DESIGN OF COMBUSTION CHAMBER

FOR BOILER
•Submitted By: 1.Vivek Vinay Kumar-164746
2.Shaik.Moulali-164744
3.Mohan Bavireddy- 16
4. Alejandro Luna Pelaez-169803
•Subject: Design of Energy Installation
•Batch: MSc Mechanical Engg -International Design Engg(IDE-2016)
ASSUMPTION AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION:

• Thermal capacity of the combustion chamber-Qel=2 MW=2000 kW

• Combustion chamber efficiency-ηcombustion=94%

• Chemical composition of fuel:

a. Methane CH4: 79%

b. Ethane C2H6: 0.6%
c. Propane C3H8: 0.3%
d. Butane C4H10: 0.1%
e. Nitogen N2: 19%
f. Carbon dioxide CO2: 0.5%
 PROPERTIES OF THE GAS FUEL COMPONENTS

Table 1-Net calorific values and densities of

gas fuel components:

Fuel’s composition Chemical formula Net calorific value Density [kg/Nm3]

[kJ/Nm3]
Methane CH4 35818 0,717
Ethane C2H6 63748 1,357
Propane C3H8 91251 2,004
Butane C4H10 121980 2,667
Nitogen N2 1,997
Carbon dioxide CO2 1,251
Oxgyen O2 1,429

Table 2-Specific heat of gas fuel components:

Component Specific heat [kJ/Nm3*K]

Methane 1,5499
Ethane 2,2098
Propane 3,0484
Butane 4,1254
Nitogen 1,5998
Carbon dioxide 1,2946
Oxgyen 1,3059
CALCULATION OF LOWER HEATING
VALUE:
Values of particular fuel in fuel composition, it is
calculated:
𝑄𝑤 = 𝑄𝑤, 1 ∗ 𝐶1% + 𝑄𝑤, 2 ∗ 𝐶2% + ⋯ +
𝐶𝑤, 𝑛 ∗ 𝐶𝑛 (1)
where:Qw- calorific value of fuel
C1-content percentage
Qh=358.18*79+637.48*0.6+912.15*0.3+1219.80*0.1=
29074.43 kJ/m3
HHV=0,35*XC+1,18*XH+0,10*XS
where: XC-represents the mass fraction for Carbon
XH- represents the mass fraction for Hydrogen
XS- represents the mass fraction for Sulfer
1. CALCULATION OF FUEL COMBUSTION:

𝑄𝑒𝑓 𝑄𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑄𝑖𝑛

𝜂𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = = − \
𝑄𝑖𝑛 𝑄𝑖𝑛

where: Qout-output capacity

Qin-input capacity
ηcombustion-combustion efficiency
Qin=B*Qh
where: B-fuel consumption
𝑄𝑒𝑓 2000
B= = = 0.0731m3/s= 263.16m3/h
𝜂𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛∗𝑄ℎ 0,94∗29074.43
 Radiation loss due to Unburned fuel

Sun=f(Qef)= 1.25%

B’=0.07 m3/s=259.92 m3/h

1. CALCULATION OF BURNER’S CAPACITY

𝑄𝑒𝑓
Qburner= 𝜂𝑏

where: Qburner-burner’s capacity

ηb-burner’s efficiency
ηb=95%
Qburner=2000/0.95=2105.263 Kw
DETERMINATION OF LENGTH AND DIAMETER OF COMBUSTION CHAMBER:
Length of combustion chamber:

𝑄𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟
𝐿𝑚𝑖𝑛 = 0,25 11,63
(6)

Lmin=3.363 m
Length of combustion chamber with consideration of the head:
𝐿 = 𝐿𝑚𝑖𝑛 + 𝐿ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑓𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟 (7)
l=4,11+0.28 =3.643m
 CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER

Diagram for determination of

diameter and length of
combustion chamber
• where: Fcc,min-minimum surface of where:Vcc-minimum volume of
combustion chamber of the combustion chamber

• dint-interior diameter Vmin=1.83117 m3

Fcc,min=0.50265m2
• where: Vcc-volume of the
• combustion chamber where: Fcc-surface of the
• qv-volumetric thermal load combustion chamber
• Vcc=5.98 m3
• Fcc=1.6415 m2
•
• where:Dcc-diameter of the combustion chamber
• Dcc=1.44569 m

• The dimensions of the combustion chamber are:

• the length is 4.6 m
• the diameter is 1,422 m
Recommended dimensions of steel tubes, According to the norm PN-
EN 10296-1
 Standard and selection of burner

• According to the standard, the pipe diameter is 1422 millimeters and the wall thickness is
14,2 millimeters

• For heating the combustion chamber we have chosen Gas Burner WK 50/1-B ZM(H)-1LN (
Weishaupt WK-series burners).
BURNER SPECIFICATIONS
COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND BURNER ASSEMBLY
 Material for combustion chamber
• Ferritic stainless steel:

• - has better engineering properties than austenitic stainless steel;

• - has a body centered cubic crystal system;

• - contains between 11% and 17% chromium;

• - carbon is kept at low level;

• - has yield strength between 275 and 350 MPa;

• - represent a “soft” fero-magnetic group.