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posted on 2012-09-19, 14:30 authored by Hok Wang Au-YeungThe main focus of this investigation was to get a greater understanding of the effect of
combustion frequency, positive pressure amplitude, relative air:fuel ratio (A), water jacket
temperature and input firing rates on the emissions of NO from pulse combustors. This
study was carried out by a programme of experimental work combined with the
development of a one-dimensional model.
Results obtained in this study from experimental measurement, revealed evidence that a
Schmidt tube has the ability to operate over a wide range of parameters (such as operating
frequency, positive pressure amplitude, relative air:fuel ratio, water jacket temperature
and input firing rates) with variable NO emissions. It was found that the level of NO
emissions became lower with increasing operating frequency and positive pressure
amplitude. As an example, when the rig was operated at input firing rate 25 kW and a
positive pressure amplitude of 0.12 bar, increasing the frequency from 35 Hz to 73 Hz
produced a monotonic reduction in NO emissions from 61 ppm to 29 ppm (dry, 3% O2).
An'increase in positive pressure amplitude from 0.05 to 0.12 bar produced a change in
NO emissions from 46 ppm to 34 ppm. It was also found that the values of NO emissions
fell. with increasing excess air for A> 1.1. However, NO emissions increased with
increasing water jacket temperature (Tw) along the length of tail pipe and with increasing
input firing rates.
Experimental results showed that the positive pressure amplitude was not dependent on
the wall jacket temperature. However, the operating range of stable pressure oscillation
could be extended from [...continued].
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Publication date
1998Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University.EThOS Persistent ID
uk.bl.ethos.285892Language
- en