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Received: 14 June 2016 / Revised: 25 October 2016 / Accepted: 13 December 2016 / Published online: 12 January 2017
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2012). For this category of burner, increasing the excess gaseous jet of fuel, that passes into a chamber section which
air (oxidiser) results in a leaner mix that subsequently low- contains a further constriction (or throat), that provides an
ers the resulting flame temperature and reduces levels of additional draw due to the drop in pressure caused by the
Nitrogen Oxides (NOx ) emissions (Bussman and Baukal “venturi” effect (Danardone et al. 2011). Subsequently, the
2009). The minimisation of such pollutants is a highly desir- velocity of the jet is more effectively increased, producing
able outcome, due to the health risks they pose and their a greater pressure draw for the ambient air into the mixer’s
environmental impact; with legislation in place for indus- venturi chamber. An “adjuster plate” is incorporated into
try to reduce the production of such harmful emissions the design which can be moved to obstruct the quantity of
(Porter and Van der Linde 1995). Consequently, especially air drawn through into the chamber. Generally, literature
low emissions are a highly marketable aspect of commercial reports that an entrainment pre-mixer’s operation is affected
combustion systems. by several specifications, including: the venturi throat area;
The oxidiser and gaseous fuel are supplied to the burner throat position; and, gas inlet location (Danardone et al.
via a pre-mix device; where the mixing is achieved by sup- 2011).
plying at least one of the mixing agents in the form of a Previous work which has considered the simulation of
high speed jet (Baukal and Charles 2012). In these cases, pre-mix devices, focussed on the assessment of the extent
the specific mechanism of mixing is termed “entrainment” or quality of mixture between a gaseous fuel source and
(Zhang 2007). Typically, the gaseous fuel is supplied at a air supply. An approach of utilising the species transport
high velocity, with a high-low velocity interface generating model without reaction, in the commercial software pack-
shear and resulting in entrainment of the oxidiser (Baukal age Fluent, has been implemented successfully to assess
and Charles 2012). mixing between constituents. Yeap et al. (2001) clearly
A simplified cross-section of the pre-mixer considered showed through CFD predictions that the incorrect location
for this work, is shown in Fig. 1, where the dimensions of the fuel injection point contributed to inhomogeneous
of the mixer have been provided in terms of the gas jet mixing, with combustion efficiency dependant on the degree
nozzle’s exit diameter, D. As illustrated by Fig. 1 the of homogeneous mixing of the air and fuel. They assessed
pre-mixer consists of a convergent nozzle which creates a the extent of mixing by plotting the averaged air-to-fuel
Venturi Chamber’s
Throat
Back
Plate Venturi
Adjuster Chamber
Plate
9
7 Gas Jet
8
15 1
5
2
14 6 D 16
4 11
13
10 12 3
Dimensions in terms of gas jet nozzle’s exit diameter, D mm :
1 11.2 5 16.68 9 8.72 13 13.53
2 9.12 6 6.47 10 23.53 14 13.53
3 130.59 7 1.77 11 10.81 15 18.82
4 25.29 8 25.41 12 29.41 16 30.59
Fig. 1 A cross-section of the pre-mixer, with its relevant features labelled and dimensions provided in terms of the gas jet nozzle’s exit diameter,
D mm; additionally, the dimensions 1 to 4 refer to the optimised design parameters
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ratio (AFR) value in radial planes at several axial locations pre-mixer must provide a burner with the correct ratio of air
downstream. Similarly, Yusaf and Yusoff (2000) adopted and gaseous fuel that is thoroughly mixed to ensure efficient
this approach and plotted the resulting natural gas con- combustion, two clear objectives can be defined for the pre-
centrations in the radial and axial directions, to show the mixer’s operation:
changes in concentration due to mixing. Additionally, mea-
1. Achieving the correct Air-to-Fuel Ratio (AFR) for com-
sures such as standard deviation (σ ) can be used as a post
bustion, with the required percentage of excess air.
processing step to assess the extent of mixing between
2. The complete mixing of the air and fuel prior to entry
species in a CFD simulation. In work by Singh (2008),
into the combustion chamber.
this type of approach was implemented, with “an inten-
sity of segregation as a measure of mixing defined as the The second step requires establishing what measure-
second-moment variance of concentration distribution”. ments can be used to quantify these objectives:
Simulation of turbulence is a critical part of modelling a
1. AFR for optimised combustion may be assessed as a
device which pre-mixes gases for combustion; when the tur-
scalar quantity; specifically, for the pre-mixer investi-
bulence energy dissipation rate () increases, turbulence and
gated for this research, 30 % excess air was required
shear between the fuel and air streams increases resulting in
for combustion. Consider a natural gas supply to the
a faster mix (Zhang 2007). In the majority of work reviewed
pre-mixer of the composition as summarised in Table 1.
on simulation of pre-mixer type devices, the Standard k-
Utilising these data, the stoichiometric AFR calculated
turbulence model is utilised. Gorjibandpy and Sangsereki
using mass is found to be 16. Consequently, when
(2010) found that the Standard k- model provided the best
considering the required 30 % excess air for efficient
balance between computational time and accuracy for a sub-
combustion, the mass-based AFR required is approxi-
sonic internal flow in a air-gas venturi mixer used for a
mately, (16 × 1.3) = 21. The attainment of this value
bi-fuel diesel engine. Yusaf and Yusoff (2000) employed the
will indicate that the required mixture of natural gas and
Standard k- model for a steady-state simulation of a 3D,
air has been achieved.
eight hole, air-gas mixer, which provided realistic results for
2. Mixedness may be assessed based on the assumption
a well-bounded high Reynolds number flow.
that the percentage mass value of the air or natural gas
Typically, the pre-mixers are available as COTS. This
constituents reach a constant value across the pre-mixer
research work has considered such a device, with the inten-
outlet’s cross-section. This can be measured using the
tion of using a validated CFD simulation of the pre-mixer
standard deviation (σ ) value of the mass concentration
coupled with a Goal Driven Optimisation (GDO) process, to
of the air or natural gas constituents; where, a σ value
establish if the COTS device is optimised for its specific use.
of zero would imply that a constant, completely mixed
Subsequently in Section 3, a brief description of the exper-
state has been achieved.
imental procedure implemented to attain measurements
from an operational pre-mixer has been provided. These Subsequently, the objective function can be written as:
experimental results were then used in validating the CFD
model, the implementation of which has been described
f (x) = w1 σA + w2 σM + w3 (21 − AF Rm ) (1)
in Sections 4 and 5. Section 6 provides an overview of
the optimisation techniques which were coupled with the
CFD model to investigate the proficiency of the pre-mixer’s Where, σA is the standard deviation of the mass con-
operation. A summary of results from this work is pro- centration of air across the pre-mixer’s outlet; σM is the
vided in Section 7; with, conclusions regarding the outcome standard deviation of the mass concentration of methane
of the investigation provided in Section 8. The following across the pre-mixer’s outlet; and, AF Rm is the AFR value
Section 2, provides further background to that provided
in Section 1 regarding the pre-mixer’s operation, focusing
upon the aspects of its performance that must be optimised Table 1 Natural Gas composition as supplied by Company
and the parameters which affect these.
Constituent Percentage Composition ( %)
5 The species model optimal solution is achieved for the multi-objective opti-
misation (Ansys 2013), which comprises a set of optimal
When simulating the mix between the natural gas and air, solutions that are non-dominated with respect to each other
the percentage mass of each constituent was required; with (Konak et al. 2006). A Pareto optimal solution cannot be
the composition of natural gas as summarised previously improved without worsening at least one other objective
in Table 1. To achieve this a species transport model was (Evins 2013; Thompson 2015).
used, which applies a conservation equation to each of the The overall optimisation process comprised three steps:
different species. A local mass fraction for each species mi the initial “sampling” step; followed by appropriate “inter-
is predicted through the solution of a convection-diffusion polation”; and finally, using the data from the preced-
equation for the i th species. This conservation equation ing two steps, the actual “optimisation”. For each of the
takes the following general form: steps, a range of options were considered to allow the
most suitable and robust process to be implemented. Two
sampling approaches were considered: a Design of Exper-
iments (DoE)- Central Composite Design (Ferreira et al.
∂ ∂ ∂ 2007; Pronzato and Müller 2012; Thompson 2015); and,
(ρmi ) + (ρui mi ) = − Ji + Gi + Si (2)
∂t ∂xi ∂xi Optimal Space Filling (OSF) (Jin et al. 2005; Pronzato
and Müller 2012). By considering these two approaches,
data from both a regimented factorial approach, where the
where, Gi is the net rate of production of species i by chem- design space is split into repeated patterns and an approach
ical reaction; which is discounted if there is no reaction, as where the design space is filled in a completely randomised
for this work. Si is the rate of creation by addition from the manner were obtained. The DoE approach lends itself
dispersed phase and Ji is the diffusion flux of the species to the accurate interpolation of a second-order response
i, modelled using “Fick’s law” (Ansys 2013; Kamali and surface; whilst, OSF is better suited to more complex inter-
Binesh 2009). Equation (2) is solved for (N − 1) species; polation methods, e.g. Kriging (Ansys 2013; Thompson
where, N is the total number of fluid phase chemical species 2015).
present in the system. Simulation optimisation requires that an objective func-
Utilising the local mass fractions, the extent of mixing tion f (x) is approximated based on the outputs of simu-
for various species can be determined; an essential measure- lation runs (Hare et al. 2013). These simulation runs will
ment to acquire for the optimisation of the pre-mixer, with be undertaken for the parameter values chosen from the
the optimisation processes considered and utilised described sampling method utilised, to obtain the most information
in the following Section 6. about the constrained design space. Using the outputs from
the selected simulation runs, a “meta-model” can be con-
structed to describe the relationship between xn and f (xn )
6 The optimisation process (Wang and Shi 2013). Therefore, reducing the CPU cost
associated with running multiple simulations, as only the n
The optimisation of the pre-mixer was undertaken using sample points are required.
“Design Exploration (DE)” v14.5 (Ansys 2013). This Typically, the construction of the meta-model requires
allowed CFD simulations to be fed directly into the optimi- the implementation of some form of interpolation technique.
sation tool, creating a closed-loop from geometry, through Three different response surface types or meta-models were
simulation, to optimised design. The DE software works considered: a full second-order polynomial (Ansys 2013;
on the premise of Goal Driven Optimisation (GDO), which Rios and Sahinidis 2013); Kriging (Simpson et al. 2001;
utilises a constrained, multi-objective optimisation tech- Ansys 2013; Hare et al. 2013); and a Neural Network (using
nique, allowing the “best” possible designs to be identified three cells) (Anjum et al. 1997; Papalambros and Wilde
from a sample set, derived from goals or targets set for 2000; Zaabab et al. 1995).
the objectives (Ansys 2013). A multi-objective formula- The final step of the process utilises the sampling
tion is a more realistic model for complex, real-world, and interpolation data with the optimisation algorithm.
engineering optimisation problems (Konak et al. 2006). The Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm (MOGA) avail-
When considering these types of problems, typically, the able within DE utilises the Non-dominated Sorted Genetic
objectives considered will conflict with each other. There- Algorithm-II (NSGA-II) (Evins 2013; Ansys 2013);
fore, considering the optimisation of one objective at a time, described by Khalkhali et al. (2016) as “one of the
in isolation, will not generate an optimum solution for the most powerful evolutionary algorithms for solving multi-
multi-objective problem under consideration (Evins 2013). objective optimisation problems”. The NSGA-II, by using a
The Ansys software utilises an approach where a “Pareto” population of solutions can find multiple “Pareto-optimal”
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solutions in one single optimisation run. Using the response 7.1 Mesh sensitivity and convergence
surface, an initial population for the NSGA-II of 10,000 was
created; using this large initial population, means that its A full convergence and mesh sensitivity study was under-
more likely the input parameter space that contains the best taken, with the steady-state solution considered converged
solutions will be identified (Ansys 2013). However, utilising when the discharge from the pre-mixer’s outlet was found
such a large initial population does come with an associated to differ by no more that 1 %. Mesh independence was
computational expense. The number of samples per itera- achieved with a mesh size consisting of 46,000 elements,
tion was set at 250, along with a Pareto percentage of 70 % i.e. an element dimension of δ; with meshes considered of
(Ansys 2013). the order: 0.25δ; 0.5δ; δ; 2.0δ; and, 3.5δ. The mesh sensi-
Additionally, within the DE software a Decision Support tivity results are summarised in Table 3. It should be noted,
Process (DSP) can be applied to the Pareto fronts generated that δ equates to approximately 2.5D.
by the MOGA. This allows a balance to be found between
the multiple objectives by the application of weighting fac- 7.2 Validation of the CFD model
tors, which aid in fulfilment of the optimisation criterion
(Ansys 2013). On investigating the best implementation of Figure 4 provides a comparison between the experimentally
the DSP in attaining the previously defined objective func- measured and simulated discharge at the pre-mixer’s out-
tion, it was established that the attainment of σ values of let; with varying adjuster plate location, when considering
zero should be set with a low weighting, i.e. w1 and w2 of air as the only medium. It is evident that a similar trend is
0.33; whilst, achieving the correct AF Rm value of 21 should captured; where, pulling back the adjuster plate beyond a
be set at a high weighting, i.e. w3 of 1.00 (Thompson 2015). certain distance from the venturi chamber inlet, no longer
The optimisation process was initially undertaken con- has any effect on the quantity of air inspirated. The dis-
sidering only design parameters DP1 and DP2, then with charge velocity values levelled out to a maximum value of
DP3 and finally with DP4 included. This approach was approximately 18 m/s (experimentally), and 16.5 m/s (simu-
undertaken to clearly establish the effect of the four param- lated). It can be concluded that the simulation has accurately
eters on the pre-mixer’s performance. captured the fluid dynamics of the pre-mixer. The differ-
For comparative purposes and to provide further confi- ence between the experimental and simulated results could
dence in the sampling results, an alternative optimisation potentially be attributed to a slight disruption of the flow
algorithm was considered in the form of the Nelder Mead due to the intrusive experimental measurement techniques
Method (Nelder and Mead 1965). Utilising the same OSF employed.
sampling data, along with a Kriging interpolation, the opti- Figure 5 shows the velocity and pressure contours from
misation was undertaken for the four design parameters the simulation with the adjuster plate at a position of
DP1 to DP4, only. Nelder Mead is an example of a deter- 7.06D mm from the venturi chamber’s inlet. The negative
ministic technique which uses the concept of simplices to pressure draw created at the venturi chamber throat and the
represent the agents in the search space (Nelder and Mead subsequent effect this has on velocity is evident.
1965). In this paper an implementation available as part of Based on the validated axi-symmetric model, which had
the MATLAB optimisation toolbox has been utilised (math- only considered air as the working medium, further simula-
works 2015). This algorithm takes a single starting point as tions were undertaken utilising the multi-species model, to
its input (Lagarias et al. 1998), which has been taken at the simulate the mixing and interaction of air with natural gas
centre of the design space; a weighted objective function as in the pre-mixer. Figure 6 shows an example of the species
in (1) was used, with the same w1 , w2 and w3 values as contours generated for methane and air, when natural gas is
those quoted previously, this was interpolated separately. supplied at the gas inlet and the adjuster plate is located at a
The results from the simulation and optimisation work position of 7.06D mm from the venturi chamber’s inlet.
are provided in Section 7. Utilising the output parameters from the CFD simulation,
values were calculated at the pre-mixer’s outlet for σM , σA
and AF Rm , these are summarised in Table 4.
7 Results
7.3 The identification of a suitable sampling
The axi-symmetric CFD simulation domain was discretised and interpolation approach
into several structured meshes, each with elements focused
in the region of the issuing jet and at the walls, as clearly Following validation of the CFD model, it was necessary
illustrated in Fig. 3. The boundary conditions of pressure to establish the most appropriate sampling and interpolation
inlet, pressure outlet and wall used for the model are also approach to be used for the pre-mixer’s optimisation. Using
labelled in Fig. 3. a sample set generated from the DoE - Central Composite
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Illustrang the
fine mesh in
areas of interest
Fig. 3 The mesh applied to the axi-symmetric geometry, showing the refinement in close-up at areas where more complex flow behaviour was
anticipated. Additionally, the various boundary conditions are shown
(Face Centred Enhanced) approach, it was possible to com- These verification points provided a further opportunity
pare the ”Goodness of Fit” (GoF) charts (Ansys 2013) for with which to assess the accuracy of the interpolation tech-
each interpolation approach. niques; but, were particularly important in the assessment
The GoF chart presents a view of output parameter values of the Kriging technique. The Kriging approach interpolates
predicted from the interpolation/response surface, versus through all sampling points, which results in a GoF illus-
values calculated from the CFD simulation (i.e. the sam- trating data which is exactly fitted to the straight line (Rios
pling points). The closer the points fit a straight line, the and Sahinidis 2013). The inclusion of the verification points
better the prediction. In addition to using the sampling val- overcomes this issue, as their proximity to the straight line
ues, “verification points” were also included i.e. randomly can be used to assess the actual predictive accuracy of the
generated design points; with these clearly identified in the interpolation. It is evident from the plots, shown in Fig. 7,
GoF plots shown in Fig. 7. that each of the interpolation approaches gives reasonably
accurate predictions, with the exception of one of the veri-
fication points, for which each of the interpolation methods
has struggled. It is potentially because this point lies in a
region with little information from the sampling set, which
Table 3 Summary of the effect of mesh spacing on the discharge at has led to inaccuracies for the interpolation. However, as
the pre-mixer’s outlet for the axi-symmetric CFD simulation
all three approaches have the same problem, this point has
Mesh element size (x δ) % diff. of discharge val- been discounted in assessing which interpolation approach
ues compared with the finest is most appropriate.
mesh An in-depth analysis of the optimised results (Thompson
3.5 2.73
2015), established that OSF, implemented with a maximum
number of 50 iterations to establish the sample set (Ansys
2.0 1.14
2013), when used with a Kriging interpolation provided the
1.0 0.82
most robust optimisation approach for the pre-mixer con-
0.5 0.01
sidered. A summary of these results is provided in Table 5.
0.25 0.00
The analysis was based on an approach using the DoE
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17
16
15
14
13
12
Av Vel at Outlet (m/s)_Experimental
11 Av Vel at Outlet (m/s)_Simulated
10
0 5 10 15 20 25
Distance from venturi chamber inlet as a mulple of D (mm)
sampling method and comparing the NSGA-II optimised surface failed to minimise the σ values measuring the
results after considering the three interpolation methods. extent of mixing, whilst achieving an AF Rm value of 21
From Table 5 it can be seen that the second-order response (Thompson 2015). The Neural Network (NN) approach
Fig. 5 Using the Standard k-
turbulence model taken from the
axi-symmetric simulation of the
pre-mixer showing a.) the
velocity contour plot and b.) the
pressure contour plot - within a
specified pressure range
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effectively minimised the σ values, improving mixing implemented for a full optimisation based study of the
by approximately 15 % but at the expense of attaining pre-mixer.
an AF Rm value of 21 (Thompson 2015). The Kriging
approach performed better, achieving an improvement in
mixing of approximately 37 %, but with an AFR that was
still 5 % below 21 (Thompson 2015). Consequently, both
the DoE and OSF sampling approaches were compared Table 4 Summary of the objective parameter values achieved from the
multi-species, axi-symmetric CFD simulation of the initial pre-mixer’s
using the Kriging interpolation method. From Table 5 it can
design, with the adjuster plate positioned 7.06D mm from the venturi
be seen that the latter provided more balanced results with chamber’s inlet
regards to the requirements of the optimisation; achieving
an improvement in mixing of approximately 16 % and an Objective Parameter Value from initial design’s CFD simulation
AFR value only 2 % from the required 21 . Typically, OSF
Mass AFR 20.957
is a more efficient sampling scheme when implementing
SD of Air 6.00 e-05
complex meta-modelling techniques like Kriging. Subse-
SD of Methane 5.40 e-05
quently, these sampling and interpolation methods were
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Table 5 A comparison of
results from various sampling Sampling Interpolation σA (e-05) σM (e-05) % ↑ mixing AF Rm % dev. frm 21
and interpolation models
DoE 2nd order 6.10 5.45 − 21.146 0.7
DoE Kriging 3.76 3.36 37 19.79 5.8
DoE NN 2.86 2.56 52 18.96 9.7
OSF Kriging 5.08 4.54 15 20.579 2.0
σA σM AFRm
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