Title Numerical modelling of phase transformations of water droplets for efficient heat recovery from biofuel flue gas /
Authors Pustelninkas, Paulius ; Miliauskas, Gintautas ; Maziukienė, Monika
DOI 10.5755/j02.mech.35992
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Is Part of Mechanika.. Kaunas : KTU. 2024, vol. 30, no. 4, p. 324-332.. ISSN 1392-1207. eISSN 2029-6983
Keywords [eng] water droplets ; phase change ; complex heating ; condensation ; transient and equilibrium evaporation
Abstract [eng] The phase transformations of water droplets in the humid air flow for water injection into the flue gas in biofuel combustion technology under typical boundary conditions have been simulated. The numerical study was performed in two stages. The first one defines the influence of radiation on the thermal state of the water droplets and on the cycle of phase transformation modes. It is shown that the influence of radiation in a flue gas flow of 150℃→200℃ temperature on the thermal state of quantitatively injected water droplets is not significant, but it induces qualitative changes in the temperature field and influences phase transformations cycle of the droplets. In the second step, the cycling of the droplet phase transformation modes for water injection into the exhaust flue gas prior to a condensing economiser under typical boundary conditions was numerically investigated. It was justified that for efficient cooling and humidification of the flue gas before the condensing economiser it is necessary to inject water heated above the dew-point temperature by dispersing it into fine droplets.
Published Kaunas : KTU
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2024
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