Numerical analysis of heat transfer in the exhaust gas flow in a diesel power generator

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This work presents a numerical study of heat transfer in the exhaust duct of a diesel power generator. The analysis was performed using two different approaches: the Finite Difference Method (FDM) and the Finite Volume Method (FVM), this last one by means of a commercial computer software, ANSYS CFX®. In FDM, the energy conservation equation was solved taking into account the estimated velocity profile for fully developed turbulent flow inside a tube and literature correlations for heat transfer. In FVM, the mass conservation, momentum, energy and transport equations were solved for turbulent quantities by the K-ω SST model. In both methods, variable properties were considered for the exhaust gas composed by six species: CO2, H2O, H2, O2, CO and N2. The entry conditions for the numerical simulations were given by experimental data available. The results were evaluated for the engine operating under loads of 0, 10, 20, and 37.5 kW. Test mesh and convergence were performed to determine the numerical error and uncertainty of the simulations. The results showed a trend of increasing temperature gradient with load increase. The general behaviour of the velocity and temperature profiles obtained by the numerical models were similar, with some divergence arising due to the assumptions made for the resolution of the models.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/745/3/032015
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI)
Funding Information: The authors thank CAPES, CNPq research project 304114/2013-8, FAPEMIG research project TEC PPM 0385-15 and VALE/FAPEMIG research project TEC RDP 00198-10 for the financial support to this work.
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Uncontrolled Keywords: Physics and Astronomy(all)
Publication ISSN: 1742-6596
Last Modified: 08 Jan 2024 08:56
Date Deposited: 21 Dec 2018 11:40
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PURE Output Type: Conference article
Published Date: 2016-10-21
Accepted Date: 2016-10-01
Authors: Sodré, J. R. (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-2243-8719)
Brito, C. H.G.
Maia, C. B.

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