Combustion Promoters for Hydrocarbon Fuels

China is still one of the countries dominated by thermal power generation. In order to generate more efficient, stable and clean power, it is necessary to evaluate thermal power generation units (TPGU). Firstly, a comprehensive evaluation index system for TPGU with 20 secondary indicators was established from four aspects: reliability indicators, economic indicators, technical supervision indicators, and major operating indicators. Secondly, the entropy weight method can be used to calculate the weight of each second-level index. Mahalanobis Distance improved Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method is coupled with the Grey Relational Analysis (GRA), and the comprehensive evaluation values of 5 units (600MW) are respectively 0.4516, 0.5247, 0.3551, 0.5589 and 0.6168 from both vertical and horizontal dimensions. Finally, by comparing and analyzing this method with the above research methods, it is found that the results obtained by this method which re-establishes the coordinate system based on the data set are more accurate. In addition, this method can effectively evaluate the operation of TPGU, which is of great significance for cleaner production while generating electricity. In conclusion, some suggestions on clean production of TPGU are put forward, and the innovation points and limitations of this paper are pointed out.

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“…The adoption of micro-oil ignition technology can save a large amount of combustion-supporting oil and reduce the cost [50].…”

Section: Economic Indexmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of TPGU using entropy - improved TOPSIS - GRA method in China

2022

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“…In addition, Figure is the schematic diagram of molecular structure for TBHP. As shown in the literatures, TBHP was an additive that could promote ignition characteristics and increase the cetane number of diesel, but the detailed acting mechanism of TBHP addition has been still unclear. Furthermore, as we known within our knowledge, there is a lack of study on other fuels with TBHP addition in literatures.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Numerical investigation on ignition intensification of n‐butane with tert‐butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) addition

et al. 2019

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Summary Aimed to intensify the ignition and combustion process of n‐butane fuel in micro internal combustion (IC) engines, ignition delay characteristics of n‐butane/air mixtures with tert‐butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) addition ratios below 10% were investigated numerically by CHEMKIN‐PRO software. Results show that ignition delay times of n‐butane can be shortened nonlinearly with TBHP addition at initial temperatures of 650 K to 1000 K, namely, the reduction rate of ignition delay times rises slowly as the TBHP addition ratio increases. In addition, the negative temperature coefficient (NTC) behavior can be weakened significantly with TBHP addition at 650 K to 1000 K. Especially, the ignition delay time of n‐butane can be reduced about 32 times with 10% TBHP addition at 750 K. However, the ignition intensification effect of TBHP addition is slight when the initial temperature is above 1000 K. The acting mechanism of TBHP addition was investigated in detail by the rate of production and consumption (ROP), sensitivity, and reaction pathway analysis. The ROP analysis shows that the released and quickly consumed OH radicals with TBHP addition play an important role in promoting n‐butane ignition at the lower initial temperature. However, the relatively slow consumption rate of OH radicals at higher temperature weakens the intensification effect. Furthermore, the sensitivity analysis and reaction pathway analysis indicate that the dominated elemental reactions and reaction pathway vary significantly with TBHP addition at lower initial temperature.

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