The Effect of Velocity in High Swirling Flow in Unconfined Burner

Abstract

This paper presents a numerical simulation of swirling turbulent flows in combustion chamber of unconfined burner. Isothermal flows with three different swirl numbers using axial swirler are used to demonstrate the effect of flow in axial velocity and tangential velocity on the center recirculation zone. The significance of center recirculation zone is to ensure a good mixing of air and fuel in order to get a better combustion. The inlet velocity, U0 is 30 m/s entering into the burner through the axial swirler that is represents a high Reynolds number. A numerical study of non-reacting flow in the burner region is performed using ANSYS Fluent. The Reynolds–Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) standard k-ε turbulence approach method was applied with the eddy dissipation model. The paper focuses the flow field behind the axial swirler downstream that determined by transverse flow field at different on radial distances. The results of axial and tangential velocity were normalized with the inlet velocity. The velocity profiles are different after undergoing the different swirler up to the burner exit. However, the results of velocity profile showed that the high SN gives a better swirling flow patterns.