2006 Spring Meeting & 2nd Global Congress on Process Safety

(191b) CFD Simulations and Rigorous NOx Modeling of Ultra Low NOX Burners in Ethylene Furnaces

Authors

Iek Risseeuw - Presenter, Technip Benelux BV
Frank Waterreus - Presenter, Technip Benelux BV
Tiziano Faravelli - Presenter, Politecnico di Milano
Guido Buzzi Ferraris - Presenter, Politecnico di Milano
Alessio Frassoldati - Presenter, Politecnico di Milano


NOx formation and Flame Behavior in Ethylene Furnaces are a result of burner characteristics, heat transfer and firebox fluidynamic flow patterns. This paper describes the use of CFD coupled with rigorous combustion and NOx formation reaction kinetics to simulate the flame behavior and NOx emission of the latest generation of Ultra Low NOx Burners in a Technip designed modern ethylene furnace