Flashback Avoidance in Swirling Flow Burners

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Marco Osvaldo Vigueras Zúñiga
Agustín Valera Medina
Nicholas Syred
Daniel De la Rosa Urbalejo

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Lean premixed combustion using swirling flows is widely used in gas turbines and combustion. Although flashback is not generally a problem with natural gas combustion, there are some reports of flashback damage with existing gas turbines, whilst hydrogen enriched fuel blends cause concerns in this area. Thus, this paper describes a practical approach to study and avoid flashback in a pilot scale 100 kW tangential swirl burner. The flashback phenomenon is studied experimentally via the derivation of flashback limits for a variety of different geometrical conditions. A high speed camera is used to visualize the process and distinguish new patterns of avoidance. The use of a central fuel injector is shown to give substantial benefits in terms of flashback resistance. Conclusions are drawn as to mitigation technologies.

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Vigueras Zúñiga, M. O., Valera Medina, A., Syred, N., & De la Rosa Urbalejo, D. (2015). Flashback Avoidance in Swirling Flow Burners. Ingeniería Investigación Y Tecnología, 15(4). Recuperado a partir de https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/45917