Effects of non-thermal plasma on the lean blowout limits and CO/NOx emissions in swirl-stabilized turbulent lean-premixed flames of methane/air
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This study investigates experimentally the effects of non-thermal plasma (NTP) induced by a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor on the characteristics of swirl-stabilized turbulent lean-premixed methane/air flames in a laboratory scale combustor by systematically varying the applied AC voltage, VAC, and frequency, fAC. Especially, it is elucidated how the NTP influences the lean blowout (LBO) limits and the characteristics of CO/NOx emissions depending on flame configuration. Without applying the NTP as the mixture equivalence ratio, ϕ, decreases from the stoichiometry to an LBO limit, the flame configuration changes from an M-flame (Regime I) to a conical flame (Regime II) and to a columnar flame (Regime III) for the whole range of the mixture nozzle exit velocity, U0, (4–10 m/s). With the NTP, however, it exhibits only Regimes I and II at relatively-low U0 range (4–6 m/s), while all three regimes at relatively-high U0 range (7–10 m/s). For both velocity ranges, the LBO limits are significantly extended by the NTP enhancing the flame stability. Under the relatively-low U0 range, streamers induced by the DBD reactor play a critical role in stabilizing the flames such that the degree of extension of the LBO limit depends linearly on VAC and fAC. Under the relatively-high U0 range, however, ozone generated by the DBD reactor in Regime III is found to be a major reason in extending the LBO limit, which is substantiated by another flame regime diagram with ozone addition only, and hence, the extension of LBO limit minimally depends on fAC. Simultaneously, the NTP considerably reduces CO emission, while slightly increases NOx emission near the LBO limits due to the enhanced combustion by ozone.Citation
Kim, G. T., Yoo, C. S., Chung, S. H., & Park, J. (2020). Effects of non-thermal plasma on the lean blowout limits and CO/NOx emissions in swirl-stabilized turbulent lean-premixed flames of methane/air. Combustion and Flame, 212, 403–414. doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.11.024Sponsors
This work was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (NRF-2018R1A2A2A05018901). SHC was supported by KAUST.Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Combustion and FlameAdditional Links
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0010218019305292ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.11.024