Feasibility of biogas and oxy-fuel combustion in steam cracking furnaces: Experimental and computational study

• Published in: Fuel (Guildford) Vol. 304; p. 121393
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yu, Vangaever, Stijn, Theis, Gilles, Henneke, Mike, Heynderickx, Geraldine J., Van Geem, Kevin M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 15.11.2021; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Biogas; Carbon dioxide; Combustion; Computational fluid dynamics; Computer applications; Dilution; Experimental data; Experiments; Feasibility studies; Fuel combustion; Furnaces; Heat flux; Heat transfer; Industrial scale; Mathematical models; Natural gas; Natural gas industry; Numerical models; Oxy-fuel; Oxy-fuel combustion; Radiative heat transfer; Retrofitting; Simulation; Steady state models; Steam; Three dimensional models; Biogas; Industrial scale; Computational fluid dynamics; Oxy-fuel combustion; Radiative heat transfer

•Biogas and oxy-fuel combustion in steam cracking furnaces has been demonstrated.•Experimental studies are conducted in the industrial-scale JZHC test furnace.•CFD models for the JZHC test furnace simulation are developed and refined.•A modified EDC model is used for the oxy-fuel combustion scenario...