Basic research on radiant burners. Final report, February 1987-February 1992

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7077743

Kendall, R M; DesJardin, S T; Sullivan, J D

A computer model was modified and used to predict the operating characteristics of natural gas fired porous surface radiant burners. Performance parameters studied during this contract included radiant flux from the burner surface, burner surface temperature, NOx emissions, and flame attachment and flashback stability limits. Each year, computational work was performed to predict radiant burner performance. Concurrently, experimental work was performed to compare to these computational results. Validation of the code against experimental data allows the code to be used as a design tool in the further development of radiant burner combustion systems. Thermal performance, limits of stable operation, and NOx emissions have been correlated to experimental data in the report. In addition, catalytic radiant burners were fabricated and tested during the first and fourth years of the contract.

• Research Organization: Alzeta Corp., Santa Clara, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7077743
• Report Number(s): PB-92-213131/XAB; ALZETA--92-7027-171; CNN: GRI-5087-260-1491
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
034000* -- Natural Gas-- Combustion
BURNERS
CATALYTIC COMBUSTORS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTORS
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DESIGN
ENERGY SOURCES
FABRICATION
FLAMES
FLASHBACK
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS BURNERS
GAS FUELS
GASES
HEATERS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NATURAL GAS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
OPERATION
OXIDATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
RADIANT HEATERS
SIMULATION
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
VALIDATION