Effect of stoichiometric mixture fraction on soot fraction and emission spectra with application to oxy-combustion |
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Authors: | Benjamin M Kumfer |
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Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China;2. School of Electric Power Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, No 1, Daxue Road, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116, China;3. Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63130, USA |
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Abstract: | Many proposed oxy-combustion concepts for carbon capture incorporate the recycling of flue gas which is used as a dilution gas to aid in the control of temperature and heat flux. Improvements in efficiency may be realized by significantly reducing the recycle flue gas (RFG), however, in application, care must be taken to avoid excessive radiant heat flux and gas temperature. One of the features oxy-combustion, unlike air-fired combustion, is that the oxygen and dilution gases are initially separated. RFG can, for example, be strategically blended with either the fuel stream, or oxidizer stream, or both, which affects the stoichiometric mixture fraction, Zst. In this work, the effects of the amount of dilution, or RFG, and Zst on soot fraction are experimentally investigated in a laminar coflow flame. Carbon dioxide is employed as the dilution gas to simulate the recycling of dry flue gas. Soot fraction and temperature are quantitatively determined by a flame image processing technique. In addition, the visible and near-IR emission spectra are given. When dilution, or RFG, is reduced, while holding Zst constant, soot formation and thermal radiation increase due to higher temperature. However, high temperature flames with reduced or zero soot are achieved by increasing Zst via the combination of fuel dilution and oxygen enrichment. This study highlights the inherent flexibility of oxy-fuel combustion, which offers the opportunity to control flame temperature and gas volume while independently controlling soot formation and radiant heat transfer. |
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Keywords: | Coflow flame Oxy-combustion Soot Flame image processing Flame spectral analysis |
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