Numerical study of an industrial burner to optimise NOx emissions and to evaluate the feasibility of hydrogen-enriched fuel

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Numerical study of an industrial burner to optimise NOx emissions and to evaluate the feasibility of hydrogen-enriched fuel. / Swaminathan, Senthilathiban; Spijker, Christoph; Raonic, Zlatko et al.
in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy , Jahrgang 49.2024, Nr. Part C, 2 January, 12.08.2023, S. 1210-1220.

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title = "Numerical study of an industrial burner to optimise NOx emissions and to evaluate the feasibility of hydrogen-enriched fuel",
abstract = "Reducing NO x emissions from industrial burners is a significant concern due to their harmful environmental and human health impact. A computationally efficient numerical model was developed and validated using a detailed GRI 3.0 chemistry mechanism to simulate the combustion process and precisely predict the NO x emissions from industrial burners. The numerical model was implemented to reduce NO x emissions by varying the burner's primary to secondary air mass flow ratio. An optimum nozzle diameter was proposed to abate NO x emissions by a factor of 0.845. A feasibility study on the optimised burner was conducted by blending up to 50% hydrogen by volume with natural gas by maintaining the same burner power output. Results showed that the burner exhibited similar flame characteristics until 40% hydrogen was added to natural gas. A 41.8% increase in NO and a 76.8% decrease in CO emissions were observed by enriching natural gas with 50% hydrogen.",
author = "Senthilathiban Swaminathan and Christoph Spijker and Zlatko Raonic and Michael Koller and Irmela Kofler and Harald Raupenstrauch",
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T1 - Numerical study of an industrial burner to optimise NOx emissions and to evaluate the feasibility of hydrogen-enriched fuel

AU - Swaminathan, Senthilathiban

AU - Spijker, Christoph

AU - Raonic, Zlatko

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AU - Kofler, Irmela

AU - Raupenstrauch, Harald

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AB - Reducing NO x emissions from industrial burners is a significant concern due to their harmful environmental and human health impact. A computationally efficient numerical model was developed and validated using a detailed GRI 3.0 chemistry mechanism to simulate the combustion process and precisely predict the NO x emissions from industrial burners. The numerical model was implemented to reduce NO x emissions by varying the burner's primary to secondary air mass flow ratio. An optimum nozzle diameter was proposed to abate NO x emissions by a factor of 0.845. A feasibility study on the optimised burner was conducted by blending up to 50% hydrogen by volume with natural gas by maintaining the same burner power output. Results showed that the burner exhibited similar flame characteristics until 40% hydrogen was added to natural gas. A 41.8% increase in NO and a 76.8% decrease in CO emissions were observed by enriching natural gas with 50% hydrogen.

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