MODELING OF THE REBURNING PROCESS

The detailed modeling of the reburning process is in general a rather demanding task since it requires the description of both chemical reac tion kinetics and fluid dynamics. In this work a model which couples a detailed kinetic mechanism to a simplified description of the fluid d ynamics of the reburning chamber was developed. The model reliability was assessed by comparing its predictions with several sets of experim ental data reported in the literature. It was found that detailed kine tic modeling is essential to attain a satisfactory description of the process. The obtained results also show that these reacting systems ex hibit apparent time constants which depend strongly on the fluid dynam ics of the reactor.