Burner development for efficient combustion of biogas

Abstract

Now in metallurgical production energy resources demand is almost completely satisfied by gaseous fuel. Biogas obtained during organic waste processing is considered as an alternative and cheaper type of fuel. The experience of biogas application has shown that in most modern burners decrease of efficiency and limitation of the range of load regulation is observed. To apply biogas in an industrial environment, it is necessary to develop burners and the methods of its combustion, which provide a high combustion efficiency, as well as a higher energy conversion efficiency. The authors have used the results of gas analysis of biogas obtained in the process of anaerobic decomposition process of organic waste in the reactors of a bioenergy plant. Methods of mathematical statistics with the use of regression analysis of experimental data were used to assess the indicators of the energy efficiency of the gas burner. The possibility of using biogas and landfill gas in the process of roasting, blast-furnace smelting, production of rolled products and steel, as well as heat treatment of metal has been experimentally proven. The properties and composition of biogas at the outlet of the methanogenesis reactor of the bioenergy plant “EcoVoltAgro” are described. A new design of a gas burner is proposed. In this model the efficiency of mixture formation and the completeness of combustion of the flow of a methane-containing gas mixture are significantly increased (up to 32 %) due to the effect of rotation of the perforated pipelines of the gas inlet pipe. On the basis of the results of the full-scale experiment, the optimal values of the gas-air mixture supply rate, the temperature of the supplied air, the volume fraction of methane were determined in order to obtain the largest width of the zone of deviations of the permissible concentrations of carbon dioxide. The use of the designed gas burner provides energy-efficient combustion of biogas in metallurgical furnaces, kilns, and dryers, as well as in any steam and hot water boilers.