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The Influence of Atomizing Media on the Quality of the Combustion of Liquid Fuels

BOJANOVSKÝ, J. BĚLOHRADSKÝ, P. SKRYJA, P. HUDÁK, I.

Originální název

The Influence of Atomizing Media on the Quality of the Combustion of Liquid Fuels

Typ

článek v časopise ve Scopus, Jsc

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

The aim of the work was to experimentally investigate the influence of atomizing medium on combustion properties of methyl-ester of rapeseed oil. Reserves of the fossil fuels are decreasing every day. This is the reason why the huge effort is devoted to finding out an alternative fuel to fulfil the energy demand of the world. Methyl-ester of rapeseed oil is one of the best available sources. The experiments were carried out in a watercooled horizontal combustion chamber. The pneumatic atomization using the effervescent atomizer was used for tests. Compressed air and superheated steam were chosen as the atomizing media. The tests were performed at three levels of the gas-to-liquid (mass flow rate) ratio (GLR), namely 15, 20 and 25 %. The experiments were focused on the investigation of flame characteristics, quality of combustion, NOx and CO emissions, temperature of flue gas, heat transfer and stability of combustion. Results revealed that the heat transfer was higher for about 6 % when the compressed air was used for the oil atomization. This is most likely caused by the exothermic reaction between the fuel and compressed air (air is the reactant, steam is the inert). On the other hand, the atomization by compressed air led to higher NOx emissions due to higher in-flame temperatures. The distribution of heat fluxes along the flame was very similar for both atomizing media. Combustion was observed stable without pulsation and fuel deposition at the bottom of the combustion chamber for all settings. The flue gas temperature was higher for about 20 °C during the atomization by the compressed air (compressed air – 653 °C, superheated steam – 635 °C). As for the flame characteristics, increasing GLR caused the reduction of the flame length and “sharper” flame.

Klíčová slova

combustion, atomization, liquid fuel, emissions

Autoři

BOJANOVSKÝ, J.; BĚLOHRADSKÝ, P.; SKRYJA, P.; HUDÁK, I.

Vydáno

1. 8. 2018

Nakladatel

AIDIC The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering

Místo

Italy

ISBN

978-88-95608-67-9

Kniha

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TRANSACTIONS

ISSN

2283-9216

Periodikum

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Ročník

70

Číslo

1

Stát

Italská republika

Strany od

1483

Strany do

1488

Strany počet

6

URL

BibTex

@article{BUT150471,
  author="Jiří {Bojanovský} and Petr {Bělohradský} and Pavel {Skryja} and Igor {Hudák}",
  title="The Influence of Atomizing Media on the Quality of the Combustion of Liquid Fuels",
  journal="Chemical Engineering Transactions",
  year="2018",
  volume="70",
  number="1",
  pages="1483--1488",
  doi="10.3303/CET1870248",
  issn="2283-9216",
  url="http://www.aidic.it/cet/18/70/248.pdf"
}