An experimental and numerical investigation of the aerodynamic characteristics of a flameless combustor

Master thesis (2018)

Authors

M.P. Huijts Aerospace Engineering

Contributors

A. Gangoli Rao (supervisor 1)
G.A. Bohlin (supervisor 2)
F.F.J. Schrijer (supervisor 2)
Faculty
Aerospace Engineering
Copyright: © 2018 Melchior Huijts
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Published Date

24-05-2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

Abstract

NOx emissions cause harm to the human body, the world around us and our atmosphere, both directly and indirectly. Flameless combustion is a combustion regime that has the potential to reduce these emissions by more than 95%. Operation in this regime is possible when lowering the availability of oxygen and lowering the combustion temperature in the combustion zone. Key for this operation is the recirculation of flue gases using internal recirculation zones and mixing of these gases with the incoming combustion air and fuel. These aerodynamic characteristics have been researched experimentally and numerically for the DUT flameless combustor. Results show recirculation and mixing can be increased with decreasing the jet size, however with an increase pressure loss. Numerical investigation shows that simulation of this setup is challenging using RANS and that LES might be the only way to go forward.