激光点火煤粒着火的模型分析

本文对颗粒煤在激光加热条件下的着火和燃烧进行了数值模拟。采用的是一个简单的煤粒着火与燃烧的一维模型。该模型采用了热解和双平行反应模型,考虑了煤粒表面的多相反应和气相的基元反应以及气相中的传热与传质。从获得的煤粒表面和气相空间的温度随时间的变化规律,可以判断不同煤种的着火方式。     

Counter-current flame propagation in a cylindrical bed of activated carbon saturated with artificial volatile matter in an upward flow of O2/N2 mixture

A counter-current flame propagation process, or traverse combustion, in a cylindrical bed packed with activated carbon (AC) saturated with artificial volatiles was studied experimentally to appreciate the effect of homogenous volatile oxidation in the combustion process of packed solid. The experiments were conducted with an upward flow of a 50/50 v/v O₂/N₂ mixture. Flame propagation velocity and total carbon consumption during traverse combustion period, from ignition to the time when the flame propagated to the bed bottom, were determined. Ethanol, isooctane and benzene, were used respectively as the artificial volatile. Results show that compared to the case of AC alone, the flame propagation velocity was reduced while the combustion duration extended in the presence of volatile. The visible gas phase flame due to homogeneous volatile combustion traversed in the opposite direction of the oxidizing gas stream, competing with heterogeneous carbon oxidation for available oxygen. The proportion of oxygen consumed by homogeneous oxidation was the highest for ethanol, up to 87–94%, while isooctane and benzene accounted for 30–65% and 27–63%, respectively. Despite the competing homogeneous volatile combustion, the total amount of carbon consumed in the heterogeneous carbon oxidation was even increased in the cases of isooctane and benzene due to the extended combustion durations and relatively higher proportions of O₂ consumed by heterogeneous carbon oxidation than in the ethanol case.     

吉林桦甸油页岩及热解产物的红外光谱分析

热化学转化是油页岩综合利用的关键技术.用石英管反应器在500℃下热解吉林桦甸三个矿区(大城子四层、公合四层、公朗头十一层)的油页岩,分别得到其热解半焦和页岩油,并在600和700℃热解大城子四层油页岩,以考察热解产物与热解温度的关系.用红外光谱考察了原料及热解产物.结果表明,页岩油与油页岩有机质所含官能团相似,主要都以...     

Influence of limestone fillers on combustion characteristics of asphalt mortar for pavements

Asphalt materials will be ignited and release significant toxic fumes within tunnel fires. Thus, combustion character- istics of asphalt materials used in road tunnel should be studied in order to limit such an adverse effect. In the present work we study the influence of limestone fillers on combustion characteristics of asphalt mortar by thermogravimetric and kinetic analysis. It is shown that the combustion of asphalt mortar is not just a linear superposition of asphalt and limestone. The limestone will increase the ignition point and the activation energy of the primary volatile release, and will catalyze the char formation from the primary volatile release. Kinetic analysis shows that the primary volatile release stage of asphalt mortar combustion can be explained by a three-dimensional diffusion model, the secondary volatile release and char combustion stage can be explained by a model under the assumption of random nucleation and nuclei growth, whereas the limestone decomposition stage appears to follow the one-dimensional phase boundary model.     

考虑弥散效应的多孔介质中超绝热燃烧的数值模拟

研究多孔介质内往复流动下的超绝热燃烧。一维模型包括气体输运、多孔介质固体的辐射、导热和气固两相间的对流换热。通过数值计算研究超绝热燃烧的形成、以及弥散效应、当量比和多孔介质材料本身对超绝热燃烧特性的影响。计算结果的有效性通过实验进行了验证并取得了相同的趋势。结果表明,组分弥散效应对气体温度分布和反应热影响很小;同一工况下,不考虑气体混合物的热弥散效应,会导致过高的气体温度计算值。同时,计算结果表明小孔径的多孔介质更有利于贫可燃极限的扩展,对30 ppi的多孔介质燃烧器,得到了当量比为0．092的可燃极限。     

Hetero-/homogeneous combustion of hydrogen/air mixtures over platinum at pressures up to 10 bar

The hetero-/homogeneous combustion of fuel-lean hydrogen/air premixtures over platinum was investigated experimentally and numerically in the pressure range 1 bar  p  10 bar. Experiments were carried out in an optically accessible channel-flow catalytic reactor and included planar laser induced fluorescence (LIF) of the OH radical for the assessment of homogeneous (gas-phase) ignition, and 1-D Raman measurements of major gas-phase species concentrations for the evaluation of the heterogeneous (catalytic) processes. Simulations were performed with a full-elliptic 2-D model that included detailed heterogeneous and homogeneous chemical reaction schemes. The predictions reproduced the measured catalytic hydrogen consumption, the onset of homogeneous ignition at pressures of up to 3 bar and the diminishing gas-phase combustion at p  4 bar. The suppression of gaseous combustion at elevated pressures bears the combined effects of the intrinsic homogeneous hydrogen kinetics and of the hetero/homogeneous chemistry coupling via the catalytically produced water over the gaseous induction zone. Transport effects, associated with the large diffusivity of hydrogen, have a smaller impact on the limiting pressure above which gaseous combustion is suppressed. It is shown that for practical reactor geometrical confinements, homogeneous combustion is still largely suppressed at p  4 bar even for inlet and wall temperatures as high as 723 and 1250 K, respectively. The lack of appreciable gaseous combustion at elevated pressures is of concern for the reactor thermal management since homogeneous combustion moderates the superadiabatic surface temperatures attained during the heterogeneous combustion of hydrogen.     

Measurements and modelling of oxy-fuel coal combustion

Oxy-fuel combustion is one of the most promising technologies to isolate efficiently and economically CO₂ emissions in coal combustion for the ready carbon sequestration. The high proportions of both H₂O and CO₂ in the furnace have complex impacts on flame characteristics (ignition, burnout, and heat transfer), pollutant emissions (NO_x, SO_x, and particulate matter), and operational concerns (ash deposition, fouling/slagging). In contrast to the existing literature, this review focuses on fundamental studies on both diagnostics and modelling aspects of bench- or lab-scale oxy-fuel combustion and, particularly, gives attention to the correlations among combustion characteristics, pollutant formation, and operational ash concerns. First, the influences of temperature and species concentrations (e.g., O₂, H₂O) on coal ignition, volatile combustion and char burning processes, for air- and oxy-firing, are comparatively evaluated and modelled, on the basis of data from optically-accessible set-ups including flat-flame burner, drop-tube furnace, and down-fired furnace. Then, the correlations of combustion-generated particulate/NO_x emissions with changes of combustion characteristics in both air and oxy-fuel firing modes are summarized. Additionally, ash deposition propensity, as well as its relation to the formation of fine particulates (i.e. PM_0.2, PM₁ and PM₁₀), for both modes are overviewed. Finally, future research topics are discussed. Fundamental oxy-fuel combustion research may provide an ideal alternative for validating CFD simulations toward industrial applications.     

Stochastic simulation of variations in the autoignition delay time of premixed methane and air

A mesoscopic stochastic particle model for homogeneous combustion is introduced. The model can be used to investigate the physical fluctuations in a system of coupled chemical reactions with energy (heat) release/consumption. In the mesoscopic model, the size of the homogeneous gas volume is an additional variable, which is eliminated in macroscopic continuum models by the thermodynamic limit N→∞. Thus, continuous homogeneous models are macroscopic models wherein fluctuations are excluded by definition. Fluctuations are known to be of particular importance for systems close to the autoignition limits. The new model is used to investigate the stochastic properties of the autoignition delay time in a homogeneous system with stoichiometric premixed methane and air. Temperature and species concentrations during autoignition of sub-macroscopic volumes, including physically meaningful fluctuations, are presented. It is found that different realizations mainly differ in the time when ignition occurs; besides this the development is similar. The mesoscopic range and the macroscopic limit are identified. Which range a specific system is assigned to is not only a question of the length scale or particle number, but also depends on the complete thermodynamic state. The stochastic algorithm yields the correct results for the macroscopic limit compared to the continuous balance equations. The sensitivity of the results to two different detailed reaction mechanisms (for the same system) is studied and found to be low. We show that when approaching the autoignition limit by decreasing the temperature, the fluctuations in the autoignition delay time increase and an increasing number of realizations will have exceedingly long ignition delay times, meaning they are in practice not autoignitable. With this result the mesoscopic simulations offer an explanation of the transition between autoignitable and non-autoignitable conditions. The calculated distributions were compared with ten repetitions of the same experiment. A mesoscopic distribution that matches the experimental results was found.     

煤燃烧过程中一次破碎的影响因素分析

本文从理论上分析了煤燃烧过程中的一次破碎过程,同时考虑热应力和内部压力积聚的作用,建立了简化的一次破碎模型,通过此模型分析了煤颗粒的粒径、炉膛温度、炉膛对煤颗粒的传热系数、煤颗粒的热扩散系数、煤颗粒脱挥发分的化学动力学参数、煤中对流孔直径、煤的孔隙率、挥发分的粘性系数以及挥发分含量这9个参数对燃烧过程中煤颗粒一次破碎的影响,分析所得结果与近年来报道的实验结论基本保持一致。     

Physical aspects of polymer combustion and the inhibition mechanism

The characteristics of polymer combustion were studied. The contributions from the conductive, convective, and radiation components of the total heat flow from the flame to the polymer surface were determined. The influence of inhibitors on the rate of chemical reactions in the preignition zone and on the rate of heat and mass exchange between the flame and the burning surface was estimated. It was shown that a change in the heat balance and heat and mass exchange accompanied by changing the optical properties of the flame and burning surface has a pronounced effect on the combustion rate at the flame edge. The formation of a protective coke layer reduces heat flow to the surface of a nonreacted polymer, leading to a decrease in the rate of evolution of the volatile combustible polymer-destruction products into the gas phase. As a result, the flame temperature decreases and it is extinguished.     

Combustion and microexplosion of collision-merged methanol/alkane droplets

The combustion characteristics of freely falling droplets, individually generated by the merging of colliding methanol and alkane droplets, were investigated and compared with those for pure methanol and alkanes. The merging of the nominally immiscible methanol and alkanes was manifested in an apparently adhesive, but unmixed, manner in all test conditions. An air bubble was found to be trapped at the colliding interfaces where they were “adhered,” with the trapping favored for head-on or near head-on collision orientations. The trapped air bubble ostensibly induced heterogeneous nucleation of the methanol, being facilitated by the relatively low limit of superheat of methanol. Consequently, the droplet exploded almost immediately upon ignition, leading to an extremely short overall lifetime. For collision orientations that were more off-centered, bubble trapping and thereby heterogeneous nucleation were not favored. However, delayed, albeit strong, microexplosion occurred through homogeneous nucleation of methanol at the contacting interface. The global burning rate was therefore again augmented. In general, microexplosion was facilitated for high-boiling-point alkanes such as hexadecane and tetradecane. The co-vaporization of methanol and alkane from their respective hemispherical segments constituting the adhered droplet also led to flame colors that were more bluish than yellowish, indicating the reduction of soot from alkane burning in the presence of methanol vapor. In light of the difficulty of forming stable methanol/oil emulsions, the potential of separate injection of oil and methanol in opposed jet arrangement, in direct-injection engines to facilitate collision, is suggested.     

Ignition and volatile combustion behaviors of a single lignite particle in a fluidized bed under O2/H2O condition

O₂/H₂O combustion, as a new evolution of oxy-fuel combustion, has gradually gained more attention recently for carbon capture in a coal-fired power plant. The physical and chemical properties of steam e.g. reactivity, thermal capacity, diffusivity, can affect the coal combustion process. In this work, the ignition and volatile combustion characteristics of a single lignite particle were first investigated in a fluidized bed combustor under O₂/H₂O atmosphere. The flame and particle temperatures were measured by a calibrated two-color pyrometry and pre-buried thermocouple, respectively. Results indicated that the volatile flame became smaller and brighter as the oxygen concentration increased. The ignition delay time of particle in dense phase was shorter than that in dilute phase due to its higher heat transfer coefficient. Also, the volatile flame was completely separated from particles (defined as off-flame) in dense phase while the flame lay on the particle surface (defined as on-flame) in dilute phase. The self-heating of fuel particles by on-flame in dilute phase was more obvious than that in dense phase, leading to earlier char combustion. At low oxygen concentration, the flame in the H₂O atmosphere was darker than that in the N₂ atmosphere because the heat capacity of H₂O is higher than that of N₂. With the increase of oxygen concentration, the flame temperature in the O₂/H₂O atmosphere was dramatically enhanced rather than that in the O₂/N₂ atmosphere, where the diffusion rate of oxygen in O₂/N₂ atmosphere became the dominant factor.     

表面催化反应对空间预混气体着火影响的研究

催化燃烧中表面反应和空间反应的相互影响是一个非常重要的问题,本文计算了表面有催化剂的高温小球利用催化反应放热点燃空间预混气体的温度和浓度分布情况,从而得到当空间预混气体着火时表面催化小球的温度低于无催化时空间预混气体着火温度,同时得到在利用催化反应放热点燃空间燃烧时,空间预混气体着火的温度却远远高于无催化下的空间预混气体着火温度,该结果与试验相符。     

Single particle ignition and combustion of pulverized pine wood,wheat straw,rice husk and grape pomace

This work examines the combustion behavior of single pulverized biomass particles from ignition to early stages of char oxidation. The biomass residues investigated were pine wood, wheat straw, rice husk and grape pomace. The biomass particles, in the size range 224–250 µm, were injected upward into a confined region with hot combustion products, produced by a flat flame McKenna burner, with a mean temperature of 1610 K and a mean O₂ concentration of 6.5 vol%. Temporally and spectrally resolved images of the single burning particles were recorded with an intensified charge-coupled device camera equipped with different band-pass spectral filters. Data are reported for CH*, C₂*, Na* and K* chemiluminescence, and thermal radiation from soot and char burning particles. The data on CH* and C₂* chemiluminescence and soot thermal radiation permits to identify important differences between the ignition delay time, volatiles combustion time and soot formation propensity of the four biomass residues, which are mainly affected by their volatile matter content. The Na* and K* emission signals follow the same trends of the CH* and C₂* emission signals until the end of the volatiles combustion stage, beyond which, unlike the CH* and C₂* emission signals, they persist owing to their release from the char burning particles. Moreover, during the volatiles combustion stage, the Na*/CH* and K*/CH* ratios present constant values for each biomass residue. The CH* and thermal radiation emission data suggest that all biomass char particles experienced heterogeneous oxidation at or immediately after the extinction of the homogeneous volatiles combustion.     

Experimental and numerical investigation of hetero-/homogeneous combustion of CO/H2/O2/N2 mixtures over platinum at pressures up to 5 bar

The hetero-/homogeneous combustion of fuel-lean CO/H₂/O₂/N₂ mixtures over platinum is investigated at pressures up to 5 bar, inlet temperatures (T_IN) up to 874 K, and a constant CO:H₂ molar ratio of 2:1. Experiments are performed in an optically accessible channel-flow catalytic reactor and involve planar laser induced fluorescence (LIF) of the OH radical for the assessment of homogeneous (gas-phase) ignition and 1-D Raman measurements of major gas-phase species concentrations over the catalyst boundary layer for the evaluation of the heterogeneous (catalytic) processes. Simulations are carried out with an elliptic 2-D model that includes detailed heterogeneous and homogeneous chemical reaction schemes. The predictions reproduce the Raman-measured catalytic CO and H₂ consumption, and it is further shown that for wall temperatures in the range 975 ? T_w ? 1165 K the heterogeneous pathways of CO and H₂ are largely decoupled. However, for wall temperatures below a limiting value of 710–720 K and for the range of pressures and mixture preheats investigated, CO(s) blockage of the surface inhibits the catalytic conversion of both fuel components. The homogeneous ignition distance is well-reproduced by the model for T_IN > 426 K, but it is modestly overpredicted at lower T_IN. Possible reasons for these modest differences can be the values of third body efficiencies in the gas-phase reaction mechanism. The sensitivity of homogeneous ignition distance on the catalytic reactions is weak, while the H₂/O₂ subset of the CO/H₂/O₂ gaseous reaction mechanism controls the onset of homogeneous ignition. Pure hydrogen hetero-/homogeneous combustion results in flames established very close to the catalytic walls. However, in the presence of CO the gaseous combustion of hydrogen extends well-inside the channel core, thus allowing homogeneous consumption of H₂ at considerably shorter reactor lengths. Finally, implications of the above findings for the design of syngas-based catalytic reactors for power generation systems are discussed.     

木质装饰板材贫氧条件下燃烧和热解特性研究

本文利用热重差热分析仪,在各种不同的氧气浓度下对落叶松、红木和红松样品进行实验。通过对TG、DTG和DTA曲线的分析,样品干燥基要经历两个失重过程,第一个失重过程主要是纤维素和半纤维素的热解,第二个失重过程主要是木质素的炭化分解和燃烧。在各氧气浓度条件下,热解失重的第一个阶段TG和DTG曲线差异很小;在各样品失重的第二个阶段,随着氧气浓度的增加,TG和DTG曲线左移,反应结束的温度明显降低。氧气能使木质素的炭化物氧化并进而可能使其着火燃烧,从而使反应进程加快。当氧气浓度大于6.32%时,各样品DTA曲线上均有两个明显放热峰,并且随着氧气浓度的增加,DTA曲线放热峰越尖锐,放热峰面积越大,说明氧气浓度越大,在两阶段失重过程中更多的挥发分物质和固体炭化物参与燃烧。     

Theoretical analysis on the exergy destruction mechanisms and reduction under LTC relevant conditions

Low temperature combustion (LTC) is a potential thermodynamic pathway to maximize the thermal efficiency of internal combustion (IC) engines. However, high exergy loss is also observed within this combustion concept. The present study focuses on the homogeneous combustion process and examines the detailed exergy destruction mechanisms under representative LTC engine conditions. By varying both equivalence ratios (φ) and temperatures (T) at initial pressure of 50?bar, it is found that the decreased total exergy destruction fraction (f_ED) with increasing initial temperature mainly results from the decreased exergy destruction in the high temperature heat release stage, while using rich mixture can significantly reduce the f_ED in the ignition delay stage, which is dominated by the reactions involving large molecules (C7 species). Reaction pathway analysis reveals that the detailed exergy destruction sources are significantly affected by the reaction pathways. Furthermore, a qualitative exergy loss φ-T map was created to illustrate the exergy loss reduction potential. It is concluded that the combustion pathway that reforming the rich fuel/air mixtures before ignition followed by the low temperature combustion of lean reforming products offers the potential to simultaneously reduce exergy destruction and avoid soot and NOx formation. However, the potential advantages of this exergy reduction combustion concept still require further work.     

基于红外光谱研究沥青燃烧机理和有害气体成分分析

利用Rosemount气体分析仪和定碳炉搭建起固定床燃烧反应试验平台,通过红外光谱分析技术定量分析沥青及其胶浆在高升温速率条件下燃烧反应的有毒气态产物成分、及其释放规律。研究表明,在高升温速率、近等温条件下,沥青及胶浆的燃烧过程可近似分为活泼挥发组分析出燃烧、二次挥发析出结合残炭燃烧两个阶段,其主要气态产物为CO₂,CO,NO,NO₂及SO₂。沥青材料中活泼挥发组分含量是影响燃烧气态产物释放规律的关键因素之一,减少沥青材料中活泼挥发组分的含量可有效降低燃烧气态产物的生成、尤其是CO的产生。     

Numerical model of two-dimensional heterogeneous combustion in porous media under natural convection or forced filtration

A novel mathematical model and original numerical method for investigating the two-dimensional waves of heterogeneous combustion in porous media are proposed and described in detail. The mathematical model is constructed within the framework of the model of interacting interpenetrating continua and includes equations of state, continuity, momentum conservation and energy for solid and gas phases. Combustion, considered in the paper, is due to the exothermic reaction between fuel in the porous solid medium and oxidiser contained in the gas flowing through the porous object. The original numerical method is based on a combination of explicit and implicit finite-difference schemes. A distinctive feature of the proposed model is that the gas velocity at the open boundaries (inlet and outlet) of the porous object is unknown and has to be found from the solution of the problem, i.e. the flow rate of the gas regulates itself. This approach allows processes to be modelled not only under forced filtration, but also under free convection, when there is no forced gas input in porous objects, which is typical for many natural or anthropogenic disasters (burning of peatlands, coal dumps, landfills, grain elevators). Some two-dimensional time-dependent problems of heterogeneous combustion in porous objects have been solved using the proposed numerical method. It is shown that two-dimensional waves of heterogeneous combustion in porous media can propagate in two modes with different characteristics, as in the case of one-dimensional combustion, but the combustion front can move in a complex manner, and gas dynamics within the porous objects can be complicated. When natural convection takes place, self-sustaining combustion waves can go through the all parts of the object regardless of where an ignition zone was located, so the all combustible material in each part of the object is burned out, in contrast to forced filtration.