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An experimental study on kerosene spray combustion under conventional and hot-diluted conditions

Mardani, A ; Sharif University of Technology | 2022

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1080/00102202.2021.1887156
  3. Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd , 2022
  4. Abstract:
  5. The combustion of kerosene spray under hot-diluted conditions and conventional conditions was experimentally investigated. By examining flame photographs, chemiluminescence images, and in-field temperature measurements, the separate effect of different variables including oxygen concentration, temperature and velocity of the co-flowing air, fuel flow rate and injection pressure, and eventually the type of spray nozzle on multiple parameters such as flame stability, structure, luminosity, temperature field, and qualitative CH radical distribution, as well as HCO and NO2 with lower precision, in the reaction region, have been studied. It was observed that an increment in injection pressure and co-flow temperature enhances the spray flame stability, while dilution exacerbates it. Also, a solid cone spray pattern with a lower spray angle has better stability than hollow cone ones with a higher spray angle. Moreover, it was noted that liquid fuels, compared to gaseous fuels, require higher preheating temperatures, for the same dilution level, to engender a stable flame. For combustion of spray in conventional conditions, a double-flame structure was observed consisting of a bluish section at the leading edge emerging into a yellowish sooting trail. An increase in co-flow velocity, as well as injection pressure, strengthens the inner flame front, whereas raising the co-flow temperature or diluting the oxidant, deteriorates the inner flame front. In the case of highly preheated air (without dilution), the flame liftoff height is reduced to as close to the atomizer as a few millimeters, forming a single flame structure similar to gaseous flames. In this case, the peak temperature was considerably higher than the conventional combustion, yet the gain was much lower than the preheating level. Combined effects of preheating and dilution alter the spray flame structure in a way that the flame volume is reduced, the temperature field has become more homogeneous, the peak temperature is limited to less than 1500 K, and temperature fluctuations have significantly decreased, seemingly approaching MILD combustion regime conditions. © 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
  6. Keywords:
  7. Dilution of Oxidizer ; Distillate Fuel Oil ; MILD Combustion Condition ; Spray Combustion ; Test Rig ; Air ; Chemiluminescence ; Dilution ; Flame research ; Flow rate ; Flow velocity ; Kerosene ; Preheating ; Spray nozzles ; Temperature ; Temperature measurement ; Thermodynamic stability ; Conventional combustions ; Double flame structures ; Injection pressures ; Multiple parameters ; Oxygen concentrations ; Peak temperatures ; Preheating temperature ; Temperature fluctuation ; Combustion
  8. Source: Combustion Science and Technology ; Volume 194, Issue 13 , 2022 , Pages 2712-2751 ; 00102202 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00102202.2021.1887156