Experimental Study on the Impact of Secondary Air Injection and different swirl van angles on Premixed Turbulent Flame Propagation and Emission Behaviors

Authors

Medhat Elkelawy Prof. Dr. Eng., Mechanical Power Engineering Departments, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, EgyptFollow
E. A. El Shenawy Prof. Dr., Mechanical Power Engineering Departments, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, EgyptFollow
Hagar Alm-Eldin Bastawissi Prof. Dr. Eng., Mechanical Power Engineering Departments, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, EgyptFollow
Ibrahim Ali Mousa Eng., Mechanical Power Engineering Departments, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, EgyptFollow
Mohamed M. Abdel-Raouf Ibrahim Dr. Eng., Borg Al-Arab Higher Institute of Eng. & Technology, Mechanical Power Eng. Department, Alex, EgyptFollow

Abstract

The objective of the present paper is to investigate experimentally the flame characteristics utilizing different secondary air inlet direction for different primary air swirl numbers and equivalence fuel-air ratios. In this study, an experimental test rig was carried out to investigate the flame temperature and emission behavior with flame length at the equivalence fuel-air ratios taken0.96, 0.80, 0.70, and 0.60, and swirl vane angles were varied as 20, 30, 45, and 60° to generate different swirl numbers of 0.26, 0.416, 0.71 and 1.23, respectively. In addition to the introduction of secondary air in test combustor, whereas the primary air and fuel mass flow rates were kept constant at 12.5. Also, the secondary air flow rate was changed to give different secondary over primary air and fuel ratios of 0.19, 0.32, 0.41, and 0.48. The study showed that the flame temperature distribution with flame length at the equivalence fuel-air ratios is increased at 20.0 mm of radial flame distance and decreases gradually with radial flame distance. Also, the experimental investigation illustrated the emission characteristics at different equivalence fuel-air ratios accounting for nitrogen oxide and unburned hydrocarbon were decreased gradually with radial flame distance at different swirl vane angles. Moreover, the emission characteristics at different equivalence fuel-air ratios accounting for the concentration percent of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide were decreased gradually with radial flame distance at different swirl vane angles

Recommended Citation

Elkelawy, Medhat Prof. Dr. Eng.; El Shenawy, E. A. Prof. Dr.; Bastawissi, Hagar Alm-Eldin Prof. Dr. Eng.; Mousa, Ibrahim Ali Eng.; and Ibrahim, Mohamed M. Abdel-Raouf Dr. Eng. (2023) "Experimental Study on the Impact of Secondary Air Injection and different swirl van angles on Premixed Turbulent Flame Propagation and Emission Behaviors," Journal of Engineering Research: Vol. 7: Iss. 6, Article 10.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/erjeng/vol7/iss6/10