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Numerical models for the phenomenological study of flameless combustion
Modelos para el estudio fenomenológico de la combustión sin llama con simulación numérica
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https://doi.org/10.15446/ing.investig.v29n2.15164Keywords:
numerical simulation, CFD, flameless combustion, turbulence, radiation, NOx (en)simulación numérica, CFD, combustión sin llama, turbulencia, radiación, NOx (es)
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Flameless combustion is a technique which offers environmental advantages such as lower than 100 ppm NOx and CO emissions due to below 200 K temperature gradients. Flameless combustion also supplies higher than 70% energy efficiency. Knowledge of the phenomena in this combustion regime has been facilitated by using numerical simulation. This paper reviewed the specialised literature about the most commonly used turbulence, combustion, heat transfer and NOx formation models in modelling flameless combustion with CFD codes. The review concluded that the k-ε standard model is the most used for turbulence. Finite rate/eddy dissipation with modified constants and eddy dissipation concept models are suitable for combustion reactions, discrete ordinates and weighted sum gray gas (WSGG) models are used for radiation and thermal, prompt and N2O intermediate models are used for NOx.
La combustión sin llama es una técnica que ofrece ventajas ambientales con emisiones de NOx y CO por debajo de 100 ppm debido a perfiles de temperatura con gradientes menores a 200 K y eficiencias energéticas mayores al 70%. El conocimiento de la fenomenología de este régimen de combustión ha sido facilitado por el empleo de la simulación numérica. En este artículo se ha hecho una revisión en la literatura especializada de los modelos de turbulencia, combustión, transferencia de calor y formación de NOx más usados en el modelado de la combustión sin llama con códigos CFD. Como resultado de la revisión se ha concluido que el modelo k-ε estándar es el más usado para la turbulencia, los modelos Finite Rate/Eddy Dissipation con sus constantes modificadas y Eddy Dissipation Concept son adecuados para las reacciones de combustión, el modelo de ordenadas discretas y suma ponderada de gases grises son utilizados para la radiación, y los modelos térmico, precoz y N2O intermedio se usan para los NOx.
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