In this paper, the effects of different burner configurations on the
characteristics of flameless combustion were evaluated by comparing the
temperature field, NOx, OH and H2CO at different burner inlet velocity and
angles through a combination of experimental and numerical simulations. The
results show that increasing the burner inlet angle and gas velocity is
imperative in achieving the flameless combustion, increasing the
recirculation rate in the furnace, making the temperature distribution in
the furnace uniform, and reducing the emission of NOx at the end of the
furnace. During the simulation of flameless combustion, it was found that OH
radicals and H2CO radicals were well correlated with the reaction exothermic
zone, and the Reynolds number was positively correlated with the
recirculation rate in the furnace. With the increase of Reynolds number, the
entrainment rate of flue gas increases, and the combustion state is closer
to flameless combustion. When recirculation rate Kv >2, combustion becomes
flameless. Through the summary analysis of the data, it can be found that
there is a critical Reynolds number for the burner to achieve flameless
combustion, and flameless combustion occurs only when the Reynolds number is
greater than 1.0?104.