Experimental measurements in the BYU controlled profile reactor

摘要

Energy conversion of fossil fuels or waste products to electricity and heat through clean and efficient combustion processes continues to be an issue of international importance. The Controlled Profile Reactor (CPR) is a small scale (0.2-0.4 MW) combustion facility that has been used to obtain data for model validation, the testing of new combustion concepts, and the development of new combustion instrumentation. The CPR has a cylindrical, down-fired combustion chamber, 240 cm long ad 80 cm in diameter. This review of the past ten years of research completed in the CPR includes a description of the reactor and instrumentation used, a summary of three experimental data sets which Have been obtained in the reactor, and a description of novel tests and instrumentation.