Reacting Flows

Coal Flame database

This document describes the database of experiments performed using coal and methane combustion in the Cambridge Coal Burner (CCB). The permanent database has been moved to: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.96660.

Two series of experiments were produced:

  • CCB1: no bluff body
  • CCB2: with bluff body

Both cases have the same outer geometry, but series CCB2 is outfitted with a central bluff body to enhance flame stabilization and coal burnout.Cases with reacting flows are denoted RF, and non-reacting flow, by NRF.

The burner consists of a tube carrying the mixture of coal, methane, oxidizer and diluent (conditions listed below), surrounded by a swirling pilot of methane gas. Geometry files can be downloaded:

Side View CCB1

Side View CCB2

Outer swirler

Datasets

Data formats

Cite as

  • Balusamy, S., Schmidt, A. and Hochgreb, S. (2013), “Flow field measurements of pulverized coal combustion using optical diagnostic techniques”, Experiments in Fluids, 54(5):1534, doi:10.1007/s00348-013-1534-2

  • Balusamy, S., Kamal, M. M., Lowe, S. M., Tian, B. , Gao, Y. and Hochgreb, S. (2015), “Laser diagnostics of pulverized coal combustion in O2/N2 and O2/CO2 conditions: velocity and scalar field measurements”, Experiments in Fluids 56(5):0723-4864. doi:10.1007/s00348-015-1965-z

  • Balusamy, S., Schmidt, A. and Hochgreb, S. (2013), “Flow field measurements of pulverized coal combustion using optical diagnostic techniques”, Experiments in Fluids, 54(5):1534. `doi:10.1007/s00348-013-1534-2