Discharge coefficients for nozzles of a low-NOx gas burner

Nozzles belong to the main parts of a low-NOx gas burner. Their purpose is to transport fuel into a combustion system. One way of judging a quality of a nozzle is to define its discharge coefficient. It expresses an efficiency of energy conversion – from pressure to kinetic energy. In this thesis the discharge coefficients of several nozzles were established, using Ansys Fluent software for computer simulation. A calculation was tuned to a reference geometry and then applied to other geometries of nozzles, which were both planar and spatial. Numerically obtained data were compared with experimental data. The benefits of this thesis are comparism of two main methods of flow modelling (Scalable Wall Function and Enhanced Wall Treatment) and formulation of a calculation methodology for this type of physical problem. The results provided by this thesis might be used for both another study and experimental research