INVESTIGATION OF THE PROCESS OF JET BURNING OF GASEOUS FUEL

A. L. Rutkovskii, E. I. Meshkov, A. M. Davidson, 
A. T. Zurabov, and M. A. Kovaleva

UDC 669.041:536.2.001.537

The process of burning-out of the gaseous fuel jet in 
a wide range of variation of the influencing parameters has been investigated. 
We have obtained a differential equation of one-dimensional jet burning-out 
and its solution, on the basis of which we have derived equations 
for calculating the degree of burn-out and the jet length. The influence 
of the change in the theoretical volume of oxygen has been investigated, 
which permits justified calculations of the gaseous fuel burn-out 
in industrial units and control of the process technology. The results 
obtained have been used to modernize the gas burners of alumina calcination 
furnaces, which permits substantial savings on fuel.

Keywords: gaseous fuel, jet length, degree of burn-out, 
influencing parameters, industrial units. 

North-Caucasus Mining-Metallurgy Institute (State Technological University), 
RSO-Alaniya, 44 Nikolaev Str., Vladikavkaz, 362000, Russia; 
email: Rutkowski@mail.ru. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, 
Vol. 82, No. 1, pp. 134-140, January-February, 2009. Original article submitted June 10, 2008.