Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Institutional Repository

Characterization of a low NOx flameless combustion burner using natural gas

Abuelnuor, Abdeen Ali and Abdul Wahid, Mazlan and Saat, Aminuddin and Osman, Mai A. R. (2014) Characterization of a low NOx flameless combustion burner using natural gas. Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences and Engineering), 66 (2). pp. 121-125. ISSN 0127-9696

[img]
Preview
PDF
842kB

Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v66.2497

Abstract

Flameless combustion is a method that has a great potential in reducing pollutant emission from combustion process. In this work, the operation and emission of a laboratory scale furnace under the flameless combustion regime using natural gas as a fuel was examined. In the experimental setup, the combustor was equipped with parallel jet burner systems with controlled gas fuel and oxidizer. Several ports have been integrated in the combustor to allow for temperature and combustion emission measurement. In the study, a comparison between flameless combustion with and without preheated combustion air has been made. The atmospheric air was heated to near the auto ignition temperature by a coil placed within the furnace assembly. The results show that flameless combustion mode could be obtained with and without preheated combustion air. The results also revealed that the laboratory scale furnace could successfully operate in flameless combustion regime using natural gas as fuel. In terms of emission, it was found that flameless combustion was more effective than the conventional combustion in reducing the rate of NOX emission

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:flameless combustion,; low NOx emission, burner
Subjects:T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions:Mechanical Engineering
ID Code:52096
Deposited By: Siti Nor Hashidah Zakaria
Deposited On:01 Feb 2016 03:52
Last Modified:17 Sep 2018 03:47

Repository Staff Only: item control page