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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

Gunnarsson, Adrian ; Simonsson, Johan LU ; Bäckström, Daniel ; Mannazhi, Manu Naduvil LU ; Bengtsson, Per Erik LU orcid and Andersson, Klas (2018) In Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 57(36). p.12288-12295
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... (More)

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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  author       = {{Gunnarsson, Adrian and Simonsson, Johan and Bäckström, Daniel and Mannazhi, Manu Naduvil and Bengtsson, Per Erik and Andersson, Klas}},
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  series       = {{Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research}},
  title        = {{Radiative Heat Transfer Modeling and in Situ Diagnostics of Soot in an 80 kW<sub>th</sub> Propane Flame with Varying Feed-Gas Oxygen Concentration}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b02699}},
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