Direct Numerical Simulation of Pulverized Coal Combustion in a Hot Vitiated Co-flow
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- 作者：Kun Luo ; Haiou Wang ; Jianren Fan ; Fuxing Yi
- 刊名：Energy & Fuels
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：October 18, 2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：26
- 期：10
- 页码：6128-6136
- 全文大小：417K
- 年卷期：v.26,no.10(October 18, 2012)
- ISSN：1520-5029
文摘
A compressible direct numerical simulation (DNS) solver for pulverized coal combustion has been developed and used to study a pulverized coal jet flame with a Reynolds number of 28鈥?84 based on the nozzle diameter. An eighth-order center differential scheme combined with an explicit tenth-order filter is used for spatial discretization. The classical fourth-order Runge鈥揔utta method is used for time integration. The characteristic non-reflecting boundary conditions are used to describe the boundary conditions. A comprehensive model for coal combustion is applied, and the reaction mechanism of CH4 with five species and two-step reactions is adopted for gas-phase combustion. The grid system has been carefully designed to make sure that turbulent scales and chemical reaction scales are reasonably resolved and the point-source assumptions of particles are valid. The simulation is partially validated against the experiment, and the particle behavior is investigated. It is found that, in the upstream region, the reaction rate is quite scattered and a single particle is found inside the burning flame to form an individual particle combustion mode. While in the downstream region, the reaction zone is more continuous, with a large number of particles enclosed, which characterizes the group combustion mode. Conditional statistics with respect to the mixture fraction are also obtained to provide insights into coal combustion and the related models.