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Título
Descriptive statistical analysis of vegetable oil combustion in a commercial burner to establish optimal operating conditions
Año del Documento
2019
Editorial
MDPI
Descripción
Producción Científica
Documento Fuente
Energies, 2019, vol. 12, n. 12, 2372
Résumé
This article studies the combustion of refined sunflower, virgin sunflower and virgin rapeseed oils in a low-pressure auxiliary air fluid pulverization burner in order to establish the optimal operating conditions. The influence of varying the type of vegetable oil, fuel flow rate and secondary airflow rate in the combustion process was analyzed. These three factors are independent in the combustion process, which means having to carry out numerous assays, combining the various factors with one another. Given the amount of variables to be optimized and the existence of three factors, a statistical approach is adopted to help interpret the results obtained and to evaluate how each factor influences the combustion results. Optimal combustion is determined based on three criteria, minimum pollutant emissions (CO, NOx and CxHy), maximum combustion performance, and minimum excess air. The result of this study showed that airflow was the principal factor affecting emissions, whereas for combustion performance, both factors (airflow and fuel flow) were determinant. In general, admissible combustion performances were obtained, with CO and NOx emissions below permitted levels. The best combustion performance was achieved under conditions of maximum fuel flow and minimum airflow rates.
Palabras Clave
Rapeseed oil
Aceite de colza
Sunflower oil
Aceite de girasol
Biofuels
Biocombustibles
Combustion
Combustión
ISSN
1996-1073
Revisión por pares
SI
Patrocinador
Junta de Castilla y Leon - Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (project VA272P18)
Version del Editor
Propietario de los Derechos
© 2019 The Authors
Idioma
eng
Tipo de versión
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Derechos
openAccess
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