Effects of Fuel Species on Soot Formation in Laminar Counterflow: Comparison Between Diesel Fuel and Palm Methyl Ester as an Alternative Fuel

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Hayashi ◽  
Fumiteru Akamatsu ◽  
Nozomu Hashimoto ◽  
Hiroyuki Nishida
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Oxygen Content ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Soot Formation ◽  
Soot Volume Fraction ◽  
Alternative Fuel ◽  
Chain Structure ◽  
Spray Flame ◽  
Palm Methyl Ester

Spray combustion of liquid fuel is utilized in many combustion systems. There are, however, still remained-problems. One of the most important problems is to clarify the combustion characteristics, especially soot formation process. At the same time, the liquid fuel of biomass is getting a lot of attention as an alternative fuel in recent years from the viewpoint of the environmental issues and the exhaustion of fossil fuels. In this study, we focused on the palm methyl ester (PME), which has a large production capacity and oxygen content in its molecular structure. The aim of this study is to clarify the combustion characteristics and soot formation characteristics of PME spray flame for the effective utilization to the conventional combustion systems as the alternative fuel. In order to clarify the soot formation characteristics of PME spray flame, measurements of Sauter mean diameter (SMD) and droplet size distribution by using phase Doppler anemometry (PDA) and measurement of two dimensional soot formation characteristics by using Laser Induced Incandescence technique (LII) are conducted in laminar counterflow field. In addition, since the PME has a normal chain structure and oxygen content in its molecular structure, it needs to clarify effect of the oxygen content and normal chain structure. The comparison with diesel fuel and n-dodecane are also conducted. Results of LII measurements show that the PME and the n-dodecane spray have similar spray flame structures, time-averaged soot volume fraction and instantaneous structure of soot formation while PME has the oxygen content in the molecular structure. On the other hand, the time-averaged soot volume fraction and soot formation area of PME are smaller than those of diesel fuel. It is because the diesel fuel has some components with the aromatic ring. These results indicate that it is not the oxygen content but the normal chain structure in the PME play an essential role in influencing soot formation characteristics.

scholarly journals Fuel Molecular Structure and Flame Temperature Effects on Soot Formation in Gas Turbine Combustors

1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
O¨. L. Gu¨lder ◽  
B. Glavincˇevski ◽  
M. F. Baksh
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Diffusion Flames ◽  
Soot Formation ◽  
Empirical Relationship ◽  
Flame Temperature ◽  
Soot Volume Fraction ◽  
Smoke Point ◽  
Temperature Fields ◽  
Diesel Fuels

A systematic study of soot formation along the centerlines of axisymmetric laminar diffusion flames of a large number of liquid hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon blends, and aviation turbine and diesel fuels was made. Measurements of the attenuation of a laser beam across the flame diameter were used to obtain the soot volume fraction, assuming Rayleigh extinction. Two sets of hydrocarbon blends were designed such that the molecular fuel composition varied considerably but the temperature fields in the flames were kept practically constant. Thus it was possible to separate the effects of molecular structure and the flame temperature on soot formation. It was quantitatively shown that the smoke point height is a lumped measure of fuel molecular constitution. The developed empirical relationship between soot volume fractions and fuel smoke point and hydrogen-to-carbon ratio was applied to five different combustor radiation data, and good agreement was obtained.

scholarly journals Fuel Molecular Structure and Flame Temperature Effects on Soot Formation in Gas Turbine Combustors

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ö. L. Gülder ◽  
B. Glavinčevski ◽  
M. F. Baksh
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Diffusion Flames ◽  
Soot Formation ◽  
Empirical Relationship ◽  
Flame Temperature ◽  
Soot Volume Fraction ◽  
Smoke Point ◽  
Temperature Fields ◽  
Diesel Fuels

A systematic study of soot formation along the centerlines of axisymmetric laminar diffusion flames of a large number of liquid hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon blends, and aviation turbine and diesel fuels were made. Measurements of the attenuation of a laser beam across the flame diameter were used to obtain the soot volume fraction, assuming Rayleigh extinction. Two sets of hydrocarbon blends were designed such that the molecular fuel composition varied considerably but the temperature fields in the flames were kept practically constant. Thus it was possible to separate the effects of molecular structure and the flame temperature on soot formation. It was quantitatively shown that the smoke point height is a lumped measure of fuel molecular constitution. The developed empirical relationship between soot volume fractions and fuel smoke point and hydrogen to carbon ratio was applied to five different combustor radiation data, and good agreement was obtained.

scholarly journals Investigation of Soot Formation in a Novel Diesel Fuel Burner

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natascia Palazzo ◽  
Matthias Kögl ◽  
Philipp Bauer ◽  
Manu Naduvil Mannazhi ◽  
Lars Zigan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Soot Formation ◽  
Soot Volume Fraction ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
Diesel Combustion ◽  
Elastic Light Scattering ◽  
Laser Induced Incandescence ◽  
Fuel Burner

In the present work, a novel burner capable of complete pre-vaporization and stationary combustion of diesel fuel in a laminar diffusion flame has been developed to investigate the effect of the chemical composition of diesel fuel on soot formation. For the characterization of soot formation during diesel combustion we performed a comprehensive morphological characterization of the soot and determined its concentration by coupling elastic light scattering (ELS) and laser-induced incandescence (LII) measurements. With ELS, radii of gyration of aggregates were measured within a point-wise measurement volume, LII was employed in an imaging approach for a 2D-analysis of the soot volume fraction. We carried out LII and ELS measurements at different positions in the flame for two different fuel types, revealing the effects of small modifications of the fuel composition on soot emission during diesel combustion.

scholarly journals Effect of the Preheated Oxidizer Temperature on Soot Formation and Flame Structure in Turbulent Methane-Air Diffusion Flames at 1 and 3 atm: A CFD Investigation

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3671
Author(s):  
Subrat Garnayak ◽  
Subhankar Mohapatra ◽  
Sukanta K. Dash ◽  
Bok Jik Lee ◽  
V. Mahendra Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Mole Fraction ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Reaction Rate ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Diffusion Flames ◽  
Soot Formation ◽  
Flame Structure ◽  
Soot Volume Fraction ◽  
Computational Domain ◽  
Pressure Elevation

This article presents the results of computations on pilot-based turbulent methane/air co-flow diffusion flames under the influence of the preheated oxidizer temperature ranging from 293 to 723 K at two operating pressures of 1 and 3 atm. The focus is on investigating the soot formation and flame structure under the influence of both the preheated air and combustor pressure. The computations were conducted in a 2D axisymmetric computational domain by solving the Favre averaged governing equation using the finite volume-based CFD code Ansys Fluent 19.2. A steady laminar flamelet model in combination with GRI Mech 3.0 was considered for combustion modeling. A semi-empirical acetylene-based soot model proposed by Brookes and Moss was adopted to predict soot. A careful validation was initially carried out with the measurements by Brookes and Moss at 1 and 3 atm with the temperature of both fuel and air at 290 K before carrying out further simulation using preheated air. The results by the present computation demonstrated that the flame peak temperature increased with air temperature for both 1 and 3 atm, while it reduced with pressure elevation. The OH mole fraction, signifying reaction rate, increased with a rise in the oxidizer temperature at the two operating pressures of 1 and 3 atm. However, a reduced value of OH mole fraction was observed at 3 atm when compared with 1 atm. The soot volume fraction increased with air temperature as well as pressure. The reaction rate by soot surface growth, soot mass-nucleation, and soot-oxidation rate increased with an increase in both air temperature and pressure. Finally, the fuel consumption rate showed a decreasing trend with air temperature and an increasing trend with pressure elevation.

Analytical Formulation-Based Soot Modelling in Ethylene Laminar Jet Diffusion Flames

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Makhija ◽  
Krishna Sesha Giri
Keyword(s):  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Diffusion Flames ◽  
Soot Formation ◽  
Mixture Fraction ◽  
Soot Volume Fraction ◽  
Smoke Point ◽  
Computational Time ◽  
Detailed Model ◽  
Conservation Equations ◽  
Oxidation Rates

Abstract Soot volume fraction predictions through simulations carried out on OpenFOAM® are reported in diffusion flames with ethylene fuel. A single-step global reaction mechanism for gas-phase species with an infinitely fast chemistry assumption is employed. Traditionally soot formation includes inception, nucleation, agglomeration, growth, and oxidation processes, and the individual rates are solved to determine soot levels. However, in the present work, the detailed model is replaced with the soot formation and oxidation rates, defined as analytical functions of mixture fraction and temperature, where the net soot formation rate can be defined as the sum of individual soot formation and oxidation rates. The soot formation/oxidation rates are modelled as surface area-independent processes. The flame is modelled by solving conservation equations for continuity, momentum, total energy, and species mass fractions. Additionally, separate conservation equations are solved to compute the mixture fraction and soot mass fraction consisting of source terms that are identical and account for the mixture fraction consumption/production due to soot. As a consequence, computational time can be reduced drastically. This is a quantitative approach that gives the principal soot formation regions depending on the combination of local mixture fraction and temperature. The implemented model is based on the smoke point height, an empirical method to predict the sooting propensity based on fuel stoichiometry. The model predicts better soot volume fraction in buoyant diffusion flames. It was also observed that the optimal fuel constants to evaluate soot formation rates for different fuels change with fuel stoichiometry. However, soot oxidation strictly occurs in a particular region in the flame; hence, they are independent of fuel. The numerical results are compared with the experimental measurements, showing an excellent agreement for the velocity and temperature. Qualitative agreements are observed for the soot volume fraction predictions. A close agreement was obtained in smoke point prediction for the overventilated flame. An established theory through simulations was also observed, which states that the amount of soot production is proportional to the fuel flow rate. Further validations underscore the predictive capabilities. Model improvements are also reported with better predictions of soot volume fractions through modifications to the model constants based on mixture fraction range.

scholarly journals The influence of aliphatics on soot inception modelling

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nemanja Ceranic
Keyword(s):  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Diffusion Flames ◽  
Soot Formation ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Soot Volume Fraction ◽  
Surface Reactivity ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Laminar Diffusion Flames ◽  
Laminar Diffusion ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

Soot models have been investigated for several decades and many fundamental models exist that prescribe soot formation in agreement with experiments and theories. However, due to the complex nature of soot formation, not all pathways have been fully characterized. This work has numerically studied the influence that aliphatic based inception models have on soot formation for coflow laminar diffusion flames. CoFlame is the in-house parallelized FORTRAN code that was used to conduct this research. It solves the combustion fluid dynamic conservation equations for a variety of coflow laminar diffusion flames. New soot inception models have been developed for specific aliphatics in conjunction with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon based inception. The purpose of these models was not to be completely fundamental in nature, but more so a proof-of-concept in that an aliphatic based mechanism could account for soot formation deficiencies that exist with just PAH based inception. The aliphatic based inception models show potential to enhance predicative capability by increasing the prediction of the soot volume fraction along the centerline without degrading the prediction along the pathline of maximum soot. Additionally, the surface reactivity that was used to achieve these results lied closer in the range of numerically derived optimal values as compared to the surface reactivity that was needed to match peak soot concentrations without the aliphatic based inception models.

Prediction of Soot Formation Trends in Turbulent Kerosene-Air Diffusion Jet Flames With Elevated Operating Pressure

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pravin Nakod ◽  
Saurabh Patwardhan ◽  
Ishan Verma ◽  
Stefano Orsino
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Soot Formation ◽  
Mixture Fraction ◽  
Soot Volume Fraction ◽  
Operating Pressure ◽  
Jet Flames ◽  
Emission Standard ◽  
Radial Profiles ◽  
Air Diffusion

Emission standard agencies are coming up with more stringent regulations on soot, given its adverse effect on human health. It is expected that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon place stricter regulations on allowed levels of the size of soot particles from aircraft jet engines. Since, aircraft engines operate at varying operating pressure, temperature and air-fuel ratios, soot fraction changes from condition to condition. Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations are playing a key role in understanding the complex mechanism of soot formation and the factors affecting it. In the present work, soot formation prediction from numerical analyses for turbulent kerosene-air diffusion jet flames at five different operating pressures in the range of 1 atm. to 7 atm. is presented. The geometrical and test conditions are obtained from Young’s thesis [1]. Coupled combustion-soot simulations are performed for all the flames using steady diffusion flamelet model for combustion and Mass-Brookes-Hall 2-equation model for soot with a 2D axisymmetric mesh. Combustion-Soot coupling is required to consider the effect of soot-radiation interaction. Simulation results in the form of axial and radial profiles of temperature, mixture fraction and soot volume fraction are compared with the corresponding experimental measured profiles. The results for temperature and mixture fraction compare well with the experimental profiles. Predicted order of magnitude and the profiles of the soot volume fraction also compare well with the experimental results. The correct trend of increasing the peak soot volume fraction with increasing the operating pressure is also captured.

A Numerical Study on the Influence of Hydrogen Addition on Soot Formation in a Laminar Aviation Kerosene (Jet A1) Flame at Elevated Pressure

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingshan Sun ◽  
Zhiwen Gan
Keyword(s):  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Soot Formation ◽  
Laminar Flame ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Soot Volume Fraction ◽  
Elevated Pressure ◽  
Condensation Process ◽  
Hydrogen Addition ◽  
Aviation Kerosene ◽  
Soot Precursor

Abstract The hydrogen addition is a potential way to reduce the soot emission of aviation kerosene. The current study analyzed the effect of hydrogen addition on aviation kerosene (Jet A1) soot formation in a laminar flame at elevated pressure to obtain a fundamental understanding of the reduced soot formation by hydrogen addition. The soot formation of flame was simulated by CoFlame code. The soot formation of kerosene-nitrogen-air, (kerosene + replaced hydrogen addition)-nitrogen-air, (kerosene + direct hydrogen addition)-nitrogen-air and (kerosene + direct nitrogen addition)-nitrogen-air laminar flames were simulated. The calculated pressure includes 1, 2 and 5 atm. The hydrogen addition increases the peak temperature of Jet A1 flame and extends the height of flame. The hydrogen addition suppresses the soot precursor formation of Jet A1 by physical dilution effect and chemical inhibition effect, which weaken the poly-aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) condensation process and reduce the soot formation. The elevated pressure significantly accelerates the soot precursor formation and increases the soot formation in flame. Meanwhile, the ratio of reduced soot volume fraction to base soot volume fraction by hydrogen addition decreases with the increase of pressure, indicating that the elevated pressure weakens the suppression effect of hydrogen addition on soot formation in Jet A1 flame.

Soot and PAH Formation Characteristics in a Micro Flow Reactor With a Controlled Temperature Profile

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryu Tanimoto ◽  
Takuya Tezuka ◽  
Susumu Hasegawa ◽  
Hisashi Nakamura ◽  
Kaoru Maruta
Keyword(s):  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Temperature Profile ◽  
Mole Fraction ◽  
Equivalence Ratio ◽  
Flow Reactor ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Soot Formation ◽  
Soot Volume Fraction ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Micro Flow

To examine soot and PAH formation processes for rich methane/air and acetylene/air mixtures, a micro flow reactor with a controlled temperature profile was employed. In the experiment for a methane/air mixture, four kinds of responses to the variations of flow velocity and equivalence ratio were observed as follows: soot formation without a flame; a flame with soot formation; a flame without soot formation; and neither flame nor soot formation. Soot formations were observed in low flow velocity and high equivalence ratio. Starting point of soot formation shifted to the upstream side, i.e., low-temperature side, of the micro flow reactor with the decrease of flow velocity. One-dimensional steady-state computation was conducted by a flame code. In high flow velocity, low mole fraction of C2H2 and high mole fraction of OH were observed in the whole region of the micro flow reactor. Soot volume fraction did not increase in this case. On the other hand, in low flow velocity, high mole fraction of C2H2 and low mole fraction of OH were observed at the downstream side of the micro flow reactor. Soot volume fraction increased in this case. Since significant soot formation was observed at the low flow velocity and the high equivalence ratio, experiments with gas sampling were conducted for acetylene/air mixture to investigate temperature and equivalence ratio dependence of soot precursor production in such condition. Volume fractions of benzene increased with an increase of temperature. They were larger at higher equivalence ratio at the same temperature. Volume fractions of styrene increased with an increase of temperature. They were larger at higher equivalence ratio when the temperature is less than 1000 K. However the tendency was changed at 1000 K, styrene volume fraction at equivalence ratio of 7.0 was larger than that at equivalence ratio of 8.0.

Fischer-Tropsch Fuel Characterization via Microturbine Testing and Fundamental Combustion Measurements

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Srinivasan ◽  
B. Ellis ◽  
J. F. Crittenden ◽  
W. E. Lear ◽  
Brandon Rotavera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shock Tube ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Soot Formation ◽  
Soot Volume Fraction ◽  
Jet Fuels ◽  
Synthetic Fuels ◽  
Fischer Tropsch ◽  
Ignition Delay Times ◽  
Test Region ◽  
Fuel Characterization

Synthetic fuels such as Fischer-Tropsch (FT) fuels are of interest as a replacement for aviation, diesel, and other petroleum-based fuels, and the present paper outlines a joint program to study the combustion behavior of FT synthetic fuels. To this end, shock-tube spray and high-recirculation combustion rig experiments are being utilized to study the ignition delay times, formation of soot, and emissions of FT jet fuels. Undiluted shock tube spray experiments were conducted using a recently developed heterogeneous technique wherein the fuel is sprayed directly into the test region of a shock tube. The high recirculation combustion rig is a complete gas turbine system where Syntroleum FT jet fuel was combusted, and soot formation and emission characteristics were observed. Reduction of soot volume fraction and unchanged emissions were observed, in agreement with previous investigations. The fundamental shock tube results were found to be consistent with the observations made in the experimental engine.

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