Modeling of an Industrial Incinerator for Refinery Wastes and Investigating the Effective Parameters for Performance Improvement

Industrial waste incinerators in gas refineries or sulfur recovery units are responsible for eliminating the waste gases such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2) produced in the process. Most of these units are facing problems such as incomplete combustion, lack of proper control syst...

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Main Authors: Mohsen Bahoosh, Bahareh Bidar, Mohammad Reza Sardashti Birjandi, Farhad Shahraki
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Published: Semnan University 2024-10-01
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Mohammad Reza Sardashti Birjandi
Farhad Shahraki
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description Industrial waste incinerators in gas refineries or sulfur recovery units are responsible for eliminating the waste gases such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2) produced in the process. Most of these units are facing problems such as incomplete combustion, lack of proper control systems for measurement, and the presence of pollutants such as carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides, etc. Therefore, in this research, to improve the performance of the waste incinerator of Fajr Jam Refinery, furnace modeling was done by computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The software Fluent 6.3 is used for the modeling of the incinerator. To achieve this goal, parameters such as the ratio of fuel to air in the inlet duct of main air, the amount and role of the additional air inlet at the bottom of the chimney, the installation of the additional air inlet duct at the end of the furnace for mixing more oxygen and H2S, air injection into the inlet duct of acid gas and the feasibility of preheating the incoming air and its effect on the combustion efficiency was investigated. The modeling results showed that increasing the airflow can reduce the amount of CO and H2S, but the amount of NOx compounds increases. To establish a balance between the output of pollutants from the furnace, solutions to improve the unit performance were presented, and the appropriate flow range of excess air in the furnace was determined. .
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spelling doaj-art-9140a982577e45519efd91ce1212cce62025-08-20T02:59:04ZfasSemnan Universityمجله مدل سازی در مهندسی2008-48542783-25382024-10-01227810312210.22075/jme.2024.31428.25109119Modeling of an Industrial Incinerator for Refinery Wastes and Investigating the Effective Parameters for Performance ImprovementMohsen Bahoosh0Bahareh Bidar1Mohammad Reza Sardashti Birjandi2Farhad Shahraki3MSc, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shahid Nikbakht Faculty of Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, IranAssistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shahid Nikbakht Faculty of Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, IranAssistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shahid Nikbakht Faculty of Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, IranProfessor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shahid Nikbakht Faculty of Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, IranIndustrial waste incinerators in gas refineries or sulfur recovery units are responsible for eliminating the waste gases such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2) produced in the process. Most of these units are facing problems such as incomplete combustion, lack of proper control systems for measurement, and the presence of pollutants such as carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides, etc. Therefore, in this research, to improve the performance of the waste incinerator of Fajr Jam Refinery, furnace modeling was done by computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The software Fluent 6.3 is used for the modeling of the incinerator. To achieve this goal, parameters such as the ratio of fuel to air in the inlet duct of main air, the amount and role of the additional air inlet at the bottom of the chimney, the installation of the additional air inlet duct at the end of the furnace for mixing more oxygen and H2S, air injection into the inlet duct of acid gas and the feasibility of preheating the incoming air and its effect on the combustion efficiency was investigated. The modeling results showed that increasing the airflow can reduce the amount of CO and H2S, but the amount of NOx compounds increases. To establish a balance between the output of pollutants from the furnace, solutions to improve the unit performance were presented, and the appropriate flow range of excess air in the furnace was determined. .https://modelling.semnan.ac.ir/article_9119_eefada47a0eccbfe2d1ccf55cce4b89d.pdfincineratormodelingnatural gashydrogen sulfide (h2s)performance improvementcomputational fluid dynamic (cfd)
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Mohammad Reza Sardashti Birjandi
Farhad Shahraki
Modeling of an Industrial Incinerator for Refinery Wastes and Investigating the Effective Parameters for Performance Improvement
مجله مدل سازی در مهندسی
incinerator
modeling
natural gas
hydrogen sulfide (h2s)
performance improvement
computational fluid dynamic (cfd)
title Modeling of an Industrial Incinerator for Refinery Wastes and Investigating the Effective Parameters for Performance Improvement
title_full Modeling of an Industrial Incinerator for Refinery Wastes and Investigating the Effective Parameters for Performance Improvement
title_fullStr Modeling of an Industrial Incinerator for Refinery Wastes and Investigating the Effective Parameters for Performance Improvement
title_full_unstemmed Modeling of an Industrial Incinerator for Refinery Wastes and Investigating the Effective Parameters for Performance Improvement
title_short Modeling of an Industrial Incinerator for Refinery Wastes and Investigating the Effective Parameters for Performance Improvement
title_sort modeling of an industrial incinerator for refinery wastes and investigating the effective parameters for performance improvement
topic incinerator
modeling
natural gas
hydrogen sulfide (h2s)
performance improvement
computational fluid dynamic (cfd)
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