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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2009.33.3.149

Numerical Investigation of the Flow and Mixing Characteristics with the Static Mixer in a Catalytic Combustor for the MCFC Power Plant System  

Kim, Chong-Min (전북대학교 대학원 항공우주공학과)
Park, Nam-Seob (유한대학 기계과)
Kim, Man-Young (전북대학교 항공우주공학과 전북대학교 부설 공학연구원 공업기술연구센터)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.33, no.3, 2009 , pp. 149-155 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this work a numerical study to find the characteristics of the internal flow and mixing process has been conducted in a static mixer used in the system of catalytic combustor of the fuel cell power plant. After introducing the model description and final governing equations the present numerical approach is applied to the analysis of static mixer, which may have one or more helical elements inside the circular tube by changing such various parameters as incoming mass flow rates and the number of helical elements. The results show that although the static mixer is efficient in mixing fuel and air, more optimization processes are required to achieve the appropriate mixing characteristics in front of the honeycomb type catalytic combustor used in the MCFC power plant
Keywords
Static Mixer; Mixing Process; Catalytic Combustor; MCFC; Numerical Simulation;
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