直混燃烧与LPP组合燃烧室数值研究

设计了直混燃烧与贫油预混预蒸发(LPP)组合的单管燃烧室.燃烧室头部采用同轴同旋向主模旋流器和副模旋流器结构,主、副油路分别采用直射式喷嘴和压力雾化喷嘴,可以在单管燃烧室上掌握和实现低污染燃烧排放控制技术,并采用Fluent软件对设计的单管燃烧室模型进行数值模拟.计算结果表明:主副模燃烧区相互独立;副模是直混燃烧,主要作用稳定火焰.主模是预混燃烧,燃烧区温度分布均匀,从而实现低NO_x排放.解决了大工况下低NO_x排放与慢车贫油熄火之间的矛盾.      

低排放燃烧室NO_x排放试验及预测方法研究

为了研究中心分级贫油低排放燃烧室的排放特性和排放预测方法,针对一个低排放头部方案,在单头部燃烧室试验件上,在不同的温度、压力、油气比、供油模式和分级比条件下,测量其排放性能。以Lefebvre排放经验预测公式为基础,采用经验分析方法拟合排放试验数据,归纳出适用于本头部方案的排放预测公式。表征预测好坏的判定系数R2在小工况下和大工况下分别为0.95和0.93,表明预测结果与试验结果符合度较好。小工况和大工况排放特性不同,对仅预燃级喷油的小工况工作模式,NO_x排放主要受化学恰当燃烧温度和预燃级局部当量比的影响;对预燃级和主燃级同时喷油的大工况工作模式,NO_x排放主要受燃烧区温度和主燃级燃油比例的影响。     

Experimental and numerical studies of a lean-burn internally-staged combustor

A lean-burn internally-staged combustor for low emissions that can be used in civil avi-ation gas turbines is introduced in this paper. The main stage is designed and optimized in terms of fuel evaporation ratio, fuel/air pre-mixture uniformity, and particle residence time using commer-cial computational fluid dynamics （CFD） software. A single-module rectangular combustor is adopted in performance tests including lean ignition, lean blowout, combustion efficiency, emis-sions, and combustion oscillation using aviation kerosene. Furthermore, nitrogen oxides （NOx） emission is also predicted using CFD simulation to compare with test results. Under normal inlet temperature, this combustor can be ignited easily with normal and negative inlet pressures. The lean blowout fuel/air ratio （LBO FAR） at the idle condition is 0.0049. The fuel split proportions between the pilot and main stages are determined through balancing emissions, combustion efficiency, and combustion oscillation. Within the landing and take-off （LTO） cycle, this combustor enables 42%NOx reduction of the standard set by the 6th Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection （CAEP/6） with high combustion efficiency. The maximum board-band pressure oscillations of inlet air and fuel are below 1%of total pressure during steady-state operations at the LTO cycle specific conditions.     

Influence of coupled characteristics on the internally-staged combustor under low-power operation

An ultra low emissions combustor, namely low emission stirred swirl (LESS) combustor was studied, based on a scheme of internally staged/lean premixed and prevaporized (LPP) combustion. The LESS combustor consists of central pilot stage and outer surrounded coaxially main stage, between which there exists a physical isolation, namely the step height. The existence of step height delayed the pilot and main jets mixing. Experimental and numerical studies were carried out to investigate the influence of the step height on the combustion performance. A single dome rectangular combustor was utilized to conduct the lean lightoff and blowout experiments, and pollutant emission experiments. The experimental results showed that with the increase of step height by 38%, the lean lightoff and blowout fuel air ratio decreased by 574% and 375%, the NOx emission increased by 35.1%, and the combustion efficiency increased by 1.78%; while the CO,unburned hydrocarbons (UHC) emissions decreased. Furthermore, the total pressure loss was kept nearly constant. Non reacting and reacting flow fields were numerically investigated to analyze the coupled characteristics of pilot and main jets with different step heights. A comparison of flow characteristics, spray structure, and combustion component as well as temperature field with different step heights was conducted. The numerical results showed that the increase of the step height shifted the peak velocity outwards. The enlargement of the primary recirculation zone (PRZ) resulted in the increase of the combustion efficiency and NOx emission, while the CO, UHC emissions decreeased.      

LPP低污染燃烧室单头部燃烧性能试验

对贫油预混预蒸发(LPP)低污染燃烧室单头部三级旋流器进行燃烧性能试验,研究不同的油气比、进口空气流量和进口空气温度以及值班级喷嘴安装位置对燃烧室出口截面燃烧性能的影响,获得了燃烧室出口截面温度分布、燃烧效率以及污染物排放的规律.试验结果表明:①油气比增加,NOx排放相应增加;头部A燃烧性能稍优于头部B;②同一油气比下进口空气温度越高,其燃烧污染物排放越多;进口空气流量越大,污染物排放越少;③值班级喷嘴安装位置对LPP低污染燃烧室燃烧性能有一定影响.      

分级/预混合预蒸发贫油燃烧低污染方案NOX排放初步研究

对分级/贫油预混合预蒸发低污染燃烧方案的氮氧化物排放进行了初步试验研究,主要目的是考察贫油预混合预蒸发级降低污染排放的能力。预燃级是常规双涡流器空气雾化喷嘴,主燃级是空气雾化喷嘴雾化燃油,配装蒸发管,头部涡流器组织燃烧。燃油为RP-3航空煤油。采用单头部燃烧室,工况模拟了燃烧室进口温度(800K)、进口速度和总油气比,压力为常压。研究结果表明,旋流式贫油预混合预蒸发燃烧的主燃级有降低氮氧化物的潜力,相对于常规燃烧组织方式,能够降低NO_X排放量为60%,同时发现,燃油分级比例对NO_X降低也有很大影响。      

弱旋流喷嘴的污染排放和燃烧稳定性分析

基于弱旋流喷嘴(LSI)的弱旋流燃烧技术具有极低的NOx污染排放能力.分析了弱旋流燃烧的稳定燃烧和降低污染排放的原理,发现其特殊的流动形式及其与湍流火焰传播的匹配是决定其燃烧稳定性和污染排放的主要因素.而弱旋流喷嘴的旋流叶片角度、直径比和流量比等关键参数会影响LSI的下游流动特征,进而影响其燃烧性能.燃料对LSI燃烧稳定性和污染排放的影响主要是通过火焰传播速度和绝热火焰温度发挥作用.为了将液体燃料应用于LSI,目前主要采用了预混预蒸发的方式,试验结果表明:其NOx排放可比采用常规强旋流喷嘴的燃烧室降低10%~60%,但存在自燃和回火的风险.而LSI喷雾燃烧的方式,则需要针对弱旋流液雾燃烧开展更深入的基础研究.只有解决了液体燃料的LSI应用问题,才能发展出不同于传统强旋流燃烧的新一代航空发动机超低排放燃烧室.      

TeLESSⅡ低排放燃烧室预燃级设计对排放的影响

民用航空发动机需要满足国际民航组织（ICAO）发布的排放标准的要求,因此低排放燃烧室的研制是发动机成功研制的关键。TeLESSⅡ低排放燃烧室方案研究了在主燃级空气流动和燃油喷射模式不变情况下,成膜空气雾化和离心喷射空气雾化两类不同的预燃级空气流动和雾化组织模式在不同工况时对排放趋势变化的影响。结果表明小工况时不同预燃级的排放及燃烧效率变化趋势方向不同。大工况时两者的排放受燃油分级比影响变化趋势不同,而燃烧效率变化趋势是一致的。这说明预燃级和主燃级的组合设计改变了燃烧性能。      

中心分级燃烧室预燃级贫油熄火性能试验

对一种单环腔的中心分级LESS（low emissions stirred swirl）燃烧室进行了常压状态下的贫油熄火性能试验研究.采用单头部试验件,研究了预燃级离心喷嘴流量数、进口温度及燃料类型对贫油熄火性能的影响.结果表明:预燃级采用小流量数的离心喷嘴能够降低贫油熄火当量比.进口温度低于150℃的范围内,随着进口温度的增加,贫油熄火当量比迅速降低;进口温度高于150℃时,温度对贫油熄火当量比的影响作用不明显.气态燃料与液态燃料的贫油熄火当量比随火焰筒压降的变化趋势是不同的,但都趋于相同的值,且在5%的火焰筒压降范围内,气态燃料的贫油熄火当量比低于液态燃料.      

Prediction of emissions in turbojet engines exhausts: relationship between nitrogen oxides emission index (EINOx) and the operational parameters

The prediction of nitrogen oxides emissions in turbojet engines exhausts remains a field of immense importance given the increasing coercive environmental requirements in relation to the emissions from turbojet engines. Emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) are subjected to limits fixed by legislators in a lot of countries because of their toxic character beyond specific concentrations in the air and their effects on climate change. However, analytical methods used to evaluate the quantities of the emissions are not efficiently established because of a lack of complete understanding of the phenomena governing the formation of the NOx in turbojet engines. It is a combination of chemical, thermal, and fluid dynamic processes. In this paper, a more accurate empirical correlation is determined for the prediction of nitrogen oxides emission index (EI_NOx) in turbojet engines exhausts using the main combustion operational parameters. The relationship between EI_NOx and the following parameters: fuel flow rate, output power, pressure ratio, efficiency, flame temperature and combustor inlet temperature is analysed with 227 ICAO certification data measured on turbojets engines from manufacturers such as Pratt and Whitney, General Electric, CFM International and Rolls-Royce. A set of 556 test point data used to show flame and combustor inlet temperature relationship with NOx emission index is from the work of G.F. Pearce et al. on twelve gas turbine engines. From this analysis it can be noticed that the relationship between EI_NOx and flame temperature is strong but not as the relationship between EI_NOx and the combustor inlet temperature. Since the combustor inlet temperature is easier to measure, EI_NOx value can be deduce from it. By predicting NOx emissions from combustor inlet temperature we can avoid exhausts gas measurements and analysis, saving on time and money.     

燃料分配方式对微燃机燃烧室燃烧性能影响

提出了一种喷口位置可变采用燃料多点喷射的干式低排放(DLE)微型燃气轮机燃烧室,为了获得值班级与主燃级之间燃料分配方式对燃烧性能的影响,对该燃烧室在不同分配方式下的燃烧性能进行了实验测试与数值模拟。结果表明:燃料喷口位置改变对污染物排放影响不显著;燃料分配方式的改变对温度场和污染物的生成特性有影响,随着两级燃料分配比例的增大,NOx排放量呈现先减少后增加的趋势,存在一个最佳的燃料分配比例使NOx排放最低;燃烧室内存在明显的中心回流区(PRZ),便于点火及火焰传播;热力型NOx的生成量与温度高于1 950 K的区域大小和最高燃气温度有直接关系。所设计的燃烧室在以天然气为燃料的所有工况下NOx排放都可降低到50 mg/m3以下,达到了低污染燃烧室排放标准(小于50 mg/m3)。     

双环预混旋流与单、双环腔燃烧室性能对比

将中心分级的双环预混旋流(TAPS)燃烧室、单环腔燃烧室(SAC)及双环腔燃烧室(DAC)采用相同的扩压器尺寸、外机匣最大直径以及燃烧室出口尺寸,采用相同的数理模型,对TAPS燃烧室,SAC,DAC进行三维数值模拟.对比研究了TAPS燃烧室,SAC,DAC的总压恢复系数、燃烧效率、燃烧室出口温度分布系数、污染排放等性能参数.研究结果表明:采用TAPS燃烧室,可获得比SAC和DAC更高的总压恢复系数及燃烧效率;比SAC和DAC更低的燃烧室出口温度分布系数及NO_x等污染的排放,尤其是设计工况下出口NO_x排放.从研究结果来看中心分级的TAPS燃烧室的技术优势十分明显,是一种很有发展前景的高温升、低污染燃烧室.      

同心旋流分层火焰的外激脉动特性统计学分析

为了更深入地理解民用航空发动机低排放燃烧室中的同心旋流分层火焰脉动机制,以丙烷为燃料,在100Hz频率的外激条件下对该类旋流火焰的CH*化学发光图像进行高频采样,重点通过本征正交分解法（POD）的统计学分析,提取其时间和空间域内的脉动特征。分析结果表明,旋流火焰中4个最主要的脉动模态分别是轴向振荡、径向振荡、火焰脱落和非对称螺旋运动,并且模态1轴向振荡和模态2径向振荡之间具有显著相关性。POD分析方法可作为中心分级贫油预混燃烧不稳定性机理探索的有效手段。      

合成气扩散燃烧的OH-PLIF测量

为了解中低热值合成气在燃气轮机燃烧室中的燃烧特性,利用平面激光诱导荧光(PLIF)法,对模型燃烧室内CH4和具有不同C-H比的合成气旋流扩散火焰开展实验研究.实验结果表明,CH4与合成气火焰呈现出截然不同的火焰形状,瞬态OH-PLIF图像揭示了它们具有湍流火焰的共同特征,且火焰都稳定在喷嘴出口位置.相比之下,CH4燃烧...     

One-dimensional numerical investigation on multi-cylinder gasoline engine fueled by micro-emulsions,CNG, and hydrogen in dual fuel mode

This research work is the novel state-of-the-art technology performed on multi-cylinder SI engine fueled compressed natural gas, emulsified fuel, and hydrogen as dual fuel. This work predicts the overall features of performance, combustion, and exhaust emissions of individual fuels based on AVL Boost simulation technology. Three types of alternative fuels have been compared and analyzed. The results show that hydrogen produces 20% more brake power than CNG and 25% more power than micro-emulsion fuel at 1500 r/min, which further increases the brake power of hydrogen, CNG, and micro-emulsions in the range of 25%, 20%, and 15% at higher engine speeds of 2500–4000 r/min, respectively. In addition, the brake-specific fuel consumption is the lowest for 100% hydrogen, followed by CNG 100% and then micro-emulsions at 1500 r/min. At 2500–5000 r/min, there is a significant drop in brake-specific fuel consumption due to a lean mixture at higher engine speeds. The CO, HC, and NO_x emissions significantly improve for hydrogen, CNG, and micro-emulsion fuel. Hydrogen fuel shows zero CO and HC emissions and is the main objective of this research to produce 0% carbon-based emissions with a slight increase in NO_x emissions, and CNG shows 30% lower CO emissions than micro-emulsions and 21.5% less hydrocarbon emissions than micro-emulsion fuel at stoichiometric air/fuel ratio.     

LPP低污染燃烧室两相喷雾燃烧性能数值研究

采用Fluent软件对贫油预混预蒸发(LPP)低污染燃烧室两相喷雾燃烧流场、温度场和污染排放性能进行数值计算.在副模结构保持不变时,LPP低污染燃烧室头部在相同工况下,数值研究不同的主模旋流角度对燃烧流场、温度场以及污染排放的影响.采用标准的k-ε模型对湍流黏性进行模拟,采用离散相模型对油珠颗粒的运动轨迹进行追踪,采用非预混平衡化学反应模型来模拟化学反应速率.数值计算结果表明:①在LPP低污染燃烧室头部存在明显的中心回流区、角回流区和唇口回流区;②中心回流区外形呈橄榄形状,并且回流区长度都较长,随着主模旋流角度的增大,中心回流区逐渐变胖且变短,角回流区则逐渐变小;③随着主模旋流角度增大,压力损失也随之增大;④热力型NOx生成的速率与燃烧温度超过1950K区域的面积大小和最高的燃气温度有直接的关系,在副模和主模火焰锋面附近,由于燃烧温度高,是热力型NOx的集中分布区域;⑤出口温度分布系数随着主模旋流角度的增加呈现出先减少后增加的趋势,且主模旋流角度为45°(C方案)时出口温度分布系数最小,即C方案的出口温度分布最均匀;⑥在相同的工况下,C方案燃烧性能相对最优.      

NOx emissions of turbofan powered unmanned aerial vehicle for complete flight cycle

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been getting more and more popular in both civil and military arena. Similar to manned aircraft, their propulsion systems or engines emit harmful gases such as nitrogen oxides. Since UAVs have different mission profiles and operational parameters than manned aircraft, it is worthy to investigate their NO_x emissions. Therefore, in this study, NO_x emissions of a turbofan powered UAV for complete flight cycle was calculated and optimized within a range of altitude and speed parameters. NO_x emissions were calculated based on ICAO ground test data and corrected to any speed and altitude during flight legs using both Boeing Fuel Flow Method 2 and DLR Fuel Flow Method. Total NO_x emissions were calculated for complete flight cycles for different altitude and speed parameters. Numerical results were presented graphically and additionally optimization studies were conducted. Optimization studies include determination and comparison of speed and altitude for minimum NO_x emissions by the two fuel flow methods and maximum loiter time achievable by UAV.     

Effect of inlet rotating swirl on endwall film cooling for two representative hole arrangements

The swirl generator is widely used in lean-burn combustor to guarantee flame stability and reduce NO_x emissions. Thus, the non-uniformities induced by the swirler would affect and damage film-cooling effectiveness on the turbine components, even blow-off coolant coverage, to some certain extent. The arrangement of film-cooling holes was normally designed to be perpendicular to the axial direction and in standard straight row. In this work we experimentally studied the effects of inlet swirl and mass flow ratio on traditional film cooling holes arrangement and a new arrangement pattern whose holes are located along the isobars. Results indicated that the swirl perturbation would damage film coverage. The film-cooling effect of endwall on which the holes are along the isobars, is invariably more promising than that of endwall on which hole arrangement is perpendicular to axial with the same mass flow of coolant, whether the inlet conditions is uniform or not.     

RANS simulations on combustion and emission characteristics of a premixed NH3/H2 swirling flame with reduced chemical kinetic model

Ammonia (NH₃) is considered as a potential alternative carbon free fuel to reduce greenhouse gas emission to meet the increasingly stringent emission requirements. Co-burning NH₃ and H₂ is an effective way to overcome ammonia’s relative low burning velocity. In this work, 3D Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) numerical simulations are conducted on a premixed NH₃/H₂ swirling flame with reduced chemical kinetic mechanism. The effects of (A) overall equivalence ratio Φ and (B) hydrogen blended molar fraction X_H2 on combustion and emission characteristics are examined. The present results show that when 100%NH₃-0%H₂-air are burnt, the NO emission and unburned NH₃ of at the swirling combustor outlet has the opposite varying trends. With the increase of Φ, NO emission is found to be decreased, while the unburnt ammonia emission is increased. NH₂ → HNO, NH → HNO and HNO → NO sub-paths are found to play a critical role in NO formation. Normalized reaction rate of all these three sub-paths is shown to be decreased with increased Φ. Hydrogen addition is shown to significantly increase the laminar burning velocity of the mixed fuel. However, adding H₂ does not affect the critical equivalence ratio corresponding to the maximum burning velocity. The emission trend of NO and unburnt NH₃ with increased Φ is unchanged by blending H₂. NO emission with increased X_H2 is increased slightly less at a larger Φ than that at a smaller Φ. In addition, reaction rates of NH₂ → HNO and HNO → NO sub-paths are decreased with increased X_H2, when Φ is larger. Under all tested cases, blending H₂ with NH₃ reduces the unburned NH₃ emission, especially for rich combustion conditions. In summary, the present work provides research finding on supporting applying ammonia with hydrogen blended in low-emission gas turbine engines.     

某型干式低NOx燃烧室污染物排放试验

应用高压试验台完成了某重型燃气轮机(E级)干式低NO_x(DLN)燃烧室烧天然气污染排放性能试验与研究.各工况下CO及UHC质量分数很低,燃烧室能够保证稳定高效燃烧.燃烧效率达到99%以上;额定工况NO_x质量分数204 mg/N.m3(15%O₂),大大超出设计要求.试验结果表明:该燃烧室值班燃料比例过大,导致扩散燃烧产生NO_x效果明显;燃料预混不均匀是NO_x质量分数过高的另一重要原因.这一结论为该燃机的改进提供了可靠参考和依据.