The synthetic gas obtained from the gasification of waste material becomes more important not only in waste reduction but also for the generation of clean energy directly applicable to industrial combustors firing LNG fuel without any major modification of the boiler system. Therefore, in this study, a systematic calculation was made for the turbulent reaction inside a conventional LNG combustor to determine the temperature distribution and fluid flow field. By doing this, the syngas obtained from gasification of combustible waste could be evaluated for the potential applicability of syngas as a substitute for LNG fuel in the industrial field. In this calculation, the ratio of the syngas amount to the LNG amount was fixed. That is, based on calorific value, 70% of the fuel was syngas and 30% was LNG. Since the calorific value of the syngas was different from that of LNG with a high energy density, the different volumetric flow rate was expected to give rise to a visible flow field change together with the local velocity. Thus, in this study, the swirl intensity and the inlet nozzle diameter were varied carefully in order to resolve the flow field and turbulence effects on the reaction characteristics of the co-burning flame. First of all, the calculation result of pure LNG combustion was made successfully as a reference and for evaluation of the code implementation. The results obtained from the numerical simulation of the burning of syngas in the LNG boiler could duplicate the combustion feature almost similar to that of 100% LNG fuels by changing the injection method of the syngas without any major change of the boiler system. The results suggested the high potential of syngas as an economic substitute for conventional LNG fuel.

A parametric study has been made numerically on the thermal incineration of CF4, one of the perfluorocarbons (PFCs) emerging recently as issues of public concern in a practical CDM incinerator developed for the thermal destruction of HFC-23. In doing this, a turbulent combustion model of the fast combustion approximation is reasonably assumed using the typical auxiliary fuel, CH4, for the supply of the heat, and the necessary species of hydrogen and oxygen atom. In addition, the performance of the stoichiometric gas mixture of hydrogen and oxygen (H2+ 1/2 O2) was examined as a special auxiliary fuel not only in order to enhance the thermal destruction efficiency but also the reduction of the CO2 emission by the elimination or the reduction of the auxiliary fuel CH4 in this incineration process. The calculation results showed that the thermal destruction efficiency of CF4 using methane as an auxiliary fuel increases with the amount of methane. However, the thermal destruction efficiency did not reach a satisfactory level (i.e., < 95%), even with the application of a CH4 amount more than four times of the stoichiometric value. This is explained by the improper turbulent mixing effect between CH4, CF4 and air especially in a large scale practical incinerator employed for the destruction of HFC-23. For the case of H2+ 1/2 O2 as the auxiliary fuel, however, the thermal destruction efficiency, surprisingly, reached almost 100%, which shows the high potential of the thermal destruction of CF4 by the use of HHO gas. Further, a detailed evaluation for the effect of the turbulent mixing on the thermal destruction of CF4 will be quite necessary, considering operating conditions together with the type of auxiliary fuels.