Simulation on Combustion Behavior of Gas-saving Burner S-10 by Computational Fluid Dynamics
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The objective of this research is to study the combustion behavior of a gas-saving burner S-10 using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The simulation model was created using Fluent 6.3 in 3D-model of the same size of the burner. LPG pressure of 4 psi was released for this study. The combustion behavior was shown in temperature contour and velocity vector. The CFD results were verified by measuring the temperature around the burner head with a vessel. From the study, it was found that the CFD’s results of flow velocity and combustion temperature distributions were validated with the experimental values. The CFD’s result errors were less than 10.35% and 11.87%, comparing with the velocity and temperature measurement, respectively. The fluid flow and combustion behaviors can be described by this CFD model. Moreover, the CFD model of the gas-saving burner S-10 can be applied to improve the thermal efficiency of the burner in the future.
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