Effects of Turbulence on the Combustion Properties of Partially Premixed Flames of Canola Methyl Ester and Diesel Blends
Joint Authors
Parthasarathy, R. N.
Gollahalli, Surbamanyam R.
Dhamale, N.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-05-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Canola methyl ester (CME) is a biofuel that is a renewable alternative energy resource and is produced by the transesterification of canola oil.
The objective of this study was to document the effects of turbulence on the combustion characteristics of blends of CME and No 2 diesel fuel in a partially-premixed flame environment.
The experiments were conducted with mixtures of pre-vaporized fuel and air at an initial equivalence ratio of 7 and three burner exit Reynolds numbers, 2700, 3600, and 4500.
Three blends with 25, 50, and 75% volume concentration of CME were studied.
The soot volume fraction was highest for the pure diesel flames and did not change significantly with Reynolds number due to the mutually compensating effects of increased carbon input rate and increased air entrainment as the Reynolds number was increased.
The global NOx emission index was highest and the CO emission index was the lowest for the pure CME flame, and varied non-monotonically with biofuel content in the blend The mean temperature and the NOx concentration at three-quarter flame height were generally correlated, indicating that the thermal mechanism of NOx formation was dominant in the turbulent biofuel flames also.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Dhamale, N.& Parthasarathy, R. N.& Gollahalli, Surbamanyam R.. 2011. Effects of Turbulence on the Combustion Properties of Partially Premixed Flames of Canola Methyl Ester and Diesel Blends. Journal of Combustion،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-13.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Dhamale, N.…[et al.]. Effects of Turbulence on the Combustion Properties of Partially Premixed Flames of Canola Methyl Ester and Diesel Blends. Journal of Combustion No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-13.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Dhamale, N.& Parthasarathy, R. N.& Gollahalli, Surbamanyam R.. Effects of Turbulence on the Combustion Properties of Partially Premixed Flames of Canola Methyl Ester and Diesel Blends. Journal of Combustion. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-13.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-491472