Realization of Flameless Combustion of Liquid Fuel

Abstract:

Being an advantageous combustion technology, flameless combustion is being widely investigated mainly with gaseous fuels for its high efficiency and low pollution. In this paper the realization of liquid flameless combustion in micro turbine environment is investigated. It is indicated that air preheating is not the essential condition to attain flameless mode and the air injection speed is more important to lower the whole reaction rate. Flameless combustion was described in terms of the realization mechanism, flow field, flame shape, temperature, and emissions. Finally the heat transfer model of the recirculated gas applicable to liquid fuel flameless combustion based on the combustor structure is presented.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 512-515)
• Pages: 2088-2092
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.512-515.2088
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Yun Jing Cui, Qi Zhao Lin
• Keywords: Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR), Flameless Combustion, Heat Transfer, Liquid Fuel, Micro Turbine

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