Turbulent Non-Stationary Reactive Flow in a Cement Kiln

The reduction of emissions from large industrial furnaces critically relies on insights gained from numerical models of turbulent non-premixed combustion. In the article Mitigating Thermal NOx by Changing the Secondary Air Injection Channel: A Case Study in the Cement Industry, the authors present the use of the open-source OpenFoam software...

Modeling Conjugate Heat Transfer in an Anode Baking Furnace Using OpenFoam

The operation of large industrial furnaces will continue to rely on hydrocarbon fuels in the near foreseeable future. Mathematical modeling and numerical simulation is expected to deliver key insights to implement measures to further reduce pollutant emissions. These measures include the design optimization of the burners, the dilution of...

Modelling a Turbulent Non-Premixed Combustion in a Full-Scale Rotary Cement Kiln Using reactingFoam

No alternatives are currently available to operate industrial furnaces, except for hydrocarbon fuels. Plant managers, therefore, face at least two challenges. First, environmental legislation demands emission reduction. Second, changes in the origin of the fuel might cause unforeseen changes in the heat release. This paper develops the...

Thermo-optic modeling for a microlithographic projection system

The packaging of a microchip affects its size, performance and cost. With advanced packaging, more efficient and smaller microchips can be produced. For this, advanced packaging stepper systems are used, which are lithography machines with a highly optimized projection lens system, that use a powerful light source. The projection lens system for...

Mitigating Thermal NOx by Changing the Secondary Air Injection Channel: A Case Study in the Cement Industry

This work studies how non-premixed turbulent combustion in a rotary kiln depends on the<br/>geometry of the secondary air inlet channel. We target a kiln in which temperatures can reach values above 1800 degrees Kelvin. Monitoring and possible mitigation of the thermal nitric-oxide (NOx) formation is of utmost importance. The performed reactive...

The Effect of Variable Air–Fuel Ratio on Thermal NOx Emissions and Numerical Flow Stability in Rotary Kilns Using Non-Premixed Combustion

One of the quickest ways to influence both the wall temperature and thermal NOx emissions in rotary kilns is to change the air–fuel ratio (AFR). The normalized counterpart of the AFR, the equivalence ratio, is usually associated with premixed flames and studies of its influence on diffusion flames are inconsistent, depending on the application....

A fast GPU Monte Carlo radiative heat transfer implementation for coupling with direct numerical simulation

We implemented a fast Reciprocal Monte Carlo algorithm to accurately solve radiative heat transfer in turbulent flows of non-grey participating media that can be coupled to fully resolved turbulent flows, namely to Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS). The spectrally varying absorption coefficient is treated in a narrow-band fashion with a...

Modeling of high temperature volumetric solar receivers with supercritical CO2 and nanoparticles

A new method for capturing solar energy is proposed for a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant with supercritical CO2 (s-CO2) as a working fluid. The idea is to disperse a low volume fraction of nanoparticles in s-CO2, that functions as a heat transfer fluid in a volumetric solar receiver and as a working fluid in a power cycle. The advantage of...

Modeling Of Radiative Heat Transfer In Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells operate at high temperatures, which places stringent requirements on the ceramic materials in these devices. Optimizing the design by thermal stress minimization could increase the life expectancy of a fuel cell. In order to do this it is important to have a detailed understanding of the heat flows and temperature profiles...

Warmteoverdracht door straling in een MHD generatorkanaal

Radiation heat transfer is a non-negligible physical process in an open-cycle magnetohydrodymic generator. It constitutes an important part of the energy conservation law, one of the fundamental equations describing the behaviour of the MHD combustion gas in the generator. Radiation heat transfer is modelled following the generally accepted...