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Combustion of the Diesel Fuel Atomized with Superheated Steam under Conditions of a Closed Combustion Chamber

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Abstract

A pioneering study of the characteristics of combustion of liquid hydrocarbons in a superheated steam jet under conditions of a closed burner is performed by an example of the diesel fuel. An upgraded design of an original low-power burner is presented. It is based on the principle of fuel atomization by a high-velocity steam jet and offers a possibility of controlling injection of primary and secondary air. Amounts of pollutants ejected into air are determined for different air-to-fuel ratios inside the burner. First comparisons of the developed burner with a commercial liquid-fuel burner (Weishaupt burner) are performed. It is shown that addition of superheated steam ensures a high combustion efficiency and low contents of CO and NO\(_{x}\) in combustion products satisfying the most rigorous European standards.

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    E. P. Kopyev, I. S. Sadkin, M. A. Mukhina, E. Yu. Shadrin & I. S. Anufriev

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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, 2023, Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 102-110. https://doi.org/10.15372/FGV20230412.

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Kopyev, E.P., Sadkin, I.S., Mukhina, M.A. et al. Combustion of the Diesel Fuel Atomized with Superheated Steam under Conditions of a Closed Combustion Chamber. Combust Explos Shock Waves 59, 488–496 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010508223040123

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