ACM NITK CHAPTER PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT - I

PROJECT TITLE: SIMULATION OF BIOGAS COMBUSTION IN BLUFF-BODY EGR

BURNER AND DIGESTER DESIGN
YANTRA: YANTRIKA
NAMES OF MEMBERS:
1. KISHAN KUMAR, 2. SUMANT R MORAB, 3. PRABHJOT, 4. AMARTYA.
DATE: 10-01-2017

1. PROBLEM STATEMENT:
a. DEVELOPMENT OF MODERATE AND INTENSE LOW OXYGEN DILUTION
(MILD) COMBUSTION BURNERS, INCLUDING DETAILS OF THE
COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS PROCESS.
b. EMISSION ANALYSIS ON MILD COMBUSTOR WITH EXHAUST GAS
REGENERATION AND COMPARING THAT WITH NORMAL COMBUSTION
EMISSIONS.
c. INLET ANGLE OPTIMISATION OF AIR AND FUEL SUPPLY
d. DIGESTER DESIGN AFTER CALCULATING ENERGY OUTPUT.

2. SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE TOOLS USED:

a) ANSYS GEOMETRY MODELLER FOR DESIGN PURPOSE
b) ANSYS FLUENT FOR ANALYSIS PURPOSE
c) CFD-POST AND MATLAB FOR PLOTTING THE OUTPUT

3. TECHNIQUE/METHOD FOLLOWED:
THE SIMULATION WAS CARRIED OUT USING ANSYS FLUENT 16. THE
ANSYS MODELLER WAS USED TO MODEL THE BURNER AND ANSYS MESHING
WAS USED TO MESH THE MODEL. FINALLY, THE FLUENT WAS USED TO
CALCULATE THE SOLUTION. THE POST PROCESSING WAS CARRIED OUT
USING CFD-POST AND MATLAB.
4. SCOPE AND EXPECTED OUTCOME OF THE PROJECT:
a) HARVESTING THE RENEWABLE BIO-GAS ENERGY PRESENT IN THE
FORM OF INDUSTRIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND HOUSEHOLD WASTE.
b) REDUCTION OF THE NOX EMISSIONS FROM THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER
AND OTHER HARMFUL GASES THROUGH EGR.
c) OPTIMISATION OF THE INLET ANGLE OF AIR AND FUEL TO OBTAIN
BETTER COMBUSTION IN THE CHAMBER.
5. PROGRESS MADE:
1) LITERATURE REVIEW ON VARIOUS SIMILAR RESEARCH WORK HAS
BEEN COMPLETED.
2) EXHAUST GAS REGENERATION SIMULATION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT
ON THE DESIGN DEVELOPED USING ANSYS FLUENT AND THE
MAXIMUM AND AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ACHIEVED ARE NOTED
USING CFD-POST FOR A CERTAIN COMPOSITION OF OXIDANT AND
FUEL.
3) A STUDY ON VARIOUS PARAMETERS LIKE FUEL AND AIR COMPOSITION
AND THEIR VELOCITY AND AIR TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN COMPLETED
AND A LIST OF PARAMETERS TO BE EMPLOYED FOR ANALYSIS IS
PREPARED.

6. PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
AVERAGE COMBUSTION TEMPERATURE IN EXHAUST GAS
RECIRCULATION MODEL ARE VALIDATED WITH THOSE OF OTHER RESEARCH
PAPERS.
7. FUTURE TIMELINE and PLAN OF ACTION:
JANUARY- COMPLETION OF ANALYSIS ON FIRST DESIGN
FEBRUARY- CALCULATION OF ENERGY OUTPUT AND OTHER PARAMETERS
MARCH- ANALYSIS ON ALTERNATE DESIGN
APRIL-DIGESTER DESIGN AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE WORK.

8. EXPENSES INCURRED AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES REQUIRED: NIL

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