This report dwells on the scientific study of the vortical device. The device is designed for efficient combustion of fossil fuels. Oil-water emulsion was taken as an example of alternative fuel. Although the functionality of the burner device is not limited to this fuel only. The innovative burner device under investigation is based on principal of vortical motion of fuel air mixture. There is a precombustion chamber specially designed, where inflammation and partial combustion of the swirling flow takes place. The article describes experiment on defining the geometric dimensioning of the burner discharge nozzle in relation to a combustion chamber. The position of the outlet nozzle inside of the burner is the main input parameter of this research. The authors analyzed the influence of this parameter on the pressure inside the combustion chamber and the electric load of the fan for the supplying combustion air. The position ranged from 0 to 120%. The optimal position is at 50% of the total length of the burner chamber. The pressure graph has an extremum in this position, and the electric energy consumption by the fan changes less significantly with further deepening of the output nozzle than earlier. The Results are presented for cold (air blowing only) and hot experiment (burning). This experiment proved the need for the design of the inner part of the discharge nozzle, which is a design feature of the burner device for which the European patent was obtained. The patent link is presented in the list of references.

Experimental and numerical modelling studies on optimized design of micro-modular air driven combustion nozzle have been developed. Moreover, optimal angle of outlet swirler (vortex generator) connected in series with the nozzle has been analyzed in the context of minimization of NOx in the flue gases. Numerical modelling by ANSYS verifying the experimental data has been carried out. It has been established that an angle of about 20 degree of the outlet vortex generator has been able to assure optimal flame length and combustion efficiency.

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The article presents the results of numerical simulation for the combustion of pre-mixed fuel in micromodule. The study prerequisites, burner model and the initial modeling conditions are presented. It is shown that the burner has high environmental performance outside the stoichiometry zone. The dependences of temperatures on the coefficient of excess fuel are presented, which confirm the dependence of the concentration of nitrogen oxides on the excess fuel.The concluding section presents a formula for calculating the concentration of nitrogen oxides based on the temperature in the combustion zone.