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- Gunnarsson, Adrian, 1990, et al.
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Radiative Heat Transfer Modeling and in Situ Diagnostics of Soot in an 80 kWth Propane Flame with Varying Feed-Gas Oxygen Concentration
- 2018
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Ingår i: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1520-5045 .- 0888-5885. ; 57:36, s. 12288-12295
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This work presents experimental measurements of various 80 kWth propane flames, using a swirl burner, and modeling of the radiative heat transfer. The combustion conditions were altered by varying the oxygen concentration in the oxidant within range of 21-32%, while keeping the thermal input and oxygen-to-fuel ratio constant. Temperature, gas composition, and radiative intensity were measured using probes, while the soot volume fraction was quantified using nonintrusive laser-induced incandescence. The radiative intensity and the soot volume fraction increased with an increased oxygen concentration in the flame. When the oxygen concentration exceeded 27% the soot volume fraction was increased more than 14-fold. The results reveal the potential of promoting radiative heat transfer by increasing the oxygen concentration; the total radiative intensity becomes dominated by the soot particle contribution. In addition, laser-induced incandescence was successfully used for instantaneous and spatially resolved soot measurements in this type of furnace being at a technical scale.
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- Gunnarsson, Adrian, 1990, et al.
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Soot Formation and Radiative Heat Transfer in Oxy-Fuel and Oxygen-Enhanced Propane Flames
- 2018
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This work aims to determine radiation-related properties of various propane flames, where the measurements were conducted in a down-fired and cylindrical 100 kW furnace equipped with a swirl burner. The combustion conditions were varied by altering the composition of the oxidant. For six cases, oxygen-enhanced air was used, step-wise varying the oxygen concentration in the oxidant from 21% to 32%. Also for six cases, the furnace was operated in oxy-fuel mode, recirculating dry flue gas and varying the oxygen concentration from 25% to 42%. All measurements were conducted at an axial distance of 384 mm from the burner. Temperature, gas composition and radiative intensity were measured (by intrusive instruments) along the furnace diameter using probes while the soot volume fraction was quantified using non-intrusive laser induced incandescence (LII). An Nd:YAG laser at wavelength 1064 nm was used for the LII measurements, and a diode laser at wavelength 808 nm was used for extinction measurements for absolute calibration of the LII-signal. Two-dimensional images of the LII-signal were captured using an intensified CCD-camera and radial profiles of the soot volume fraction were achieved. The soot volume fraction increased with increasing oxygen concentration in the feed gas, and, when the oxygen concentration exceeded 30 and 42% for the oxygen-enriched air and oxy-fuel cases, respectively, the soot formation was substantially enhanced with volume fractions more than 10 times higher than for lower oxygen concentrations. The higher oxygen concentration required for the increased soot production in the oxy-fuel combustion cases is mainly due to the higher heat capacity of carbon dioxide that lowers the flame temperatures. The data collected from the measurements was used to model the radiative intensity using a discrete transfer model. In this model, gas properties are calculated using a statistical narrow-band model and particle properties are calculated using Rayleigh theory. Good agreement was achieved between the modeled and measured radiative intensity for most flames and the use of an LII-system to measure the soot volume fraction in this type of furnace was successful.
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- Mannazhi, Manu, et al.
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Strongly reduced optical absorption efficiency of soot with addition of potassium chloride in sooting premixed flames
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. - : Elsevier BV. - 1540-7489. ; 39:1, s. 867-876
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Optical properties of soot have been investigated with and without potassium chloride (KCl) salt added to the soot formation process in a premixed ethylene/air flame. A strong decrease in optical absorption efficiency of the soot was observed with increasing amounts of KCl added to the fuel based on the method of fluence curve analysis using laser-induced incandescence (LII). To understand the reason for this major change in absorption efficiency, probe sampling and subsequent structural analysis were performed using Raman spectroscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). Raman spectra indicated no significant difference between the nanostructure of soot from the two main cases; a reference case without addition of salt, and a case with addition of -600 ppm K. In the case of K addition, HRTEM showed slightly less compact nanostructure signified by somewhat shorter interlayer spacing, and significantly different polar ordering of carbon lamellae indicating smaller primary particles, thereby supporting previous TEM studies on soot sampled from the same flames showing smaller soot particle sizes with KCl addition. The impact on soot absorption properties from the observed differences is discussed. It is speculated that the main cause for the lower absorption with K addition is a quantum confinement effect due to reduction in soot particle size.
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