Development of a Low-Emission Spray Combustor for Emulsified Crude Oil
Abstract
A sub-scale and engineering-scale burner were designed, built, and tested in an effort to develop a single nozzle burner capable of efficiently atomizing and burning neat, emulsified, and weathered crude oil for spill response and remediation. The sub-scale and engineering-scale burners were capable of burning 22.9 bbl/day and 91.5 bbl/day, respectively. We discovered that the flow-blurring atomizers used in these burners were able to effectively atomize the highly viscous emulsified crude oil, even with nozzle diameters of 12.7 mm and 25.7 mm. The increasing size of both the atomizer and burner geometry has been shown to increase burn temperature without negatively impacting burner performance. A parallel laboratory study used a flat-flame stabilized spray burner to examine fundamental spray combustion behavior. It was shown that flame radiation has a significant impact on the droplet ignition and spray flame propagation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 03, 2017
- Accession Number
- AD1030114
Entities
People
- Alfredo D. Tuesta
- Brian T. Fisher
- Katherine M. Hinnant
- Michael Weismiller
- Steven G. Tuttle
- Thomas N. Loegel