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Modelling of turbulent combustion in the blast furnace raceway

Abstract

The phenomena concerning coke-gas -suspension and simultaneous combustion of solid coke particles and residual fuel oil in a blast furnace raceway are modelled. The flow field of suspension is predicted by using the two fluid model, which is based on the Eulerian method, in the Phoenics code. The standard k-e -model of turbulence is used. Pyrolysis of oil droplets is calculated with the own coded subroutine, which is based on the Lagrangian approach. Gas phase reaction rate is assumed to be controlled by chemical kinetics. Radiative heat transfer is calculated by using the six-flux method. Heterogenous surface reactions are used for the coke particles. Calculations without coke combustion show that due to a poor mixing in the hot blast, pyrolysis gases of residual fuel oil have not time enough to react with oxygen. It is obvious that if combustion of coke particles is taken into account, the oxygen content in the blast decreases to such a level, that unburnt pyrolysis gases can flow out of the raceway causing problems. The distribution of coke void fraction has been succeeded to predict in the raceway domain. Coke particles fall from the upper part of the raceway to the hot blast forming locally  More>>
Authors:
Karvinen, R; Maekiranta, R [1] 
  1. Tampere Univ. (Finland). Energy and Process Engineering
Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1996
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
NEI-FI-336
Reference Number:
SCA: 360101; 320301; 025000; PA: FI-97:003757; EDB-98:074257; SN: 98001889742
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of SULA 2 - Energy-efficient steel and metal production. Yearbook 1996; Hakulin, H. [ed.]; PB: 647 p.; SULA 2 - Perusmetallien energiataloudellinen valmistus. Vuosikirja 1996
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 02 PETROLEUM; BLAST FURNACES; RESIDUAL FUELS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; COCOMBUSTION; METAL INDUSTRY; COMBUSTION KINETICS; METALLURGY
OSTI ID:
626259
Research Organizations:
Association of Finnish Steel and Metal Producers, Helsinki (Finland)
Country of Origin:
Finland
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE98718942; CNN: Project TEKES-SULA2-105A; ISBN 951-817-663-9; TRN: FI9703757
Availability:
OSTI as DE98718942
Submitting Site:
FI
Size:
pp. 237-253
Announcement Date:
Jul 31, 1998

Citation Formats

Karvinen, R, and Maekiranta, R. Modelling of turbulent combustion in the blast furnace raceway. Finland: N. p., 1996. Web.
Karvinen, R, & Maekiranta, R. Modelling of turbulent combustion in the blast furnace raceway. Finland.
Karvinen, R, and Maekiranta, R. 1996. "Modelling of turbulent combustion in the blast furnace raceway." Finland.
@misc{etde_626259,
title = {Modelling of turbulent combustion in the blast furnace raceway}
author = {Karvinen, R, and Maekiranta, R}
abstractNote = {The phenomena concerning coke-gas -suspension and simultaneous combustion of solid coke particles and residual fuel oil in a blast furnace raceway are modelled. The flow field of suspension is predicted by using the two fluid model, which is based on the Eulerian method, in the Phoenics code. The standard k-e -model of turbulence is used. Pyrolysis of oil droplets is calculated with the own coded subroutine, which is based on the Lagrangian approach. Gas phase reaction rate is assumed to be controlled by chemical kinetics. Radiative heat transfer is calculated by using the six-flux method. Heterogenous surface reactions are used for the coke particles. Calculations without coke combustion show that due to a poor mixing in the hot blast, pyrolysis gases of residual fuel oil have not time enough to react with oxygen. It is obvious that if combustion of coke particles is taken into account, the oxygen content in the blast decreases to such a level, that unburnt pyrolysis gases can flow out of the raceway causing problems. The distribution of coke void fraction has been succeeded to predict in the raceway domain. Coke particles fall from the upper part of the raceway to the hot blast forming locally high concentrations, which affect very strongly the oxygen distribution of the hot blast. (orig.) SULA 2 Research Programme; 10 refs.}
place = {Finland}
year = {1996}
month = {Dec}
}