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Research Article

Characteristics of a Methane Jet Flame in Elevated Pressure and Oxy-Fuel Atmosphere Using Large Eddy Simulation with Tabulated Chemistry

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Pages 700-720 | Received 20 Nov 2019, Accepted 05 Jun 2020, Published online: 22 Jun 2020
 

ABSTRACT

The pressurized oxy-fuel combustion is a promising CO2 capture technology for its further reduction of CO2 capture cost. In order to study the combustion behaviors of hydrocarbons under different pressures and atmospheres, a methane/air jet flame is used as the simulation target, with modifications on its oxidizer species and operating pressure. A Large Eddy Simulation (LES) with a tabulated chemistry model is employed, whose lookup tables are constructed by using a 2-D counterflow diffusion flame under different atmosphere and pressure conditions. The original flame with detailed experimental data is used for the validation of the model accuracy, and the simulation results show good agreement with the experiments. The detailed profiles of the temperature, species, and mixture fraction are analyzed. Compared with the air-fired, the flame in the oxy atmosphere is shorter and thinner. Important species and radicals are compared. The comparison shows that under elevated pressure, the differences caused by oxy atmosphere is similar to those found under atmospheric pressure. With the elevation of pressure from 0.1 MPa to 1.5 MPa, the flame height becomes smaller while the radial width is larger near the inlet, which can be observed in both air-fired and oxy-fired conditions. Under elevated pressures, the flame temperature changes slightly, but CO production increases noticeably in the fuel-rich regions.

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Highlights

  1. Pressurize oxy-fuel methane flames are characterized detailly by Large Eddy Simulation with tabulated chemistry.

  2. Oxy-fuel atmosphere leads to smaller flame height and flame width.

  3. Oxy-fuel atmosphere produces more CO and H2O, but the temperature is slightly lower.

  4. With the elevation of pressure, the flame height becomes smaller while the radial width is larger near the inlet.

  5. At elevated pressure, the temperature changes slightly, but the CO production increases noticeably in the fuel-rich regions.

Nomenclature

Abbreviation

CCS=

Carbon Capture and Storage

ASU=

Air Separation Unit

CPU=

Compression Purification Unit

LES=

Large Eddy Simulation

FGM=

Flamelet Generated Manifolds

RANS=

Reynolds Average Navier-Stokes

SGS=

Sub-Grid-Scale

CFD=

Computational Fluid Dynamics

PDF=

Probability Density Function

FVM=

Finite Volume Method

TVD=

Total Variation Diminishing

Symbols

ρ=

Density

u=

Velocity

p=

Pressure

τ=

Shear stress tensor

Deff=

Effective diffusivity

D=

Diffusivity

Dt=

Turbulent diffusivity

Sct=

Turbulent Schmidt number

Z=

Mixture fraction

Z ′′2˜=

Mixture fraction variance

Cg=

Constant for mixture fraction generation terms

Cd,Zv=

Constant for mixture fraction dissipation terms

χ=

Scalar dissipation rate

a=

Strain rate

T=

Temperature

DT=

Temperature diffusivity

ωi=

Chemical source term

hi=

Specific enthalpy

cp=

Specific isobaric heat capacity

Γ=

Gamma function

δ=

Dirac function

Acknowledgments

Financial support of this work by National Key Research and Development Plan (No.2016YFB0600802) and National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 51776040) are gratefully acknowledged.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Plan [No.2016YFB0600802]; National Nature Science Foundation of China [No. 51776040].

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