Evaluation of Combustion Models in a Porous Medium with Different Excess Air Ratios

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mechanical engineering ferdowsi university of mashhad

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 In this paper, the simultaneous study of the effects of the excess air ratio and the combustion mechanisms on the temperature and distribution of species in the porous medium burners with continuous porosity variation has been investigated. For this purpose, multi-step chemical kinetics have been used and their effects on the temperature profile, mass fraction of the main species and emission of pollutants for different values of the excess air ratio have been investigated. Problem-solving equations include continuity equation, momentum equations, gas, and solid phase energy equations, and the chemical equilibrium equation is solved using the finite volume method and the semi-implicit method for pressure linked equations algorithm is used for the relationship between velocity and pressure. The results showed that for excess air ratio of 1.5, the results of combustion mechanisms have the same accuracy in predicting the temperature profile and mass fraction of the main species, and then, for additional values of the excess air ratio, the results of the combustion mechanisms Show a slight difference. This is while the greatest difference in the results is observed for the stoichiometric condition. Also in stoichiometric conditions, the NO emission rate using the GRI-3.0 combustion mechanism is predicted to be zero, and for the rest of the coefficients of the excess air ratio, its value will be of the order of magnitude 10-6.

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Amirkabir Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Volume 53, Issue 1
April 2021
Pages 65-80

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