Numerical Study of the Effects of Reflector on Performances of a MILD Furnace with Forward Flow Configuration

Autor: Bo Liu, Hong Xu, Yuan-Hua Wang
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Energy Procedia. 75:3042-3047
ISSN: 1876-6102
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.620
Popis: Two dimensional numerical simulations were conducted to study the performances of a mild furnace with forward flow configuration. A reflector for application in the furnace was proposed to reduce the CO and H 2 emissions due to incomplete burnout of gas fuel, while maintain the low level of NO emission. Effects of the reflector diameter ( D ) on the performances of the furnace were analyzed. The predicted data in the furnace without reflector are in good agreement with the measurements. The results indicated that influence of reflector on flow field in the furnace upstream is insignificant because it is mainly controlled by the burner exit jet momentum, however the reflector prolongs the residence time of flue gas in the chimney and the combustion near the reflector is intensified. The temperature distributions in the furnace are very uniform and the maximum temperatures of all conditions are below 1500 K. The CO and H 2 emissions in flue gas decrease dramatically with the increase of D and the NO emission is below 4 ppm regardless of D .
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