<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the present study was a numerical investigation of the efficiency of the combustion process of a novel concept burner under different operating conditions. The design of the burner was a part of the development process of a complete SOFC based system and a challenging combination of technical requirements to be fulfilled. A Computational Fluid Dynamics model of a non-premixed burner was used to simulate combustion of exhaust gases from the anode region of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell stacks. The species concentrations of the exhaust gases were compared with experimental data and a satisfactory agreement of the conversion of hydrocarbons was obtained. This validates the numerical methodology and also proves applicability of the developed approach that quantitatively characterized the interaction between the exhaust gases and burner geometry for proper combustion modelling. Thus, the proposed CFD approach can be safely used for further numerical optimisation of the burner design.</p></abstract>

The aim of the present study was a numerical investigation of the efficiency of the combustion process of a novel concept burner under different operating conditions. The design of the burner was a part of the development process of a complete SOFC based system and a challenging combination of technical requirements to be fulfilled. A Computational Fluid Dynamics model of a non-premixed burner was used to simulate combustion of exhaust gases from the anode region of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell stacks. The species concentrations of the exhaust gases were compared with experimental data and a satisfactory agreement of the conversion of hydrocarbons was obtained. This validates the numerical methodology and also proves applicability of the developed approach that quantitatively characterized the interaction between the exhaust gases and burner geometry for proper combustion modelling. Thus, the proposed CFD approach can be safely used for further numerical optimisation of the burner design.

Numerical investigation of a novel burner to combust anode exhaust gases of SOFC stacks

West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin

Institute of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection Processes, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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The aim of the present study was a numerical investigation of the efficiency of the combustion process of a novel concept burner under different operating...

Numerical investigation of a novel burner to combust anode exhaust gases of SOFC stacks

Published Online: Oct 10, 2017

Page range: 20 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2017-0043

Keywords
burner, non-premixed combustion, CFD, geometry optimisation

© 2017 Paulina Pianko-Oprych et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Numerical investigation of a novel burner to combust anode exhaust gases of SOFC stacks

Published Online: Oct 10, 2017

Page range: 20 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2017-0043

Keywordsburner, non-premixed combustion, CFD, geometry optimisation

© 2017 Paulina Pianko-Oprych et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
burner, non-premixed combustion, CFD, geometry optimisation