The effect of oxygen enrichment on soot formation and thermal radiation in turbulent, non-premixed methane flames
Abstract
Non-premixed oxy-fuel combustion of natural gas is used in industrial applications where high-intensity heat is required, such as glass manufacturing and metal forging and shaping. In these applications, the high flame temperatures achieved by oxy-fuel combustion increase radiative heat transfer to the surfaces of interest and soot formation within the flame is desired for further augmentation of radiation. However, the high cost of cryogenic air separation has limited the penetration of oxy-fuel combustion technologies. New approaches to air separation are being developed that may reduce oxygen production costs, but only for intermediate levels of oxygen enrichment of air. To determine the influence of oxygen enrichment on soot formation and radiation, we developed a non-premixed coannular burner in which oxygen concentrations and oxidizer flow rates can be independently varied, to distinguish the effects of turbulent mixing intensity from oxygen enrichment on soot formation and flame radiation. Local radiation intensities, soot concentrations, and soot temperatures have been measured using a thin-film thermopile, planar laser-induced incandescence (LII), and two-color imaging pyrometry, respectively. The measurements show that soot formation increases as the oxygen concentration decreases from 100% to 50%, helping to moderate a decrease in overall flame radiation. An increase in turbulence intensity hasmore »
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- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1326771
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1419562
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-015-7299C
Journal ID: ISSN 1540-7489; PII: S154074891630164X
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 36; Journal Issue: 3; Conference: Proposed for presentation at the Fall 2015 Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Provo, UT (United States), 5-6 Oct 2015; Journal ID: ISSN 1540-7489
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 03 NATURAL GAS; oxy-fuel; flame; methane; soot; radiation
Citation Formats
Shaddix, Christopher R., and Williams, Timothy C. The effect of oxygen enrichment on soot formation and thermal radiation in turbulent, non-premixed methane flames. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.proci.2016.06.106.
Shaddix, Christopher R., & Williams, Timothy C. The effect of oxygen enrichment on soot formation and thermal radiation in turbulent, non-premixed methane flames. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2016.06.106
Shaddix, Christopher R., and Williams, Timothy C. Tue .
"The effect of oxygen enrichment on soot formation and thermal radiation in turbulent, non-premixed methane flames". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2016.06.106. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1326771.
@article{osti_1326771,
title = {The effect of oxygen enrichment on soot formation and thermal radiation in turbulent, non-premixed methane flames},
author = {Shaddix, Christopher R. and Williams, Timothy C.},
abstractNote = {Non-premixed oxy-fuel combustion of natural gas is used in industrial applications where high-intensity heat is required, such as glass manufacturing and metal forging and shaping. In these applications, the high flame temperatures achieved by oxy-fuel combustion increase radiative heat transfer to the surfaces of interest and soot formation within the flame is desired for further augmentation of radiation. However, the high cost of cryogenic air separation has limited the penetration of oxy-fuel combustion technologies. New approaches to air separation are being developed that may reduce oxygen production costs, but only for intermediate levels of oxygen enrichment of air. To determine the influence of oxygen enrichment on soot formation and radiation, we developed a non-premixed coannular burner in which oxygen concentrations and oxidizer flow rates can be independently varied, to distinguish the effects of turbulent mixing intensity from oxygen enrichment on soot formation and flame radiation. Local radiation intensities, soot concentrations, and soot temperatures have been measured using a thin-film thermopile, planar laser-induced incandescence (LII), and two-color imaging pyrometry, respectively. The measurements show that soot formation increases as the oxygen concentration decreases from 100% to 50%, helping to moderate a decrease in overall flame radiation. An increase in turbulence intensity has a marked effect on flame height, soot formation and thermal radiation, leading to decreases in all of these. The soot temperature decreases with a decrease in the oxygen concentration and increases with an increase in turbulent mixing intensity. Altogether, the results suggest that properly designed oxygen-enriched burners that enhance soot formation for intermediate levels of oxygen purity may be able to achieve thermal radiation intensities as high as 85% of traditional oxy-fuel burners utilizing high-purity oxygen.},
doi = {10.1016/j.proci.2016.06.106},
journal = {Proceedings of the Combustion Institute},
number = 3,
volume = 36,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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