Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Flow Field and Soot Particle Size Distribution of Methane-Containing Gas Mixtures in a Swirling Burner

QC 20220407
The formation of soot in a swirling flow is investigated experimentally and numerically in the context of biogas combustion using a CO2-diluted methane/oxygen flame. Visualization of the swirling flow field and characterization of the burner geometry is obtained through PIV measurements. The soot particle size distributions under different fuel concentrations and swirling conditions are measured, revealing an overall reduction of soot concentration and smaller particle sizes with increasing swirling intensities and leaner flames. An axisymmetric two-dimensional CFD model, including a detailed combustion reaction mechanism and soot formation submodel, was implemented using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code (Ansys Fluent). The results are compared with the experiments, with similar trends observed for the soot size distribution under fuel-lean conditions. However, the model is not accurate enough to capture soot formation in fuel-rich combustion cases. In general, soot particle sizes from the model are much smaller than those observed in the experiments, with possible reasons being the inappropriate modeling in Fluent of governing mechanisms for soot agglomeration, growth, and oxidation for CH4-CO2 mixtures.

Zhang, YaoPolytech Montreal, Dept Mech Engn, Montreal, PQ H3T 1J4, Canada. (author)
Robert, EtiennePolytech Montreal, Dept Mech Engn, Montreal, PQ H3T 1J4, Canada. (author)
Engvall, KlasKTH,Processteknologi(Swepub:kth)u1ev1mf1 (author)
KTHProcessteknologi (creator_code:org_t)

By the author/editor: Musavi, Zari; Zhang, Yao; Robert, Etienne; Engvall, Klas

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