Experimental Research of the Initial Temperature and Additives Effect on the Ignition and Combustion Mechanisms of Composite Liquid Fuel in a High-Temperature Oxidizer

Composite fuel is a promising energy source that allows for solving the problems of waste disposal with energy generation. Such fuel is the most accessible fuel and is cheap in comparison with fossil fuels widely used in industrial thermal power engineering. This paper presents the results of experi...

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Main Authors: Dmitrii Glushkov, Dmitrii Klepikov, Aleksandr Nigay, Kristina Paushkina, Andrei Pleshko
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Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/6/3501
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author Dmitrii Glushkov
Dmitrii Klepikov
Aleksandr Nigay
Kristina Paushkina
Andrei Pleshko
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Dmitrii Klepikov
Aleksandr Nigay
Kristina Paushkina
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description Composite fuel is a promising energy source that allows for solving the problems of waste disposal with energy generation. Such fuel is the most accessible fuel and is cheap in comparison with fossil fuels widely used in industrial thermal power engineering. This paper presents the results of experimental studies on the effect of the initial temperature and the addition of combustible liquids and solid components on the ignition characteristics of composite fuel single droplets. Composite liquid fuels were prepared using the main components: bituminous coal, coal processing waste (filter cake), rapeseed oil, turbine oil, and water. The research was carried out for fuel droplets with an initial temperature from −60 to +60 and an ambient temperature from 700 to 1000 °C. The differences in the ignition delay times at conditions close to the limiting ones were 2–3.5 times. A promising direction for intensifying the processes of the ignition and combustion of composite liquid fuels under relatively intense heating is self-grinding into a large number of small fragments up to complete disintegration due to the dispersion effect. It has been experimentally found that the addition of highly flammable liquids (gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, formic acid) to the fuel composition in an amount of 5% is characterized by an intensification of ignition and burnout of droplets by about two times. The ignition delay time is reduced by 20–40%, while the size of the dispersion area is increased by 20–70%. The addition of formic acid to the composite fuel has a positive effect on the main ignition characteristics from 5 to 50%, and the addition of a similar amount of diesel fuel by 20–64%.
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spelling doaj.art-1d2fe48adad2489896612951d582557f2023-11-17T09:22:33ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-03-01136350110.3390/app13063501Experimental Research of the Initial Temperature and Additives Effect on the Ignition and Combustion Mechanisms of Composite Liquid Fuel in a High-Temperature OxidizerDmitrii Glushkov0Dmitrii Klepikov1Aleksandr Nigay2Kristina Paushkina3Andrei Pleshko4Heat and Mass Transfer Laboratory, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050 Tomsk, RussiaHeat and Mass Transfer Laboratory, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050 Tomsk, RussiaHeat and Mass Transfer Laboratory, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050 Tomsk, RussiaHeat and Mass Transfer Laboratory, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050 Tomsk, RussiaHeat and Mass Transfer Laboratory, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050 Tomsk, RussiaComposite fuel is a promising energy source that allows for solving the problems of waste disposal with energy generation. Such fuel is the most accessible fuel and is cheap in comparison with fossil fuels widely used in industrial thermal power engineering. This paper presents the results of experimental studies on the effect of the initial temperature and the addition of combustible liquids and solid components on the ignition characteristics of composite fuel single droplets. Composite liquid fuels were prepared using the main components: bituminous coal, coal processing waste (filter cake), rapeseed oil, turbine oil, and water. The research was carried out for fuel droplets with an initial temperature from −60 to +60 and an ambient temperature from 700 to 1000 °C. The differences in the ignition delay times at conditions close to the limiting ones were 2–3.5 times. A promising direction for intensifying the processes of the ignition and combustion of composite liquid fuels under relatively intense heating is self-grinding into a large number of small fragments up to complete disintegration due to the dispersion effect. It has been experimentally found that the addition of highly flammable liquids (gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, formic acid) to the fuel composition in an amount of 5% is characterized by an intensification of ignition and burnout of droplets by about two times. The ignition delay time is reduced by 20–40%, while the size of the dispersion area is increased by 20–70%. The addition of formic acid to the composite fuel has a positive effect on the main ignition characteristics from 5 to 50%, and the addition of a similar amount of diesel fuel by 20–64%.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/6/3501coalcomposite liquid fuelcombustible liquiddropletignition delay timewaste oil
spellingShingle Dmitrii Glushkov
Dmitrii Klepikov
Aleksandr Nigay
Kristina Paushkina
Andrei Pleshko
Experimental Research of the Initial Temperature and Additives Effect on the Ignition and Combustion Mechanisms of Composite Liquid Fuel in a High-Temperature Oxidizer
Applied Sciences
coal
composite liquid fuel
combustible liquid
droplet
ignition delay time
waste oil
title Experimental Research of the Initial Temperature and Additives Effect on the Ignition and Combustion Mechanisms of Composite Liquid Fuel in a High-Temperature Oxidizer
title_full Experimental Research of the Initial Temperature and Additives Effect on the Ignition and Combustion Mechanisms of Composite Liquid Fuel in a High-Temperature Oxidizer
title_fullStr Experimental Research of the Initial Temperature and Additives Effect on the Ignition and Combustion Mechanisms of Composite Liquid Fuel in a High-Temperature Oxidizer
title_full_unstemmed Experimental Research of the Initial Temperature and Additives Effect on the Ignition and Combustion Mechanisms of Composite Liquid Fuel in a High-Temperature Oxidizer
title_short Experimental Research of the Initial Temperature and Additives Effect on the Ignition and Combustion Mechanisms of Composite Liquid Fuel in a High-Temperature Oxidizer
title_sort experimental research of the initial temperature and additives effect on the ignition and combustion mechanisms of composite liquid fuel in a high temperature oxidizer
topic coal
composite liquid fuel
combustible liquid
droplet
ignition delay time
waste oil
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/6/3501
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