The counterflow burner is a combustion device used for research on combustion.By utilizing deep convolutional models to identify the combustion state of a counter flow burner through visible flame images,it facilitate...The counterflow burner is a combustion device used for research on combustion.By utilizing deep convolutional models to identify the combustion state of a counter flow burner through visible flame images,it facilitates the optimization of the combustion process and enhances combustion efficiency.Among existing deep convolutional models,InceptionNeXt is a deep learning architecture that integrates the ideas of the Inception series and ConvNeXt.It has garnered significant attention for its computational efficiency,remarkable model accuracy,and exceptional feature extraction capabilities.However,since this model still has limitations in the combustion state recognition task,we propose a Triple-Scale Multi-Stage InceptionNeXt(TSMS-InceptionNeXt)combustion state recognitionmethod based on feature extraction optimization.First,to address the InceptionNeXt model’s limited ability to capture dynamic features in flame images,we introduce Triplet Attention,which applies attention to the width,height,and Red Green Blue(RGB)dimensions of the flame images to enhance its ability to model dynamic features.Secondly,to address the issue of key information loss in the Inception deep convolution layers,we propose a Similarity-based Feature Concentration(SimC)mechanism to enhance the model’s capability to concentrate on critical features.Next,to address the insufficient receptive field of the model,we propose a Multi-Scale Dilated Channel Parallel Integration(MDCPI)mechanism to enhance the model’s ability to extract multi-scale contextual information.Finally,to address the issue of the model’s Multi-Layer Perceptron Head(MlpHead)neglecting channel interactions,we propose a Channel Shuffle-Guided Channel-Spatial Attention(ShuffleCS)mechanism,which integrates information from different channels to further enhance the representational power of the input features.To validate the effectiveness of the method,experiments are conducted on the counterflow burner flame visible light image dataset.The experimental results show that the TSMS-InceptionNeXt model achieved an accuracy of 85.71%on the dataset,improving by 2.38%over the baseline model and outperforming the baseline model’s performance.It achieved accuracy improvements of 10.47%,4.76%,11.19%,and 9.28%compared to the Reparameterized Visual Geometry Group(RepVGG),Squeeze-erunhanced Axial Transoformer(SeaFormer),Simplified Graph Transformers(SGFormer),and VanillaNet models,respectively,effectively enhancing the recognition performance for combustion states in counterflow burners.展开更多
The Chinese incense burner,a cornerstone of material culture,embodies distinguished craftsmanship and reflects sociocultural evolution across ritual,religious,and domestic life.Through analysis of a Qing-dynasty coppe...The Chinese incense burner,a cornerstone of material culture,embodies distinguished craftsmanship and reflects sociocultural evolution across ritual,religious,and domestic life.Through analysis of a Qing-dynasty copper Ding-style censer with gold and silver inlay,this paper examines its antique form,masterly technique,and decorative motifs.It demonstrates how such objects synthesize the cultural ethos of the Kang-Qian era by uniting Ming-Song literati classicism with consummate imperial artistry.This case study thus provides a focused lens on the critical interplay between elite taste and technical execution in the history of Chinese craftsmanship.展开更多
A multi-burner-port annular flameless ceramic burner (MAFCB) of the shaftless stove for blast furnaces was designed. The characteristics of pressure drop, homogeneousness of the flows at burner ports, and distributi...A multi-burner-port annular flameless ceramic burner (MAFCB) of the shaftless stove for blast furnaces was designed. The characteristics of pressure drop, homogeneousness of the flows at burner ports, and distribution of the flows in the chambers and joint were studied by cold model experiments. This type of ceramic burner was successfully applied in 6# blast furnace at Liuzhou Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (LISC) and this practice proved that it could be used in the hot blast stove and other stoves with a higher efficiency and a higher steadiness of hot blast temperature at 1200℃. With the combustion of blast furnace gas alone, the thermal efficiency was up to 78.95%, saving energy remarkably.展开更多
The characteristics of oxy-coal combustion for a swirl burner with a specially designed preheating chamber are studied numerically. In order to increase the accuracy in the prediction of flame temperature and igni- ti...The characteristics of oxy-coal combustion for a swirl burner with a specially designed preheating chamber are studied numerically. In order to increase the accuracy in the prediction of flame temperature and igni- tion position, eddy dissipation concept (EDC) model with a skeletal chemical reaction mechanism was adopted to describe the combustion of volatile matter. Simulation was conducted under six oxidant stream conditions with dif- ferent OjN2/CO2 molar ratios: 21/79/0, 30/70/0, 50/50/0, 21/0/79, 30/0/70 and 50/0/50. Results showed that 02 en- richment in the primary oxidant stream is in favor of combustion stabilization, acceleration of ignition and increase of maximum flame temperature, while the full substitution of N2 by CO2 in the oxidant stream delays ignition and decreases the maximum flame temperature. However, the overall flow field and flame shapes in these cases are very similar at the same flow rate of the primary oxidant stream. Combustion characteristics of the air-coal is similar to that of the oxy-coal with 30% 02 and 70% CO2 in the oxidant stream, indicating that the rear condition is suitable for retrofitting an air-coal fired boiler to an oxy-coal one. The swirl burner with a specially designed preheating chamber can increase flame temperature, accelerate ignition and enhance burning intensity of pulverized coal under oxy-coal combustion. Also, qualitative experimental validation indicated the burner can reduce the overall NOx emission under certain 02 enrichment and oxy-coal combustion conditions against the air-coal combustion.展开更多
A 3-D numerical simulation with CFX software on physical field of multi-air channel coal burner in rotary kiln was carried out. The effects of various operational and structural parameters on flame feature and tempera...A 3-D numerical simulation with CFX software on physical field of multi-air channel coal burner in rotary kiln was carried out. The effects of various operational and structural parameters on flame feature and temperature distribution were investigated. A thermal measurement was conducted on a rotary kiln (4.5m in diameter, 90m in length) with four-air channel coal burner to determine the boundary conditions and to verify the simulation results. The calculation result shows that the distribution of velocity near burner exit is saddle-like; recirculation zones near nozzle and wall are useful for mixture primary air with coal and high temperature fume. A little central airflow can avoid coal backing up and cool nozzle. Adjusting the ratio of internal airflow to outer airflow is an effective and major means to regulate flame and temperature distribution in sintering region. Large whirlcone angle can intensify disturbution range at flame root to accelerate ignition and mixture. Large coal size can reduce high temperature region and result in coal combusting insufficiently. Too much combustion air will lengthen flame and increase heat loss.展开更多
This study was conducted to investigate the characteristics of meso-scale combustion.The technique of electrical capacitance tomography(ECT) was used to locate flame position and monitor the effect corresponding to va...This study was conducted to investigate the characteristics of meso-scale combustion.The technique of electrical capacitance tomography(ECT) was used to locate flame position and monitor the effect corresponding to varied air/fuel ratio in a meso-scale combustor.Combustion phenomena including igniting,quenching and unsteady combustion have been visualized using ECT.The method of metallization protecting ECT sensor from high temperature damage and the novel calibration method adapted to ECT monitoring of unknown permittivity flame have been shown to be successful.At the same time,electrical nature of combustion and dielectric characteristics of hy-drocarbon flame were studied.The relationship between flame permittivity and state parameters of combustion gas was demonstrated preliminarily.展开更多
The computer simulation of the combustion process in blast furnace(BF) stove has been studied by using the k-ε-g turbulent diffusion flame model.The combustion process in blunt annular ceramic burner was calculated b...The computer simulation of the combustion process in blast furnace(BF) stove has been studied by using the k-ε-g turbulent diffusion flame model.The combustion process in blunt annular ceramic burner was calculated by using the software.The profiles of gas and air velocity,temperature of the combustion products,concentration of the components,and the shape and length of the flame during combustion have been researched.Compared with the original annular ceramic burner,the new design of the blunt one improves the mixing of the gas and the air significantly,and shortened the length of the flame.展开更多
In this study, the relationship between the visual information gathered from the flame images and the excess air factor 2 in coal burners is investigated. In conventional coal burners the excess air factor 2. can be o...In this study, the relationship between the visual information gathered from the flame images and the excess air factor 2 in coal burners is investigated. In conventional coal burners the excess air factor 2. can be obtained using very expensive air measurement instruments. The proposed method to predict ) for a specific time in the coal burners consists of three distinct and consecutive stages; a) online flame images acquisition using a CCD camera, b) extrac- tion meaningful information (flame intensity and bright- ness)from flame images, and c) learning these information (image features) with ANNs and estimate 2. Six different feature extraction methods have been used: CDF of Blue Channel, Co-Occurrence Matrix, L-Frobenius Norms, Radiant Energy Signal (RES), PCA and Wavelet. When compared prediction results, it has seen that the use of co- occurrence matrix with ANNs has the best performance (RMSE = 0.07) in terms of accuracy. The results show that the proposed predicting system using flame images can be preferred instead of using expensive devices to measure excess air factor in during combustion.展开更多
Numerical simulation is applied to gas-particle flows of the primary and the secondary air ducts and burner region, and of two kinds of swirl burners. The modeling results of Radial Bias Combustion (RBC) burner well a...Numerical simulation is applied to gas-particle flows of the primary and the secondary air ducts and burner region, and of two kinds of swirl burners. The modeling results of Radial Bias Combustion (RBC) burner well agreed with the data from the three-dimensional Phase-Doppler anemometry (PDA) experiment by Li, et al. The modeling test conducted in a 1025 t/h boiler was to study the quality of aerodynamics for a Central Fuel Rich (CFR) burner, and the Internal Recirculation Zone (IRZ) was measured. In addition, gas-particle flows with a CFR burner were investigated by numerical simulation, whose results accorded with the test data fundamentally. By analyzing the distribution of gas velocity and trajectories of particles respectively, it is found that the primary air’s rigidity of CFR burner is stronger than that of RBC burner, and the primary air mixes with the secondary air later. Furthermore, high concentration region of pulverized coal exists in the burner’s central zone whose atmosphere is reduced, and trajectories of particles in IRZ of CFR burner are longer than that of RBC burner. They are favorable to coal’s ignition and the reduction of NOx emission.展开更多
The understanding of the liquid fuel spray and flow field characteristics inside a combustor is crucial for designing a fuel efficient and low emission device.Characterisation of the flow field of a model gas turbine ...The understanding of the liquid fuel spray and flow field characteristics inside a combustor is crucial for designing a fuel efficient and low emission device.Characterisation of the flow field of a model gas turbine liquid swirl burner is performed by using a2-D particle imaging velocimetry(PIV)system.The flow field pattern of an axial flow burner with a fixed swirl intensity is compared under confined and unconfined conditions,i.e.,with and without the combustor wall.The effect of temperature on the main swirling air flow is investigated under open and non-reacting conditions.The result shows that axial and radial velocities increase as a result of decreased flow density and increased flow volume.The flow field of the main swirling flow with liquid fuel spray injection is compared to non-spray swirling flow.Introduction of liquid fuel spray changes the swirl air flow field at the burner outlet,where the radial velocity components increase for both open and confined environment.Under reacting condition,the enclosure generates a corner recirculation zone that intensifies the strength of radial velocity.The reverse flow and corner recirculation zone assists in stabilizing the flame by preheating the reactants.The flow field data can be used as validation target for swirl combustion modelling.展开更多
In this paper, the numerical simulation on the flow field of a four-channel coal burner was investigated with Fluent software. The three-dimension model was created with UG software. The structure was meshed by using ...In this paper, the numerical simulation on the flow field of a four-channel coal burner was investigated with Fluent software. The three-dimension model was created with UG software. The structure was meshed by using Gambit software. The realizable K-ε turbulence model and simple method were adopted. The variation of the inner flow field of the burner was studied and analyzed. The results simulated to the burner by the realizable K-ε turbulence model show that the contours of theflowfield accord with the actual condition and the realizable K-ε model is proved to be feasible and the results of simulation are creditable. That will have important significance to the improvement of the structure and parameter optimization of the four-channel coal burner in the future.展开更多
The investigation shows that using internal combustion coal-oxygen burner for the intensification of melting in EAF is feasible.Internal combustion coal-oxygen burner is better than external combustion coal-oxygen bur...The investigation shows that using internal combustion coal-oxygen burner for the intensification of melting in EAF is feasible.Internal combustion coal-oxygen burner is better than external combustion coal-oxygen burner in the performance and energy saving of the process.Electrical consumption is decreased by 40 kW ? h/t,melting time is shortened by 18 min.The application of internal combustion coal-oxygen burner has a significant effect on decreasing EAF energy consumption.展开更多
The present study investigated numerically the physical mechanisms underlying the transient behaviors of the flame over a porous cylindrical burner. The numerical results showed that a cold flow structure at a fixed i...The present study investigated numerically the physical mechanisms underlying the transient behaviors of the flame over a porous cylindrical burner. The numerical results showed that a cold flow structure at a fixed inflow velocity of Uin = 0.6 m/s in a wind tunnel could be observed in two co-existing recirculation flows. Flow variations occur repeatedly until t = 4.71 s, and then a vortex existed steadily behind the burner and no shading occurred. The ignition of flammable mixture led to a rapid rise in gas temperature and a sudden gas expansion. When it reached the stable envelope flame condition, Uin is adjusted to an assigned value. Two blow-off mechanisms were identified. It was also found in the study flame shapes with buoyancy effects agreed with the ones observed experimentally by Tsai. Furthermore, the lift-off flame would appear briefly between the envelopes and wake ones, and was stabilized as a wake flame.展开更多
An experimental study was carried out in a small-scale furnace to investigate the performance, such as NOx emission, enhancement of heat transfer, uniformity of temperature, and etc., of oscillating combustion applied...An experimental study was carried out in a small-scale furnace to investigate the performance, such as NOx emission, enhancement of heat transfer, uniformity of temperature, and etc., of oscillating combustion applied in radiant tube burner sy stem for heat treatment furnace. A premixed type burner and a solenoid type oscillating control valve were designed and used. The fuel was used commercial LPG in this study and the fuel flow was oscillated by periodically opening and shutoff of the solenoid valve. From the tests, it was found that NOx emission, compared to no oscillation, could be reduced by 32% at 2.0 Hz. However, as oscillating frequency was increased, abatement of NOx emission was gradually reduced. At the high NOx abatement of 1.0 Hz, carbon monoxide was emitted above 10,000 ppm. Although rate of NOx abatement was low, oscillation condition of 2.5 Hz and duty ratio of 10-30% was recommended for low carbon monoxide emission. From the measurement of furnace heating time from 100 ℃ to 720 ℃, it was shown that heat transfer was increased by 11.5% at 2 Hz oscillating frequency. Temperature distribution of radiant tube surface was more uniform at 2 Hz oscillating frequency with drop of the peak temperature and rise of low temperature. From these results, it was confirmed that oscillating combustion was useful in radiant tube burner system.展开更多
The air flow ratio and the pulverized coal mass flux ratio between the rich and lean sides are the key parameters of horizontal bias burner. In order to realize high combustion efficiency, excellent stability of igni...The air flow ratio and the pulverized coal mass flux ratio between the rich and lean sides are the key parameters of horizontal bias burner. In order to realize high combustion efficiency, excellent stability of ignition, low NO x emission and safe operation, six principal demands are presented on the selection of key parameters. An analytical model is established on the basis of the demands, the fundamentals of combustion and the operation results. An improved horizontal bias burner is also presented and applied. The experiment and numerical simulation results show the improved horizontal bias burner can realize proper key parameters, lower NO x emission, high combustion efficiency and excellent performance of part load operation without oil support. It also can reduce the circumfluence and low velocity zone existing at the downstream sections of vanes, and avoid the burnout of the lean primary air nozzle and the jam in the lean primary air channel. The operation and test results verify the reasonableness and feasibility of the analytical model.展开更多
Based on the prototypes of a 130 t/h boiler, constant proportional cold-state test bench is established, flow characteristics of multi-nozzle in natural gas reburning burner and its influence on the covering effect fo...Based on the prototypes of a 130 t/h boiler, constant proportional cold-state test bench is established, flow characteristics of multi-nozzle in natural gas reburning burner and its influence on the covering effect for the upflow in the furnace are researched. Numerical simulations of this process are also made with standard ?turbulence model. The results show that air flow fullness in furnace is better in the case of the reburning zone with 8 nozzles compared to 4 nozzles and also coverage effect of the reburning flow for the updraft gas in the furnace is better. In the condition each nozzle airflow velocity is constant, the effect of reburning flow on coverage of up-secondary air is best when the incident angle for four corners is 14.17?, while Center of the furnace wall is 84.57. And while the best incident angle is invariable, the effect of reburning flow on coverage of up-secondary air is best when the speed of reburning gas in the corners of furnace is 51 m/s, the same to the center of the furnace wall’s.展开更多
A kind of ZrO2 ceramic material for porous media burner was prepared by polymeric sponge process with starting materials of zircon, zirconia powder, microsili- ca, and ball clay, and binder of silica sol through react...A kind of ZrO2 ceramic material for porous media burner was prepared by polymeric sponge process with starting materials of zircon, zirconia powder, microsili- ca, and ball clay, and binder of silica sol through reaction-sintering. The effects of microsilica addition on cold crushing strength and zirconia/zircon adding ratio on thermal shock resistance were studied. The results show that the porous media material has proper porosity, high strength, and excellent thermal shock resistance when zirconia addition is 85% and zircon addition is 5%. The performance indexes are: porosity 82%, cold crashing strength 3.1MPa, thermal shock resistance more than 10 cycles, and good thermal shock resistance to 1 500℃ flame.展开更多
The paper presents 1) the numerical results of RANS (Reynolds Averaging Navier-Stokes) simulations for two versions of the premixed combustion GE10 burners: the old one with non-premixed and modified one with swirled ...The paper presents 1) the numerical results of RANS (Reynolds Averaging Navier-Stokes) simulations for two versions of the premixed combustion GE10 burners: the old one with non-premixed and modified one with swirled premixed pilot flames;and 2) the numerical results of joint RANS/LES (Large Eddy Simulation) modelling of the ONERA model burner and a simplified GE10 combustor. The original joint RANS/LES approach is based on using the Kolmogorov theory for modelling sub-grid turbulence and combustion intensity and using RANS numerical results for closure the LES model equations. The main conclusion is that developed joint RANS/LES approch is the efficient timesaving tool for simulations both the average and instantaneous fields of parameters in gas turbine and boiler burners with premixed combustion.展开更多
A high performance flexible porous medium burner that can burn gaseous and liquid fuel with different type of flames (premixed and non-premixed) is proposed. The merit of the combustion within porous medium is that ...A high performance flexible porous medium burner that can burn gaseous and liquid fuel with different type of flames (premixed and non-premixed) is proposed. The merit of the combustion within porous medium is that heat is recirculated from the combustion gas to porous medium at upstream wherein vaporization is taken place (in case of liquid fuel) or preheated ~in case of gaseous fuel) before mixing with the combustion air followed by combustion within another porous medium at downstream. In a former version of the high performance flexible porous medium burner, the upstream porous medium is incorporated with a cooling system using the combustion air as a coolants to prevent thermal decomposition of fuels and thus the burner clogging caused by carbon deposit within the porous medium can be avoided. However, the cooling effect cannot be properly controlled such that the boiling point of the liquid fuel is maintained at suitable value irrespective of the volume flow rate of the combustion air, which is linearly varied with the firing rate of the burner. In particular at the lean burn condition, where high air flow rate is required with high cooling effect with porous medium. This can result in the porous medium temperature lower than the corresponding boiling point of the liquid fuel and thus evaporation of the fuel is failed and the combustion is ceased. Therefore, method of controlling the cooling air flow rate in the porous medium is proposed and studied in order to appropriately control the porous medium temperature and maintain it at above the boiling point irrespective of the combustion conditions. In this research, experimental and computation analysis are used to design the flexible porous burner (FPMB), with adjustable cooling effect. The result shows that, the new design of FPMB which has temperature in the upstream porous medium is higher than boiling point and lower than thermal decomposition temperature of fuel (kerosene) at all conditions and can be operated at a wide range of equivalence ratio without fuel decomposition and fuel non-vaporization problem.展开更多
Score-StoveTM a clean-burning cooking stove that also generates electricity was tested using a pressurized kerosene burner. The Score-Stove works on the principle of thermo-acoustics to gen- erate small-scale electric...Score-StoveTM a clean-burning cooking stove that also generates electricity was tested using a pressurized kerosene burner. The Score-Stove works on the principle of thermo-acoustics to gen- erate small-scale electricity. The device having hot-end, cold-end and regenerator acts in a way similar to a stirling cycle generating acoustic power, which is then converted to electricity using a linear actuator. It can supply small power for applications such as LED lighting, mobile phone charging and radios particularly in rural areas without grid electricity as well as improving house- hold air pollution. After assessing the needs of the rural communities through a survey, tea-stalls and small restaurants owners were identified as clients with the most potential of using the stove in Bangladesh. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology ((BUET) modified a Score- Stove to use both wood and a pressurized kerosene burner of a design that is widely used for cooking in rural areas of Bangladesh. The design was adapted to meet performance needs such as: heating rate, cooking efficiency, energy distribution, electric power generation, exhaust emissions and time taken to boil water using standardized water boiling tests. Performance was also compared with conventional (non-electrically generating) stoves that use a pressurized kerosene burn- er. The Score-Stove performance was then evaluated while increasing the pressure of the sealed working fluid (air in this case) from atmospheric to about 1.4 bar. The pressurization was found to almost double the power generation. An arrangement for utilizing cooling water waste heat was also devised in order to improve the thermal performance of the stove by 18%. Technical deficiencies are documented and recommendations for improvements and future research in order to obtain wider end-user acceptance are made.展开更多
文摘The counterflow burner is a combustion device used for research on combustion.By utilizing deep convolutional models to identify the combustion state of a counter flow burner through visible flame images,it facilitates the optimization of the combustion process and enhances combustion efficiency.Among existing deep convolutional models,InceptionNeXt is a deep learning architecture that integrates the ideas of the Inception series and ConvNeXt.It has garnered significant attention for its computational efficiency,remarkable model accuracy,and exceptional feature extraction capabilities.However,since this model still has limitations in the combustion state recognition task,we propose a Triple-Scale Multi-Stage InceptionNeXt(TSMS-InceptionNeXt)combustion state recognitionmethod based on feature extraction optimization.First,to address the InceptionNeXt model’s limited ability to capture dynamic features in flame images,we introduce Triplet Attention,which applies attention to the width,height,and Red Green Blue(RGB)dimensions of the flame images to enhance its ability to model dynamic features.Secondly,to address the issue of key information loss in the Inception deep convolution layers,we propose a Similarity-based Feature Concentration(SimC)mechanism to enhance the model’s capability to concentrate on critical features.Next,to address the insufficient receptive field of the model,we propose a Multi-Scale Dilated Channel Parallel Integration(MDCPI)mechanism to enhance the model’s ability to extract multi-scale contextual information.Finally,to address the issue of the model’s Multi-Layer Perceptron Head(MlpHead)neglecting channel interactions,we propose a Channel Shuffle-Guided Channel-Spatial Attention(ShuffleCS)mechanism,which integrates information from different channels to further enhance the representational power of the input features.To validate the effectiveness of the method,experiments are conducted on the counterflow burner flame visible light image dataset.The experimental results show that the TSMS-InceptionNeXt model achieved an accuracy of 85.71%on the dataset,improving by 2.38%over the baseline model and outperforming the baseline model’s performance.It achieved accuracy improvements of 10.47%,4.76%,11.19%,and 9.28%compared to the Reparameterized Visual Geometry Group(RepVGG),Squeeze-erunhanced Axial Transoformer(SeaFormer),Simplified Graph Transformers(SGFormer),and VanillaNet models,respectively,effectively enhancing the recognition performance for combustion states in counterflow burners.
文摘The Chinese incense burner,a cornerstone of material culture,embodies distinguished craftsmanship and reflects sociocultural evolution across ritual,religious,and domestic life.Through analysis of a Qing-dynasty copper Ding-style censer with gold and silver inlay,this paper examines its antique form,masterly technique,and decorative motifs.It demonstrates how such objects synthesize the cultural ethos of the Kang-Qian era by uniting Ming-Song literati classicism with consummate imperial artistry.This case study thus provides a focused lens on the critical interplay between elite taste and technical execution in the history of Chinese craftsmanship.
文摘A multi-burner-port annular flameless ceramic burner (MAFCB) of the shaftless stove for blast furnaces was designed. The characteristics of pressure drop, homogeneousness of the flows at burner ports, and distribution of the flows in the chambers and joint were studied by cold model experiments. This type of ceramic burner was successfully applied in 6# blast furnace at Liuzhou Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (LISC) and this practice proved that it could be used in the hot blast stove and other stoves with a higher efficiency and a higher steadiness of hot blast temperature at 1200℃. With the combustion of blast furnace gas alone, the thermal efficiency was up to 78.95%, saving energy remarkably.
基金Supported by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology Project(2011DFA60390)The National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(2007AA05Z303)
文摘The characteristics of oxy-coal combustion for a swirl burner with a specially designed preheating chamber are studied numerically. In order to increase the accuracy in the prediction of flame temperature and igni- tion position, eddy dissipation concept (EDC) model with a skeletal chemical reaction mechanism was adopted to describe the combustion of volatile matter. Simulation was conducted under six oxidant stream conditions with dif- ferent OjN2/CO2 molar ratios: 21/79/0, 30/70/0, 50/50/0, 21/0/79, 30/0/70 and 50/0/50. Results showed that 02 en- richment in the primary oxidant stream is in favor of combustion stabilization, acceleration of ignition and increase of maximum flame temperature, while the full substitution of N2 by CO2 in the oxidant stream delays ignition and decreases the maximum flame temperature. However, the overall flow field and flame shapes in these cases are very similar at the same flow rate of the primary oxidant stream. Combustion characteristics of the air-coal is similar to that of the oxy-coal with 30% 02 and 70% CO2 in the oxidant stream, indicating that the rear condition is suitable for retrofitting an air-coal fired boiler to an oxy-coal one. The swirl burner with a specially designed preheating chamber can increase flame temperature, accelerate ignition and enhance burning intensity of pulverized coal under oxy-coal combustion. Also, qualitative experimental validation indicated the burner can reduce the overall NOx emission under certain 02 enrichment and oxy-coal combustion conditions against the air-coal combustion.
文摘A 3-D numerical simulation with CFX software on physical field of multi-air channel coal burner in rotary kiln was carried out. The effects of various operational and structural parameters on flame feature and temperature distribution were investigated. A thermal measurement was conducted on a rotary kiln (4.5m in diameter, 90m in length) with four-air channel coal burner to determine the boundary conditions and to verify the simulation results. The calculation result shows that the distribution of velocity near burner exit is saddle-like; recirculation zones near nozzle and wall are useful for mixture primary air with coal and high temperature fume. A little central airflow can avoid coal backing up and cool nozzle. Adjusting the ratio of internal airflow to outer airflow is an effective and major means to regulate flame and temperature distribution in sintering region. Large whirlcone angle can intensify disturbution range at flame root to accelerate ignition and mixture. Large coal size can reduce high temperature region and result in coal combusting insufficiently. Too much combustion air will lengthen flame and increase heat loss.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50806005,50736002,61072005)
文摘This study was conducted to investigate the characteristics of meso-scale combustion.The technique of electrical capacitance tomography(ECT) was used to locate flame position and monitor the effect corresponding to varied air/fuel ratio in a meso-scale combustor.Combustion phenomena including igniting,quenching and unsteady combustion have been visualized using ECT.The method of metallization protecting ECT sensor from high temperature damage and the novel calibration method adapted to ECT monitoring of unknown permittivity flame have been shown to be successful.At the same time,electrical nature of combustion and dielectric characteristics of hy-drocarbon flame were studied.The relationship between flame permittivity and state parameters of combustion gas was demonstrated preliminarily.
基金Item Sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation(50104001)Science and Technology Tackle Key Foundation of Inner Mongolia(980307-4)
文摘The computer simulation of the combustion process in blast furnace(BF) stove has been studied by using the k-ε-g turbulent diffusion flame model.The combustion process in blunt annular ceramic burner was calculated by using the software.The profiles of gas and air velocity,temperature of the combustion products,concentration of the components,and the shape and length of the flame during combustion have been researched.Compared with the original annular ceramic burner,the new design of the blunt one improves the mixing of the gas and the air significantly,and shortened the length of the flame.
基金supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey(TUBITAK,Project number:114M116)and MIMSAN AS
文摘In this study, the relationship between the visual information gathered from the flame images and the excess air factor 2 in coal burners is investigated. In conventional coal burners the excess air factor 2. can be obtained using very expensive air measurement instruments. The proposed method to predict ) for a specific time in the coal burners consists of three distinct and consecutive stages; a) online flame images acquisition using a CCD camera, b) extrac- tion meaningful information (flame intensity and bright- ness)from flame images, and c) learning these information (image features) with ANNs and estimate 2. Six different feature extraction methods have been used: CDF of Blue Channel, Co-Occurrence Matrix, L-Frobenius Norms, Radiant Energy Signal (RES), PCA and Wavelet. When compared prediction results, it has seen that the use of co- occurrence matrix with ANNs has the best performance (RMSE = 0.07) in terms of accuracy. The results show that the proposed predicting system using flame images can be preferred instead of using expensive devices to measure excess air factor in during combustion.
基金Sponsored by the Ministry of Education of China via the 2004 Year New Century Excellent Talents in University (Grant No NCET-04-0328)Hei-longjiang Province via 2005 Year Key Projects (Grant No GC05A314)
文摘Numerical simulation is applied to gas-particle flows of the primary and the secondary air ducts and burner region, and of two kinds of swirl burners. The modeling results of Radial Bias Combustion (RBC) burner well agreed with the data from the three-dimensional Phase-Doppler anemometry (PDA) experiment by Li, et al. The modeling test conducted in a 1025 t/h boiler was to study the quality of aerodynamics for a Central Fuel Rich (CFR) burner, and the Internal Recirculation Zone (IRZ) was measured. In addition, gas-particle flows with a CFR burner were investigated by numerical simulation, whose results accorded with the test data fundamentally. By analyzing the distribution of gas velocity and trajectories of particles respectively, it is found that the primary air’s rigidity of CFR burner is stronger than that of RBC burner, and the primary air mixes with the secondary air later. Furthermore, high concentration region of pulverized coal exists in the burner’s central zone whose atmosphere is reduced, and trajectories of particles in IRZ of CFR burner are longer than that of RBC burner. They are favorable to coal’s ignition and the reduction of NOx emission.
基金Supported by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia(Research University Grant Tier-1,Grant No.06H29)Ministry of Science,Technology and Innovation(MOSTI)Malaysia(Grant No.03-01-06-KHAS01)
文摘The understanding of the liquid fuel spray and flow field characteristics inside a combustor is crucial for designing a fuel efficient and low emission device.Characterisation of the flow field of a model gas turbine liquid swirl burner is performed by using a2-D particle imaging velocimetry(PIV)system.The flow field pattern of an axial flow burner with a fixed swirl intensity is compared under confined and unconfined conditions,i.e.,with and without the combustor wall.The effect of temperature on the main swirling air flow is investigated under open and non-reacting conditions.The result shows that axial and radial velocities increase as a result of decreased flow density and increased flow volume.The flow field of the main swirling flow with liquid fuel spray injection is compared to non-spray swirling flow.Introduction of liquid fuel spray changes the swirl air flow field at the burner outlet,where the radial velocity components increase for both open and confined environment.Under reacting condition,the enclosure generates a corner recirculation zone that intensifies the strength of radial velocity.The reverse flow and corner recirculation zone assists in stabilizing the flame by preheating the reactants.The flow field data can be used as validation target for swirl combustion modelling.
文摘In this paper, the numerical simulation on the flow field of a four-channel coal burner was investigated with Fluent software. The three-dimension model was created with UG software. The structure was meshed by using Gambit software. The realizable K-ε turbulence model and simple method were adopted. The variation of the inner flow field of the burner was studied and analyzed. The results simulated to the burner by the realizable K-ε turbulence model show that the contours of theflowfield accord with the actual condition and the realizable K-ε model is proved to be feasible and the results of simulation are creditable. That will have important significance to the improvement of the structure and parameter optimization of the four-channel coal burner in the future.
文摘The investigation shows that using internal combustion coal-oxygen burner for the intensification of melting in EAF is feasible.Internal combustion coal-oxygen burner is better than external combustion coal-oxygen burner in the performance and energy saving of the process.Electrical consumption is decreased by 40 kW ? h/t,melting time is shortened by 18 min.The application of internal combustion coal-oxygen burner has a significant effect on decreasing EAF energy consumption.
文摘The present study investigated numerically the physical mechanisms underlying the transient behaviors of the flame over a porous cylindrical burner. The numerical results showed that a cold flow structure at a fixed inflow velocity of Uin = 0.6 m/s in a wind tunnel could be observed in two co-existing recirculation flows. Flow variations occur repeatedly until t = 4.71 s, and then a vortex existed steadily behind the burner and no shading occurred. The ignition of flammable mixture led to a rapid rise in gas temperature and a sudden gas expansion. When it reached the stable envelope flame condition, Uin is adjusted to an assigned value. Two blow-off mechanisms were identified. It was also found in the study flame shapes with buoyancy effects agreed with the ones observed experimentally by Tsai. Furthermore, the lift-off flame would appear briefly between the envelopes and wake ones, and was stabilized as a wake flame.
文摘An experimental study was carried out in a small-scale furnace to investigate the performance, such as NOx emission, enhancement of heat transfer, uniformity of temperature, and etc., of oscillating combustion applied in radiant tube burner sy stem for heat treatment furnace. A premixed type burner and a solenoid type oscillating control valve were designed and used. The fuel was used commercial LPG in this study and the fuel flow was oscillated by periodically opening and shutoff of the solenoid valve. From the tests, it was found that NOx emission, compared to no oscillation, could be reduced by 32% at 2.0 Hz. However, as oscillating frequency was increased, abatement of NOx emission was gradually reduced. At the high NOx abatement of 1.0 Hz, carbon monoxide was emitted above 10,000 ppm. Although rate of NOx abatement was low, oscillation condition of 2.5 Hz and duty ratio of 10-30% was recommended for low carbon monoxide emission. From the measurement of furnace heating time from 100 ℃ to 720 ℃, it was shown that heat transfer was increased by 11.5% at 2 Hz oscillating frequency. Temperature distribution of radiant tube surface was more uniform at 2 Hz oscillating frequency with drop of the peak temperature and rise of low temperature. From these results, it was confirmed that oscillating combustion was useful in radiant tube burner system.
文摘The air flow ratio and the pulverized coal mass flux ratio between the rich and lean sides are the key parameters of horizontal bias burner. In order to realize high combustion efficiency, excellent stability of ignition, low NO x emission and safe operation, six principal demands are presented on the selection of key parameters. An analytical model is established on the basis of the demands, the fundamentals of combustion and the operation results. An improved horizontal bias burner is also presented and applied. The experiment and numerical simulation results show the improved horizontal bias burner can realize proper key parameters, lower NO x emission, high combustion efficiency and excellent performance of part load operation without oil support. It also can reduce the circumfluence and low velocity zone existing at the downstream sections of vanes, and avoid the burnout of the lean primary air nozzle and the jam in the lean primary air channel. The operation and test results verify the reasonableness and feasibility of the analytical model.
文摘Based on the prototypes of a 130 t/h boiler, constant proportional cold-state test bench is established, flow characteristics of multi-nozzle in natural gas reburning burner and its influence on the covering effect for the upflow in the furnace are researched. Numerical simulations of this process are also made with standard ?turbulence model. The results show that air flow fullness in furnace is better in the case of the reburning zone with 8 nozzles compared to 4 nozzles and also coverage effect of the reburning flow for the updraft gas in the furnace is better. In the condition each nozzle airflow velocity is constant, the effect of reburning flow on coverage of up-secondary air is best when the incident angle for four corners is 14.17?, while Center of the furnace wall is 84.57. And while the best incident angle is invariable, the effect of reburning flow on coverage of up-secondary air is best when the speed of reburning gas in the corners of furnace is 51 m/s, the same to the center of the furnace wall’s.
文摘A kind of ZrO2 ceramic material for porous media burner was prepared by polymeric sponge process with starting materials of zircon, zirconia powder, microsili- ca, and ball clay, and binder of silica sol through reaction-sintering. The effects of microsilica addition on cold crushing strength and zirconia/zircon adding ratio on thermal shock resistance were studied. The results show that the porous media material has proper porosity, high strength, and excellent thermal shock resistance when zirconia addition is 85% and zircon addition is 5%. The performance indexes are: porosity 82%, cold crashing strength 3.1MPa, thermal shock resistance more than 10 cycles, and good thermal shock resistance to 1 500℃ flame.
文摘The paper presents 1) the numerical results of RANS (Reynolds Averaging Navier-Stokes) simulations for two versions of the premixed combustion GE10 burners: the old one with non-premixed and modified one with swirled premixed pilot flames;and 2) the numerical results of joint RANS/LES (Large Eddy Simulation) modelling of the ONERA model burner and a simplified GE10 combustor. The original joint RANS/LES approach is based on using the Kolmogorov theory for modelling sub-grid turbulence and combustion intensity and using RANS numerical results for closure the LES model equations. The main conclusion is that developed joint RANS/LES approch is the efficient timesaving tool for simulations both the average and instantaneous fields of parameters in gas turbine and boiler burners with premixed combustion.
文摘A high performance flexible porous medium burner that can burn gaseous and liquid fuel with different type of flames (premixed and non-premixed) is proposed. The merit of the combustion within porous medium is that heat is recirculated from the combustion gas to porous medium at upstream wherein vaporization is taken place (in case of liquid fuel) or preheated ~in case of gaseous fuel) before mixing with the combustion air followed by combustion within another porous medium at downstream. In a former version of the high performance flexible porous medium burner, the upstream porous medium is incorporated with a cooling system using the combustion air as a coolants to prevent thermal decomposition of fuels and thus the burner clogging caused by carbon deposit within the porous medium can be avoided. However, the cooling effect cannot be properly controlled such that the boiling point of the liquid fuel is maintained at suitable value irrespective of the volume flow rate of the combustion air, which is linearly varied with the firing rate of the burner. In particular at the lean burn condition, where high air flow rate is required with high cooling effect with porous medium. This can result in the porous medium temperature lower than the corresponding boiling point of the liquid fuel and thus evaporation of the fuel is failed and the combustion is ceased. Therefore, method of controlling the cooling air flow rate in the porous medium is proposed and studied in order to appropriately control the porous medium temperature and maintain it at above the boiling point irrespective of the combustion conditions. In this research, experimental and computation analysis are used to design the flexible porous burner (FPMB), with adjustable cooling effect. The result shows that, the new design of FPMB which has temperature in the upstream porous medium is higher than boiling point and lower than thermal decomposition temperature of fuel (kerosene) at all conditions and can be operated at a wide range of equivalence ratio without fuel decomposition and fuel non-vaporization problem.
文摘Score-StoveTM a clean-burning cooking stove that also generates electricity was tested using a pressurized kerosene burner. The Score-Stove works on the principle of thermo-acoustics to gen- erate small-scale electricity. The device having hot-end, cold-end and regenerator acts in a way similar to a stirling cycle generating acoustic power, which is then converted to electricity using a linear actuator. It can supply small power for applications such as LED lighting, mobile phone charging and radios particularly in rural areas without grid electricity as well as improving house- hold air pollution. After assessing the needs of the rural communities through a survey, tea-stalls and small restaurants owners were identified as clients with the most potential of using the stove in Bangladesh. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology ((BUET) modified a Score- Stove to use both wood and a pressurized kerosene burner of a design that is widely used for cooking in rural areas of Bangladesh. The design was adapted to meet performance needs such as: heating rate, cooking efficiency, energy distribution, electric power generation, exhaust emissions and time taken to boil water using standardized water boiling tests. Performance was also compared with conventional (non-electrically generating) stoves that use a pressurized kerosene burn- er. The Score-Stove performance was then evaluated while increasing the pressure of the sealed working fluid (air in this case) from atmospheric to about 1.4 bar. The pressurization was found to almost double the power generation. An arrangement for utilizing cooling water waste heat was also devised in order to improve the thermal performance of the stove by 18%. Technical deficiencies are documented and recommendations for improvements and future research in order to obtain wider end-user acceptance are made.