Regenerative furnace simulation under flameless combustion regime with natural gas and syngas

https://doi.org/10.25100/iyc.v24i1.11022
dinámica de fluidos computacional (CFD) flameless natural gas regenerative furnace syngas

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Published: Jan 15, 2022
Issue: Vol. 24 No. 1 (2022): Ingenieria y Competitividad
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  Hernando A. Yepez Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander – Ocaña, Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Grupo de Investigación en Nuevas Tecnologías, Sostenibilidad e Innovación (GINSTI), Ocaña, Colombia
  Arley J Cardona Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, Facultad de Ingenierías, Grupo de Investigación de Materiales Avanzados y Energía (MATyER), Medellín, Colombia.
  Carlos E. Arrieta Universidad de Medellín, Facultad de Ingenierías, Grupo de investigación en Energía, Medellín, Colombia.
  Andrés A. Amell Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Ingeniería, Grupo de Ciencia y Tecnología del Gas y Uso Racional de la Energía (GASURE), Medellín, Colombia
Abstract

The increase in pollutant emissions has generated the development of clean technologies and encouraged the use of alternative fuels like syngas. Flameless combustion is one of the most promising clean technologies due to lower pollutants emissions and high thermal efficiency. In the present study, regenerative furnace simulation under flameless combustion was carried out using a fuel mixture of 70% natural gas and 30% syngas with high H2 content (in vol.); by mean of CFD approach. A symmetrical mesh with 405,632 hexahedral cells was used in the calculations. The κ-ε standard, discrete ordinates and Eddy Dissipation Concept models were used for physical phenomena of turbulence, radiation and turbulence - chemistry interaction, respectively. The combustion chambers thermal uniformity factor was 0.3 and 0.1 for vertical and horizontal planes, respectively. The results confirm that it is possible to achieve the flameless combustion regime in a regenerative furnace using the addition of syngas, preserving the temperature and reaction zone uniformity.

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Yepez HA, Cardona AJ, Arrieta CE, Amell AA. Regenerative furnace simulation under flameless combustion regime with natural gas and syngas. inycomp [Internet]. 2022 Jan. 15 [cited 2024 Nov. 18];24(1). Available from: https://revistaingenieria.univalle.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria_y_competitividad/article/view/11022
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Received 2021-02-17
Accepted 2021-06-10
Published 2022-01-15
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