- “Flameless combustion technology has proved to be flexible regarding the utilization of conventional fuels.”1
- “This flexibility is associated with the main characteristic of the combustion regime, which is the mixing of the reactants above the autoignition temperature of the fuel.”
Researchers from Science and Technology of Gases and Rational Use of Energy Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; have presented an article titled: “Performance of a Flameless combustion furnace using biogas and natural gas.”
The researchers from University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, have also noted:
- “Flameless combustion advantages when using conventional fuels are a proven fact.”
- “However, it is necessary to assess thermal equipments performance when utilizing bio-fuels, which usually are obtained from biomass gasification and the excreta of animals in bio-digesters.”
- “The effect of using biogas on the performance of an experimental furnace equipped with a self-regenerative Flameless burner is reported …”
- “All the results were compared to the performance of the system fueled with natural gas.”
- “Results showed that temperature field and uniformity are similar for both fuels; although biogas temperatures were slightly lower due to the larger amount of inert gases (CO(2)) in its composition that cool down the reactions.”
- “Species patterns and pollutant emissions showed similar trends and values for both fuels, and the energy balance for biogas showed a minor reduction of the efficiency of the furnace; this confirms that Flameless combustion is highly flexible to burn conventional and diluted fuels.”
- “Important modifications on the burner were not necessary to run the system using biogas.”
