Numerical investigation on burning stability of the coal-dust methane-air mixture in a recuperative burner

The paper is devoted to numerical investigation on combustion singularities of the bi-dispersed coal-dust methane-air mixture in a slot recuperative burner. The aim of the research is to determine the stable combustion conditions of the methane-air mixture depending on the fuel flow rate at the inlet of the burner and on the parameters of the mixture (the particle size and the mass concentration of the coal particles, the percentage composition of inert particles and the methane volume content). The problem was solved by finite difference method. The regimes of stable combustion for the coal-dust methane-air mixture depending on the fuel content and the fuel flow rate at the inlet of the burner the have been defined. (paper)