The technological objective of this work is the development of a lean-premixed burner for natural gas. Sub-ppm emissions can be accomplished by shifting the lean blowout limit (LBO) to slightly lower adiabatic flame temperatures than the LBO of current standard burners. This can be achieved with a novel burner concept utilizing spatially periodic recirculation of combustion products: Hot combustion products are admixed to the injected premixed fresh mixture with a mass flow rate of comparable magnitude, in order to achieve self-ignition. The subsequent combustion of the diluted mixture again delivers products. A fraction of these combustion products is then admixed to the next stream of fresh mixture. This process pattern is to be continued in a cyclically closed topology, in order to achieve stable combustion of, for example, natural gas in a temperature regime of very low production. The principal ignition behavior and production characteristics of one sequence of the periodic process was modeled by an idealized adiabatic system with instantaneous admixture of partially or completely burnt combustion products to one stream of fresh reactants. With the CHEMKIN-II package, a reactor network consisting of one perfectly stirred reactor (PSR, providing ignition in the first place) and two plug flow reactors (PFR) has been used. The effect of varying burnout and the influence of the fraction of admixed flue gas has been evaluated. The simulations have been conducted with the reaction mechanism of Miller and Bowman and the GRI-Mech 3.0 mechanism. The results show that the high radical content of partially combusted products leads to a massive decrease of the time required for the formation of the radical pool. As a consequence, self-ignition times of 1 ms are achieved even at adiabatic flame temperatures of 1600 K and less, if the flue gas content is about 50–60% of the reacting flow after mixing is complete. Interestingly, the effect of radicals on ignition is strong, outweighs the temperature deficiency and thus allows stable operation at very low emissions.
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April 2006
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Lean Blowout Limit and Production of a Premixed Sub-ppm Burner With Periodic Recirculation of Combustion Products
Jochen R. Kalb,
Jochen R. Kalb
Lehrstuhl für Thermodynamik,
e-mail: kalb@td.mw.tum.de
Technische Universität München
, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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Thomas Sattelmayer
Thomas Sattelmayer
Lehrstuhl für Thermodynamik,
Technische Universität München
, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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Jochen R. Kalb
Lehrstuhl für Thermodynamik,
Technische Universität München
, D-85748 Garching, Germanye-mail: kalb@td.mw.tum.de
Thomas Sattelmayer
Lehrstuhl für Thermodynamik,
Technische Universität München
, D-85748 Garching, GermanyJ. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Apr 2006, 128(2): 247-254 (8 pages)
Published Online: March 1, 2004
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October 1, 2003
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March 1, 2004
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Kalb, J. R., and Sattelmayer, T. (March 1, 2004). "Lean Blowout Limit and Production of a Premixed Sub-ppm Burner With Periodic Recirculation of Combustion Products." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. April 2006; 128(2): 247–254. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2061267
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