Quality of CFD Models for Jet Flow Analysis for the Design of Burners and Boilers

F. Marias; J. R. Puiggali; M. Quintard; F. Pit

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.19, No.1, 28-40, January, 2002

DOI10.1007/BF02706871 Export Citation

Quality of CFD Models for Jet Flow Analysis for the Design of Burners and Boilers

F. Marias^†, J. R. Puiggali¹, M. Quintard², and F. Pit

Laboratoire de G´enie des Proc´ed´es de Pau, rue Jules Ferry, 64000 PAU, France
¹Laboratoire Energ´etique et Ph´enom`enes de Transfert, Esplanade des Arts et M´etiers, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
²CNRS, institut de M´ecanique des Fluides de Toulouse, All´ee du Prof. Soula,31400 Toulouse, France

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CFD models are increasingly used for the design and optimisation of boiler combustion chambers. Numerous commercial codes are available, and the user is confronted with making a proper choice for a particular application. In this paper, the accuracy and effectiveness of the popular code FLUENTTM is investigated in terms of the different turbulence models and numerical schemes that are bundled in the software. The tests are performed for different simple experiments, involving classical hydrodynamic conditions with no combustion. The conclusion of these tests involves also the additional criterion of the computational time required for achieving a reasonable accuracy.

Keywords:Boiler;Simulation;Turbulence;Interpolation Scheme

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[Referenced By]

[1] Berat C, "Contribution a la Mise au Point d'un Programme de Simulation Numerique d'un four a Charbon Pulverise," These de l'Ecole Superieure des Mines de Paris, Janvier (1987)

[2] Boussinesq J, "Theorie de l'ecoulement Tourbillonnant," Memoire Presente par la Division Savante, Paris (1877)

[3] Bradshaw P, Launder BE, Lumley JL, J. Fluids Eng., 118, 243 (1996)

[4] Brighton JA, Jones JB, J. Basic Eng., 835 (1964)

[5] Durao D, Whitelaw JH, J. Fluids Eng., 467, 473 (1973)

[6] Elena L, Schiestel R, Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow, 17, 283 (1996)

[7] Fluent User's Guide, Version 4.4; Fluent: Lebanon, NH (1996)

[8] Habib MA, Whitelaw JH, J. Fluids Eng., 102, 47 (1983)

[9] Hogg S, Leschziner MA, Am. Institute Aeronautics Astronautics J., 27, 57 (1989)

[10] Hogg S, Leschziner MA, Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow, 10, 16 (1989)

[11] Launder BE, Spalding DB, "Mathematical Models of Turbulence," Academic Press, London, England (1972)

[12] Launder BE, Spalding DB, Comput. Methods Appl. Mechanics Eng., 3, 269 (1974)

[13] Launder BE, Reece GJ, Rodi W, J. Fluid Mech., 68, 537 (1975)

[14] Launder BE, Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow, 10, 282 (1989)

[15] Leschziner MA, Rodi W, J. Fluids Eng., 103, 352 (1981)

[16] Lien FS, Leschziner MA, Int. J. Numer. Methods Fluids, 19, 527 (1994)

[17] Lien FS, Leschziner MA, Comput. Fluids, 23, 983 (1994)

[18] McKenty F, Gravel L, Camarero R, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 16(4), 482 (1999)

[19] Menter FR, J. Fluids Eng., 118, 514 (1996)

[20] Modaress D, Wuerer J, Elgobashi S, "An Experimental Study of a Turbulent Round Two-Phase Jet," American Iinstitute of Aeronautics and Astronautics/American Society of Mechanical Engineers-3rd Joint Thermophysics, Fluids, Plasma and Heat Transfer Conference, Saint Louis, June (1982)

[21] Monnot G, "La Combustion dans les fours et les Chaudieres," Publications de l'industrie francaise du petrole (1978)

[22] Ohtsuka M, Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., 38(2), 331 (1995)

[23] Patankar SV, "Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow," Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, Washington, D.C. (1980)

[24] Rodi W, "Turbulence Models and Their Application in Hydraulics," Delft, The Netherlands, I.A.H.R. (1984)

[25] So RMC, Ahmed SA, Mongia HC, "An Experimental Investigation of Gas Jets in Confined Swirling Air Flow," NASA Contractor Report 3832, Sep. (1984)

[26] Wilcox DC, "Turbulence Modeling for CFD," DCW Industries (1994)

[27] Yakhot V, Orszag A, J. Scientific Comput., 1, 3 (1986)