Application of Remote Sensing Optical Instrumentation for Diagnostics and Safety of Naval Steam Boilers.
Abstract
Diagnostic sensors for monitoring the flame (flame quality), the presence of unburned hydrocarbon vapors, and the presence of liquid fuel on the floor of a burner are under development. Because safety and burner efficiencies are related to these conditions, sensors whose designs have been aimed at improving safety conditions can simultaneously be used to study efficiencies. Several techniques for evaluating the operating conditions of boiler flames are currently under investigation at the MHD Energy Center of MSU. These include a capacitance-based liquid monitoring system and two optical experiments for monitoring flame quality and hydrocarbon vapors, and all of these techniques are designed to be used in the flame region of a boiler. At present the optical experiments are bench top experiments which use natural gas flames and a small explosion test cell; however, these natural gas flames do not approximate the flame within an oil-fired boiler closely enough for complete development of these techniques. It will be necessary to scale these experiments up to get temperatures, optical path lengths, etc. which more closely approximate a Navy boiler. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA174834
Entities
Organizations
- Mississippi State University