Extended semi-analytical model for the prediction of flow and concentration fields in a tangentially-fired furnace

Abstract

Tangentially-fired furnaces (TFF) are one of the modified types of furnaces which have become more attractive in the field of industrial firing systems in recent years. Multi-zone thermodynamic models can be used to study the effect of different parameters on the operation of TFF readily and economically. Flow and mixing sub-model is a necessity in multi-zone models. In the present work, the semi-analytical model previously established by the authors for the prediction of the behavior of coaxial turbulent gaseous jets is extended to be used in a single-chamber TFF with square horizontal cross-sections and to form the flow and mixing sub-model of the future multi-zone model for the simulation of this TFF. A computer program is developed to implement the new extended model. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are carried out to validate the results of the new model. In order to verify the CFD solution procedure, a turbulent round jet injected into cross flow is simulated. The calculated jet trajectory and velocity profile are compared with other experimental and numerical data and good agreement is observed. Results show that the present model can provide very fast and reasonable predictions of the flow and concentration fields in the TFF of interest.