Articles
Energy performance of a furnace with regenerative burner under flameless combustion regime
Published 2019-03-26
Keywords
- CFD,
- efficiency,
- energy performance,
- flameless,
- natural gas
How to Cite
Yepes-Tumay, H. A., Arrieta-Gonzales, C. E., & Amell-Arrieta, A. A. (2019). Energy performance of a furnace with regenerative burner under flameless combustion regime. Revista UIS Ingenierías, 18(3), 39–46. https://doi.org/10.18273/revuin.v18n3-2019004
Abstract
The growing energy demand and the increase regarding pollutant emissions are serious issues nowadays. Efficiency increase is one of the principal alternatives to reduce fuel consumption and decrease the amount of contaminants. In this respect, the flameless combustion regime combined with regenerative burners is a technology that allows to obtain both. In the present study, an energy evaluation of a furnace at 25 kW under flameless combustion regime with natural gas as fuel was carried out. Additionally, a CFD simulation was performed in order to evaluate the capacity of the selected models to predict the experimental results. The results of energy balance show that the thermal efficiency overcomes in more than 10% the values obtained under conventional combustion, besides achieving very low emission levels. The models selected reproduce accurately the general behaviours of flameless combustion regime; however, they underestimate the reaction rates of the combustion of CH4.
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