydrogen fuel to upstream. The shock in the cavity to be generated by the fuel injection joins together and reflects off the ceiling wall. This makes high pressure and low mach number region and makes a small recirculation in this region. This high stagnation temperature is nearly recovered in the shear layer in front of the cavity and leads to start combustion. In the downstream of the cavity, the wall pressure drops significantly. This means that the combustion phenomenon is diminished. Because fuel lumps at the trailing edge of the cavity then it spreads after the cavity so, in this region there is a strong expansion.

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A Study on the Combustion Characteristics of Petrochemical Process By-Product (석유화학 공정부산물의 연소특성에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, Yong-Il
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.26 no.11
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    • pp.1578-1584
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    • 2002
  • Combustion stability is one of the most important factors that must be considered in burning of heavy fuel oil, especially low-grade oil. This paper describes the combustion characteristics of petrochemical process by- product in the combustion furnace of heavy fuel oil. Main experimental parameters were combustion load, excess 02, fuel preheating temperature and air/fuel ratio. The capacity of CRF(combustion research facility) used in this study was 1.0 ton/hr and the burner is steam jet type suitable far heavy oil combustion and manufactured by UNIGAS in Italy. The fuel used in this experiment were 0.5 B-C, petrochemical process by-product and 3 kinds of 0.5 B-C/process by-product mixtures. The combustion stability was monitored and exhaust gases such as CO, NOx, SOx and particulates were measured with the excess $O_2$ and combustion load. The main purpose of this study is to clarify whether process by-product can be used as a boiler fuel or not in consideration of flame stability and emission properties.

Experimental Study on Combustion Characteristics of Porous Ceramic Liquid Fuel Combustor (다공 세라믹 액체 연료 연소기의 연소 특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Chung, K.H.;Lim, I.G.
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.85-93
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    • 1999
  • Experimental study on a porous ceramic liquid fuel combustor is performed. Compact burner with low pollutant emission and high combustion efficiency is realized through the use of porous ceramic materials of high porosities. The use of porous ceramic materials in burner material results in rapid vaporization of liquid fuel and enhancement in mixing process, and thus nearly premixed combustion of liquid fuel is achieved instead of diffusion and partially premixed combustion method, which is often used and apt to produce high pollutant emissions such as CO, NOx and soot. With this enhanced vaporization and premixing method of liquid fuel vapor and air, it is found that enhanced combustion process with intense radiation output and better emission characteristics in NOx, CO and soot emission, compared to other conventional liquid fuel burning method, are possible.

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Solid Fuel in the Highly Preheated Air Combustion (고체 연료의 고온 공기 연소 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Jin, Hong-Jong;Choi, Sang-Min
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.11a
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    • pp.185-192
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    • 2002
  • A laboratory scale thermogravimetric analyser was developed to investigate the combustion characteristics of selected solid fuel(wood) in the highly preheated air. The aims are to introduce in the means of experimental determination of the solid fuel particle characteristics through the combustion process in the environment of highly preheated air. A nearly single particle combustion condition was reproduced in a thermogravimetric analyser and regenerating combustor. For a fuel particle whose characteristic length was a few centimeter, the sub-processes of fuel drying, pyrolysis as well as the combustion of residual carbon were identified. Fluidized environment of carrier gas was selected as the major parameter which affect the combustion process.

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A Study on the Combustion Characteristics of Diesel Fuel Droplet with Additive Oxygenate and Paraffin (함산소 및 파라핀계 혼합 디젤유 액적의 연소특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Bong-Seock;Miyamoto, Noboru
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.49-56
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    • 2006
  • The single droplet combustion characteristics of multicomponent fuel such as diesel-oxygenate and diesel-paraffin blends under high ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure were investigated in the study. The results of the study may be concluded as follows : In the combustion of diesel fuel droplet with additive of oxygenate and paraffin, the dimensionless droplet size of $(D/D_o)^2$ was linearly decreased with time. A fuel droplet with low boiling temperature additives and in high boiling temperature diesel fuel evaporates and burns faster than usual diesel fuel. This rapid burning may result from so-called "micro-explosion" and its burning intensity varies with the types of additives. The results above may suggest that rapid evaporation of oxygenate additive in the middle stage of combustion can contribute much to combustion improvement of blended fuels. When compared to ordinary diesel fuel, neat oxygenate and paraffin fuels show blue flame during entire combustion which prove smokeless combustion.

Combustion Characteristics of Blended Coals with Bituminous and Sub-bituminous in Oxy-fuel Combustion Conditions (순산소연소 조건에서 역청탄과 아역청탄 혼탄의 연소특성)

  • Sung, Yon-Mo;Moon, Cheor-Eon;Ahn, Seong-Yool;Kim, Seung-Il;Seo, Sang-Il;Kim, Tae-Hyung;Jeong, Ji-Hwan;Choi, Gyung-Min;Kim, Duck-Jool
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.22-29
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    • 2011
  • This paper focuses on the combustion characteristics of blended coals with bituminous and sub-bituminous coals under air and oxy-fuel combustion conditions. The effects of oxygen concentration and blending ratio on the combustion characteristics were experimentally investigated using a thermogravimetric analyser (TGA). Characteristic temperatures including ignition, burnout temperature and activation energy were determined from TG and DTG combustion profiles. As oxygen concentration increased and the presence of sub-bituminous coal, characteristic temperatures and activation energy decreased. The ignitability, reactivity and kinetics have all been greatly improved under oxy-fuel combustion conditions. Based on this, co-firing with bituminous and sub-bituminous coals under oxy-fuel combustion conditions may be suggested as an alternative method to the fuel flexibility and cost-effective power production with carbon capture and sequestration.

A Experimental Study on the Instability of Combustion in a Dump Combustor with Respect to Fuel and Air Mixing and Flow Conditions (혼합기 공급방식에 따른 덤프연소기의 연소 불안정성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Hong, Jung-Goo;Lee, Min-Chul;Lee, Uen-Do;Oh, Kwang-Chul;Shin, Hyun-Dong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.29 no.8 s.239
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    • pp.963-970
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    • 2005
  • The combustion instability of turbulent flames is the most important problem of the gas turbine combustor. Thus improved understanding of mechanisms of combustion instability is necessary for the design and operation of gas turbine combustors. In this study, the cause of the combustion instability in a rearward-step dump combustor was investigated with respect to the fuel flow modulation; choked fuel flow, unchoked fuel flow and fully premixed mixture flow. We observed various types of combustion instabilities with respect to the change of equivalence ratio, fuel flow conditions and fuel injection location. Particularly in the unchoked fuel flow condition, it was found that the oscillation time of combustion instability is strongly related to the convection time of the fuel and that the pressure fluctuation in a lab-scale combustor is highly related to the vortex and the equivalence ratio fluctuations due to fuel flow modulation and unmixedness of the fuel and air.

DNSs of the Ignition of a Lean PRF/Air Mixture under RCCI/SCCI Conditions: A Comparative Study (RCCI/SCCI 조건하에서 희박 PRF/공기 혼합물의 점화에 관한 직접수치모사를 이용한 비교 연구)

  • Luong, Minh Bau;Yu, Kwang Hyeon;Yoo, Chun Sang
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2014.11a
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    • pp.179-182
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    • 2014
  • A comparative DNS study of the ignition characteristics of dual-fueled reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) and stratification charge compression ignition (SCCI) is investigated using a 116-species reduced primary reference fuel (PRF) mechanism. In the RCCI combustion, two PRF fuels (n-heptane and iso-octane) with opposite autoignition characteristics are separatedly supplied and in-cylinder blended such that spatial variations in fuel reactivity, fuel concentration and temperature are achieved. In the SCCI combustion, however, just a single fuel (PRF50) is used such that only fuel concentration and temperature inhomoginieties are obtained. Because three factors, rather than only two as in SCCI combustion, govern the overall RCCI combustion, combustion timing and combustion duration or heat release rate of RCCI combustion are flexibly and effectively controlled. It is found that the overall RCCI combustion occurs much earlier and its combustion duration is longer compared to SCC combustionI. Moreover, the negative temperature coefficient (NTC) has a positive effect on enhancing RCCI combustion by inducing a shorter combustion timing and a longer combustion duration as a result of the occurrence of a predominant low-speed deflagration-combustion mode.

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Effects of Pilot Injection Method Following the Main Injection on Ignition Promotion and Exhaust Gas Reduction in a Diesel-Fueled HCCI Engine (디젤 예혼합압축착화엔진에서 주연료 분사 후 점화 연료 분사 방법을 통한 점화 촉진과 배기가스 개선 효과)

  • Kook, Sang-Hoon;Bae, Choong-Sik
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.27-32
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    • 2003
  • Diesel-Fueled HCCI(Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition) Engine is an advanced combustion process explained as a premixed charge of diesel fuel and air is admitted into the cylinder and compression ignited. It has possibility to reduce NOx by spontaneous auto-ignition at multiple points that allows very lean combustion resulting in low combustion temperatures. Also PM could be reduced by the premixed combustion and no fuel-rich zones. But HCCI couldn't be realized because of the difficulties in vaporizing the diesel, control of combustion phase directly. To solve these problems, new fuel injection strategy, explained as the pilot fuel injection to promote ignition near TDC following the main fuel injection at the extremely advanced timing, is applied during the compression ratio is varied from 18.9:1 to 27.7:1 This is not a pilot fuel to promote the ignition but also the direct control method of the combustion phase. Experimental result shows the pilot fuel injection promote the ignition and the compression ignition of the HCCI engine is achieved as compression ratio becomes higher. Also there is an optimal pilot fuel injection timing for the HCCI combustion. NOx is reduced more than 90% compared to DI-Diesel case but PM and THC emission needs more investigation.

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Constant Volume Premixed Combustion Characteristics of Dimethyl Ether and LPG Fuel (DME와 LPG 연료의 정적 예혼합 연소특성)

  • 김태권;임문혁;장준영
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.83-88
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    • 2003
  • Measurements on the combustion characteristics of dimethyl ether(DME:$CH_3$O$CH_3$) as compared with LPC in constant volume combustion chamber have been conducted. The DME is a good alternative fuel having oxygen component in fuel. To elucidate the combustion characteristics of dimethyl ether as a fuel, the combustion pressures, combustion durations, and pollutants(NOx, $CO_2$, CO) are measured with equivalence ratios(Ø), and initial Pressures of fuel-air mixture. In the case of DME, the NOx concentration peaks in leu flame Ø = 0.85~0.9, and $CO_2$ concentration peaks at Ø=1.1, while the CO concentration abruptly rises at the condition of fuel-rich mixtures.