MULTI-FUEL COMBUSTOR
The 100 kW down-fired multi-fuel combustor is able to feed gas, liquid, or powdered solid fuel and is suitable for combustion testing in air, oxygen-enriched air or oxygen/CO2 environments.
Specifications
- Heated walls with 24 x 840 watt ceramic heaters in main burner zone
- Dimensions: 1m x 12m (3 ft x 39 ft) Quartz windows for visual observation and optical diagnostics in main burner zone
- Main burner zone – 0.6m x 1.2m (24 in x 48 in)
- Overall height of vertical section – 3.8m (150 in)
- Transition section with cooling coils – 3.7m (144 in)
- Swirl-stabilized burner
Capabilities
- Systematic control of burner variables
- Air or oxy-firing
- Continuous emissions monitoring equipment for real-time measurement of O2, CO2, CO, NOx, SO2 and THC emissions, with other species-based measurements available upon request
- Detailed particulate measurements, including ultrafine particles
- Optical diagnostic ready
- Gas, liquid, and pulverized solid fuels
Research
- Studying the effect of PO2 in recycled flue gas on flame stabilization of well-fined axial diffusion flames
- Determining the desired characteristics of a low emission, highly-stable, oxy-coal burner
- Investigating specially directed O2 and cooled walls with minimum flue gas recycle
- Determining effects of flue gas recycle parameters on size segregated ash composition during oxy-coal combustion