Influence of Real Gas Effects on Chemical Kinetics in Oxycombustion in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

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Abstract

Oxycombustion in supercritical carbon dioxide is an integral part of the Allam Cycle, a technology that enables carbon-neutral use of fossil-fuels and carbon-negative use of biofuels. We simulate oxycombustion in a realistic combustor geometry for two sets of fuel conditions: pure methane, and a 40 percent methane/60 percent carbon dioxide blend, both at 343.15 K. The fuel jet mixes with a preheated swirler of 20 percent oxygen and 80 percent carbon dioxide at 1005.35 K, with a 100 percent carbon dioxide coflow at 783.15 K. The entire system operates at a pressure of 300 bar, putting the entire system above the critical temperature and pressure of carbon dioxide. Simulations are performed using PeleC, a compressible block-structured adaptive-mesh refinement (AMR) reacting flow code. Direct comparison of results using thermodynamically self-consistent implementations of the ideal gas equation of state and the Soave-Redlich-Kwong (SRK) equation of state allow quantification of the real gas impacts on combustion kinetics, flow temperatures, and pollutant formation.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages15
StatePublished - 2023

Publication series

NamePresented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, 19-21 November 2023, Washington, D.C.

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PR-2C00-88165

Keywords

  • carbon dioxide
  • oxycombustion
  • real gas equation of state
  • supercritical

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