Abstract

Effects of controllable vortex slotted bluff body parameters (position of a bluff body, slit size, and controllable flow ratio) on the combustion characteristics of hydrogen/air in a micro-combustor with a bluff body were investigated numerically. The results illustrated that the combustion efficiency of hydrogen decreases with increasing distance (L1) between the front edge of the bluff body and the combustor inlet. The combustion characteristics of the micro-combustor are optimum when L1 is 0 mm. The blow-off limit of the combustor reaches a maximum (564 cm3/s) when the slit width (d) is 20% of the bluff body width. The blow-off limit first increases and then decreases when the equivalence ratio (φ) increases and reaches a maximum (732 cm3/s) when φ is 1.0, and the controllable flow ratio is 0.2. The combustion efficiency of hydrogen is gradually increased with the increase in the controllable flow ratio. When φ is less than 1.0, the optimal controllable flow ratio gradually decreases with the increase in the premixed gas flow rate, and the optimal controllable flow ratio basically remains at 0.6 when the premixed gas flow rate is less than 360 cm3/s.

Issue Section:
Fuel Combustion
Keywords:
controllable vortex slotted bluff body, controllable vortex bluff body parameters, micro-combustion, hydrogen, fuel combustion, hydrogen energy
Topics:
Combustion, Combustion chambers, Flow (Dynamics), Hydrogen, Vortices

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