A lean partially premixed swirling combustor operated with synthesis gases is studied using large-eddy simulation (LES). The linear-eddy model (LEM) is employed to close the unresolved scalar fluxes with the nonunity Lewis number assumption. Several terms resulting from the LES filtering operation are not modeled but directly resolved considering their unique length and time scales, such as molecular diffusion, scalar mixing, and chemical reactions. First, the validation results on a well-established jet flame indicate a good level of correlation with the experimental data and allow a further analysis of syngas combustion on a practical combustor. Second, the effects of preferential diffusion on the characteristics of flow and combustion dynamics on a lean partially premixed swirling combustor are investigated. The obtained results are expected to provide useful information for the design and operation of gas turbine combustion systems using syngas fuels.
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A Large-Eddy Simulation–Linear-Eddy Model Study of Preferential Diffusion Processes in a Partially Premixed Swirling Combustor With Synthesis Gases
Shaoshuai Li,
Shaoshuai Li
Department of Thermal Engineering,
Tsinghua University,
Beijing 100084, China
e-mail: zhengbankuaile@aliyun.com
Tsinghua University,
Beijing 100084, China
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Yunzhe Zheng,
Yunzhe Zheng
Department of Thermal Engineering,
Tsinghua University,
Beijing 100084, China
e-mail: yzzheng@eppei.com
Tsinghua University,
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Suhui Li,
Suhui Li
Professor
Department of Thermal Engineering,
Tsinghua University,
Beijing 100084, China
e-mail: lisuhui@tsinghua.edu.cn
Department of Thermal Engineering,
Tsinghua University,
Beijing 100084, China
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Min Zhu,
Min Zhu
Professor
Department of Thermal Engineering,
Tsinghua University,
Beijing 100084, China
e-mail: zhumin@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Department of Thermal Engineering,
Tsinghua University,
Beijing 100084, China
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Xi Jiang
Xi Jiang
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Department of Engineering,
Lancaster University,
Lancaster LA1 4YR, UK
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Department of Engineering,
Lancaster University,
Lancaster LA1 4YR, UK
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Shaoshuai Li
Department of Thermal Engineering,
Tsinghua University,
Beijing 100084, China
e-mail: zhengbankuaile@aliyun.com
Tsinghua University,
Beijing 100084, China
e-mail: zhengbankuaile@aliyun.com
Yunzhe Zheng
Department of Thermal Engineering,
Tsinghua University,
Beijing 100084, China
e-mail: yzzheng@eppei.com
Tsinghua University,
Beijing 100084, China
e-mail: yzzheng@eppei.com
Daniel Mira
Suhui Li
Professor
Department of Thermal Engineering,
Tsinghua University,
Beijing 100084, China
e-mail: lisuhui@tsinghua.edu.cn
Department of Thermal Engineering,
Tsinghua University,
Beijing 100084, China
e-mail: lisuhui@tsinghua.edu.cn
Min Zhu
Professor
Department of Thermal Engineering,
Tsinghua University,
Beijing 100084, China
e-mail: zhumin@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Department of Thermal Engineering,
Tsinghua University,
Beijing 100084, China
e-mail: zhumin@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Xi Jiang
Professor
Department of Engineering,
Lancaster University,
Lancaster LA1 4YR, UK
e-mail: x.jiang@lancaster.ac.uk
Department of Engineering,
Lancaster University,
Lancaster LA1 4YR, UK
e-mail: x.jiang@lancaster.ac.uk
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Contributed by the Combustion and Fuels Committee of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Manuscript received June 19, 2016; final manuscript received July 12, 2016; published online September 27, 2016. Editor: David Wisler.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Mar 2017, 139(3): 031501 (12 pages)
Published Online: September 27, 2016
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Received:
June 19, 2016
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July 12, 2016
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Li, S., Zheng, Y., Mira, D., Li, S., Zhu, M., and Jiang, X. (September 27, 2016). "A Large-Eddy Simulation–Linear-Eddy Model Study of Preferential Diffusion Processes in a Partially Premixed Swirling Combustor With Synthesis Gases." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. March 2017; 139(3): 031501. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4034446
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