Laser diagnostics of pulverized coal combustion in O_2/N_2 and O_2/CO_2 conditions: velocity and scalar field measurements
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Publication Date
2015-05-13Journal Title
Experiments in Fluids
ISSN
0723-4864
Publisher
Springer
Volume
56
Number
108
Language
English
Type
Article
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Balusamy, S., Kamal, M. M., Lowe, S. M., Tian, B., Gao, Y., & Hochgreb, S. (2015). Laser diagnostics of pulverized coal combustion in O_2/N_2 and O_2/CO_2 conditions: velocity and scalar field measurements. Experiments in Fluids, 56 (108)https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-015-1965-z
Abstract
Optical diagnostic techniques are applied to a 21 kW laboratory-scale pulverized coal–methane burner to map the reaction zone during combustion, in mixtures with varying fractions of O_2, N_2 and CO_2. Simultaneous Mie scatter and OH planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) measurements have been carried out to study the effect of the oxidizer/diluent concentrations as well as the coal-loading rate. The spatial distribution of soot is captured using laser-induced incandescence (LII). Additionally, velocity profiles at selected axial locations are measured using the pairwise two-dimensional laser Doppler velocimetry technique. The OH PLIF images capture the reaction zones of pilot methane–air flames and the variation of the coal flame structure under various O_2/CO_2 compositions. Coal particles devolatilize immediately upon crossing the flame interface, so that the Mie scatter signal almost vanishes. Increasing coal-loading rates leads to higher reaction rates and shorter flames. LII measurements show that soot is formed primarily in the wake of remaining coal particles in the product regions. Finally, differences in the mean and RMS velocity field are explained by the combined action of thermal expansion and the changes in particle diameter between reacting and non-reacting flows.
Sponsorship
This work is supported by EPSRC research Grant (#EP/G062153/1). Yi Gao is supported by EPSRC Grant (#EP/K02924X/1), S. Lowe acknowledges support through an EPSRC DTA grant, M. Kamal is supported by University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar (Pakistan), and Bo Tian acknowledges support from CSC.
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EPSRC (EP/K02924X/1)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-015-1965-z
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/248377
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Attribution 2.0 UK: England & Wales
Licence URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/
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