Supercritical CO2 power cycles for fossil energy power generation will likely employ oxy-combustion at very high pressures, possibly exceeding 300 bar. At these high pressures, a direct fired oxy-combustor is more likely to behave like a rocket engine than any type of conventional gas turbine combustor. Issues such as injector design, wall heat transfer, and combustion dynamics may play a challenging role in combustor design. Computational fluid dynamics modeling will not only be useful, but may be a necessity in the combustor design process. To accurately model turbulent reacting flows, combustion submodels appropriate for the conditions of interest as defined by the turbulent time and length scales as well as chemical kinetic time scales are necessary. This paper presents a comparison of various turbulence–chemistry interaction (TCI) modeling approaches on a canonical, single injector, direct-fired sCO2 combustor. Large eddy simulation is used to model the turbulent combustion process with varying levels of injector oxygen concentration while comparing the effect of the combustion submodel on CO emissions and flame shape. While experimental data are not yet available to validate the simulations, the sensitivity of CO production and flame shape can be studied as a function of combustion modeling approach and oxygen concentration in an effort to better understand how to approach combustion modeling at these unique conditions.
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Oxy-Combustion Modeling for Direct-Fired Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles
Peter A. Strakey
Peter A. Strakey
National Energy Technology Laboratory,
3610 Collins Ferry Road,
PO Box 880,
Morgantown, WV 26507
e-mail: peter.strakey@netl.doe.gov
3610 Collins Ferry Road,
PO Box 880,
Morgantown, WV 26507
e-mail: peter.strakey@netl.doe.gov
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Peter A. Strakey
National Energy Technology Laboratory,
3610 Collins Ferry Road,
PO Box 880,
Morgantown, WV 26507
e-mail: peter.strakey@netl.doe.gov
3610 Collins Ferry Road,
PO Box 880,
Morgantown, WV 26507
e-mail: peter.strakey@netl.doe.gov
Contributed by the Advanced Energy Systems Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY. Manuscript received June 20, 2018; final manuscript received February 7, 2019; published online March 29, 2019. Assoc. Editor: Ashwani K. Gupta. This material is declared a work of the U.S. Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
J. Energy Resour. Technol. Jul 2019, 141(7): 070706 (8 pages)
Published Online: March 29, 2019
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Received:
June 20, 2018
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February 7, 2019
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Strakey, P. A. (March 29, 2019). "Oxy-Combustion Modeling for Direct-Fired Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles." ASME. J. Energy Resour. Technol. July 2019; 141(7): 070706. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4043124
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