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Numerical Investigation of the Flow and Mixing Characteristics with the Static Mixer in a Catalytic Combustor for the MCFC Power Plant System

MCFC 발전시스템 적용 촉매연소기의 혼합 특성 향상을 위한 Static Mixer의 유동에 관한 수치적 연구

  • 김종민 (전북대학교 대학원 항공우주공학과) ;
  • 박남섭 (유한대학 기계과) ;
  • 김만영 (전북대학교 항공우주공학과 전북대학교 부설 공학연구원 공업기술연구센터)
  • Published : 2009.03.01
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Abstract

In this work a numerical study to find the characteristics of the internal flow and mixing process has been conducted in a static mixer used in the system of catalytic combustor of the fuel cell power plant. After introducing the model description and final governing equations the present numerical approach is applied to the analysis of static mixer, which may have one or more helical elements inside the circular tube by changing such various parameters as incoming mass flow rates and the number of helical elements. The results show that although the static mixer is efficient in mixing fuel and air, more optimization processes are required to achieve the appropriate mixing characteristics in front of the honeycomb type catalytic combustor used in the MCFC power plant

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