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Investigation of Waste Biogas Flame Stability Under Oxygen or Hydrogen-Enriched Conditions

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  • Nerijus Striūgas

    (Laboratory of Combustion Processes, Lithuanian Energy Institute, Breslaujos str. 3, LT-44403 Kaunas, Lithuania)

  • Rolandas Paulauskas

    (Laboratory of Combustion Processes, Lithuanian Energy Institute, Breslaujos str. 3, LT-44403 Kaunas, Lithuania)

  • Raminta Skvorčinskienė

    (Laboratory of Combustion Processes, Lithuanian Energy Institute, Breslaujos str. 3, LT-44403 Kaunas, Lithuania)

  • Aurimas Lisauskas

    (Laboratory of Combustion Processes, Lithuanian Energy Institute, Breslaujos str. 3, LT-44403 Kaunas, Lithuania)

Abstract

Increasing production rates of the biomethane lead to increased generation of waste biogases. These gases should be utilized on-site to avoid pollutant emissions to the atmosphere. This study presents a flexible swirl burner (~100 kW) with an adiabatic chamber capable of burning unstable composition waste biogases. The main combustion parameters and chemiluminescence emission spectrums were examined by burning waste biogases containing from 5 to 30 vol% of CH 4 in CO 2 under air, O 2 -enriched atmosphere, or with the addition of hydrogen. The tested burner ensured stable combustion of waste biogases with CH 4 content not less than 20 vol%. The addition of up to 5 vol% of H 2 expanded flammability limits, and stable combustion of the mixtures with CH 4 content of 15 vol% was achieved. The burner flexibility to work under O 2 -enriched air conditions showed more promising results, and the flammability limit was expanded up to 5 vol% of CH 4 in CO 2 . However, the combustion under O 2 -enriched conditions led to increased NOx emissions (up to 1100 ppm). Besides, based on chemiluminescence emission spectrums, a linear correlation between the spectral intensity ratio of OH* and CH* (I OH* /I CH* ) and CH 4 content in CO 2 was presented, which predicts blow-off limits burning waste biogases under different H 2 or O 2 enrichments.

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  • Nerijus Striūgas & Rolandas Paulauskas & Raminta Skvorčinskienė & Aurimas Lisauskas, 2020. "Investigation of Waste Biogas Flame Stability Under Oxygen or Hydrogen-Enriched Conditions," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-16, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:18:p:4760-:d:412540
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