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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2021.22.6.460

Enhancement of combustion efficiency of a air-cooled combustor system with single F.D. Fan Using CFD  

Kim, Min-Choul (R&D Center, Yoosung Co.,Ltd.)
Shon, Byung-Hyun (Department of Infrastructure System, Hanseo University)
Lee, Jae-Jeong (R&D Center, Yoosung Co.,Ltd.)
Park, Hung-Suck (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Ulsan)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.22, no.6, 2021 , pp. 460-468 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the enhanced combustion efficiency of an "air-cooled combustion system" with single F.D. fan, and performed a numerical analysis for the operation and design conditions to increase the combustion efficiency. The combustion efficiency in an actual combustor was compared before and after the structure modification. Numerical analysis for application of a single fan revealed the difficulty of forming a turbulence for circular combustion conditions. This is because the supply ratio of combustion air supplied into 2 flow paths becomes irregular in the combustion furnace due to a change in friction force and pressure in each flow path. Subsequently, two methods of supplying air into the combustion furnace were analyzed numerically to obtain the optimal combustion conditions of an air-cooled combustion system. The first method involved injecting the preheated combustion air after a 180~360 degree rotation from the outer wall, whereas in the second method, the combustion air was injected into the combustion furnace in a tangential direction after primary heat exchange outside the combustion furnace, by applying a rotatable vane structure in the combustion furnace. Results reveal that application of a single F.D. fan to the air injection into a rotatable combustion furnace is desirable for optimization of the combustion conditions for applying a duct structure having a dual cooling wall for the cooling of the outer wall of the combustion furnace, and for maintaining perfect mixing in the combustion furnace. We therefore confirmed enhanced combustion efficiency by comparing the actual combustion efficiency before and after structure modification.
Keywords
CFD; Combustor; Path lines; Temperature Distribution; Velocity Distribution;
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