Prediction of Pollutants Emissions in a CFM56-3 Combustor, Using Large Eddy Simulation
Abstract
In the present work a CFD simulation was performed using a CFM56-3 combustor. It was intended to simulate the combustion and emission of pollutants (CO2, CO, UHC and NOx) from the different jet fuels ( Jet A, Jet B and TS-1), when burning these through ICAO’s LTO cycle. Being this a continuity study, the CAD model of CFM56-3 made by Oliveira [5] was used. The mesh was constructed with HELYX-OS software and the numerical study was made using the commercial software ANSYS Fluent16.2. It can be concluded, amongst all the fuels simulated that increasing the power produces higher NOx. There was also an erratic behaviour in the emissions of UHC and CO results, because an empiric model was used and not a detailed chemical model.
Keywords: Jet Fuels, ANSYS Fluent, Pollutants emissions, ICAO’s LTO cycle, CFM56-3
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