Improvement of flame stability of residual oil-fired burners by modulating spray swirling flow

There has been a great demand for flame stability particularly in low-grade residual oil-fired burners. In order to improve the performance of the residual oil burner, it is required to obtain the stable ignition by the swirler devices which create recirculating combustion gas and rotating fuel spra...

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Main Authors: Kazuaki HASHIGUCHI, Fumiya YAMANE, Yoshiaki ARAKAWA, Hiroshi FUJII, Kazunori SATO, Keiya NISHIDA
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Language:Japanese
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2019-05-01
Series:Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/85/873/85_18-00504/_pdf/-char/en
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author Kazuaki HASHIGUCHI
Fumiya YAMANE
Yoshiaki ARAKAWA
Hiroshi FUJII
Kazunori SATO
Keiya NISHIDA
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Fumiya YAMANE
Yoshiaki ARAKAWA
Hiroshi FUJII
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Keiya NISHIDA
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description There has been a great demand for flame stability particularly in low-grade residual oil-fired burners. In order to improve the performance of the residual oil burner, it is required to obtain the stable ignition by the swirler devices which create recirculating combustion gas and rotating fuel spray flows. In the present study, a numerical simulation was made on the flow behaviors of air circulation and droplet streamlines for two types of swirlers with different angles of guide vane. A stereo PIV measurement was also made on the velocity distribution of spray droplets. One type of the swirlers is a former type called “Bent plate swirler” with a constant bending angle of the guide vanes. The air after the guide vane expands to the outer circumferencial direction by centrifugal force and the swirling state abruptly declines. Another is a newly developed type “Wing-curved swirler” in which the bending angle of the guide vane becomes deeper from the center to the outer direction. The air flow maintains the swirling force and the recirculation flow is wider than the former “Bent plate swirler”. The Wing-curved swirler with a high swirl force, a swirl number of 2 or more, not only increases the swirl of the sprayed droplet but also lengthens its trajectories. The flame stability was improved by the burner equipped with the developed Wing-curved swirler. The decrease in dust concentration was demonstrated through the residual oil combustion test of the 10 MW actual burner.
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spelling doaj.art-41cd3a963e464c0fb06c2fe1521540032022-12-22T02:47:27ZjpnThe Japan Society of Mechanical EngineersNihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu2187-97612019-05-018587318-0050418-0050410.1299/transjsme.18-00504transjsmeImprovement of flame stability of residual oil-fired burners by modulating spray swirling flowKazuaki HASHIGUCHI0Fumiya YAMANE1Yoshiaki ARAKAWA2Hiroshi FUJII3Kazunori SATO4Keiya NISHIDA5Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.Mechanical Systems Engineering, University of HiroshimaThere has been a great demand for flame stability particularly in low-grade residual oil-fired burners. In order to improve the performance of the residual oil burner, it is required to obtain the stable ignition by the swirler devices which create recirculating combustion gas and rotating fuel spray flows. In the present study, a numerical simulation was made on the flow behaviors of air circulation and droplet streamlines for two types of swirlers with different angles of guide vane. A stereo PIV measurement was also made on the velocity distribution of spray droplets. One type of the swirlers is a former type called “Bent plate swirler” with a constant bending angle of the guide vanes. The air after the guide vane expands to the outer circumferencial direction by centrifugal force and the swirling state abruptly declines. Another is a newly developed type “Wing-curved swirler” in which the bending angle of the guide vane becomes deeper from the center to the outer direction. The air flow maintains the swirling force and the recirculation flow is wider than the former “Bent plate swirler”. The Wing-curved swirler with a high swirl force, a swirl number of 2 or more, not only increases the swirl of the sprayed droplet but also lengthens its trajectories. The flame stability was improved by the burner equipped with the developed Wing-curved swirler. The decrease in dust concentration was demonstrated through the residual oil combustion test of the 10 MW actual burner.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/85/873/85_18-00504/_pdf/-char/enspray combustionresidual oilflame stabilityburner swirlerdroplet trajectory
spellingShingle Kazuaki HASHIGUCHI
Fumiya YAMANE
Yoshiaki ARAKAWA
Hiroshi FUJII
Kazunori SATO
Keiya NISHIDA
Improvement of flame stability of residual oil-fired burners by modulating spray swirling flow
Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
spray combustion
residual oil
flame stability
burner swirler
droplet trajectory
title Improvement of flame stability of residual oil-fired burners by modulating spray swirling flow
title_full Improvement of flame stability of residual oil-fired burners by modulating spray swirling flow
title_fullStr Improvement of flame stability of residual oil-fired burners by modulating spray swirling flow
title_full_unstemmed Improvement of flame stability of residual oil-fired burners by modulating spray swirling flow
title_short Improvement of flame stability of residual oil-fired burners by modulating spray swirling flow
title_sort improvement of flame stability of residual oil fired burners by modulating spray swirling flow
topic spray combustion
residual oil
flame stability
burner swirler
droplet trajectory
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/85/873/85_18-00504/_pdf/-char/en
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