Journal article
Experimental study on applying biomass-derived syngas in a microturbine
Applied thermal engineering, Vol.146, pp.328-337
01/05/2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.09.123
Abstract
•Studied the performance of a 30 kW microturbine using syngas/natural gas blends.•The system efficiency, gas flow rate, temperature, and emissions were presented.•The microturbine burner was tested in an optical-access high-pressure chamber.•Used OH∗ chemiluminescence and OH-PLIF to explain the CO and NOx emission trends.•The change in gas components could vary the acoustic performance of the burner.
The current research aims at studying the effect of using biomass-derived syngas as a supplement of the natural gas in a microturbine. The study includes microturbine performance and burner tests. Microturbine performance test used the blends of natural gas (NG) and the syngas (syngas A) from the air gasification of rice hulls. The microturbine test focuses on turbine performance features that include turbine efficiency, outlet temperature, air/fuel flow rate, and NOx and CO emissions. In contrast, the burner tests were performed to interpret the microturbine test results and provide guide information on using high hydrogen content syngas (syngas B) in the microturbine. Microturbine tests show that the efficiency drops (about 13%) when the fuel changed from pure natural gas to 50% NG/50% syngas A blends. Furthermore, the temperature analysis shows that the temperature at the turbine outlet experiences negligible variations despite the change in fuel composition. The emission results indicate that when the output power is sufficiently high, the NOx emission keeps unchanged, whereas the CO emission increases with the syngas addition. Burner tests examined the flame by utilizing OH∗ chemiluminescence and planar laser induced fluorescence of OH radicals. Results demonstrate that the increase in CO emission is related to the incomplete combustion, whereas the unchanged NOx emission is associated with the local hot zone in flames. Moreover, at a forcing frequency of 125.6 Hz, phase-averaged OH∗ images, global heat release oscillation, and the Rayleigh index analysis indicate that the variation of fuel composition can change the response of the flame to acoustic perturbation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Experimental study on applying biomass-derived syngas in a microturbine
- Creators
- Paulo Sérgio Pedroso Corrêa - Universidade Federal de ItajubáJianan Zhang - University of IowaElecto Eduardo Silva Lora - Universidade Federal de ItajubáRubenildo Vieira Andrade - Universidade Federal de ItajubáLuis Roberto de Mello e Pinto - Universidade Federal de ItajubáAlbert Ratner - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Applied thermal engineering, Vol.146, pp.328-337
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.09.123
- ISSN
- 1359-4311
- eISSN
- 1873-5606
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/05/2019
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984196511602771
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