Abstract
Syngas produced by gasification, which contains a high hydrogen content, has significant potential. The variation in the hydrogen content and dilution combustion are effective means to improve the steady combustion of syngas and reduce NOx emissions. OH planar laser-induced fluorescence technology (OH-PLIF) was applied in the present investigation of the turbulence of a premixed flame of syngas with varied compositions of H2/CO. The flame front structure and turbulent flame velocities of syngas with varied compositions and turbulent intensities were analyzed and calculated. Results showed that the trend in the turbulent flame speed with different hydrogen proportions and dilutions was similar to that of the laminar flame speed of the corresponding syngas. A higher hydrogen proportion induced a higher turbulent flame speed, higher OH concentration, and a smaller flame. Dilution had the opposite effect. Increasing the Reynolds number also increased the turbulent flame speed and OH concentration. In addition, the effect of the turbulence on the combustion of syngas was independent of the composition of syngas after the analysis of the ratio between the turbulent flame speed and the corresponding laminar flame speed, for the turbulent flames under low turbulent intensity. These research results provide a theoretical basis for the practical application of syngas with a complex composition in gas turbine power generation.
Highlights
IntroductionSyngas, which is mainly composed of hydrogen and CO, is considered a form of potential fuel and has wide application prospects in gas turbine power generation
Air was emulated with 21v% O2 and 79v% N2, and the proportion of dilution gas varied from 0 to 50v%, in order to determine the effect of high dilution on the premixed turbulent flame
The volumetric proportion of dilution gas varied from 0, 10%, and 30% to 50% to determine the effect of high dilution on the premixed turbulent flame
Summary
Syngas, which is mainly composed of hydrogen and CO, is considered a form of potential fuel and has wide application prospects in gas turbine power generation. Diluting the combustion mixture is a general method to control NOx emissions [1,2,3], especially with high temperature diluents to create a distributed reaction zone and mild combustion [2]. Gas diluents, which normally denote incombustible gas, including N2 , CO2 , H2 O, and exhaust gas re- circulation (EGR) [4], can significantly reduce the chemical reaction rate and temperature of the reaction zone, and decrease the formation of NOx. The utilization of low calorific value (LCV) gas fuels, including a massive amount of incombustible gas, such as syngas, is a typical dilution combustion. It is of great significance to study the effect of dilution on the combustion characteristics of syngas in future applications
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