
As you can see from (b) in Figure 2 and Figure 3 that when the distance of the nozzle inlet on the 
side  of the furnace  to the top of the  gasifier  is 0.75m, the above undesirable phenomena weaken 
evidently, the impact and interception of the nozzle jet flow on the side of the furnace on the main 
flow of the nozzle jet on the top of the furnace become strong greatly, and the nozzle jet flow on the 
side of the furnace dose not scour the wall of the furnace. However, the authors find out that the main 
flow of the nozzle jet on the top of the furnace collides with the nozzle jet flow on the side of the 
furnace without reaching the state of full development. In this way  the jet flow from the  various 
nozzles will collide with each other after a very short time when they enter into the gasifier, which 
will  be  disadvantageous  for  the  nozzles  to  realize  their  sound  atomization  performance  fully. 
Meanwhile, when comparing (c) in Figure 2 and Figure 3, the recirculation zone formed around the 
nozzle on the top of the furnace is relatively small because the distance of the nozzle inlet on the side 
of  the  furnace  to  the  top  of  the  gasifier  is  very  near.  For  gasifier  of  thermal  operation,  if  the 
recirculation  zone  around  the  nozzle  on  the  top  of  the  furnace  is  small,  the  volume  of  the  air 
entrainment of the surrounding high  temperature  gas by the nozzle jet flow on the top of the furnace 
will be less, which is not good for the nozzle jet flow on the top of the furnace and the ignition and 
burning  in  the  collision  area,  and at  the  same  time  will  reduce  the  stability  of  the  ignition  and 
operation  within  the  gasifier.  So,  the  increase  of  the  air  entrainment  of  the  surrounding  high 
temperature  gas by the nozzle jet flow on the top of the furnace should be considered properly, for 
which the most direct way is to increase the recirculation zone. When the distance of the nozzle inlet 
on the side of the furnace  to the top of the  gasifier is 0.9m, the nozzle jet flow on the top of  the 
furnace collides with the nozzle jet flow on the side of the furnace when it’s fully developed. In this 
way, the sound atomization performance of the nozzles on the top and both sides of the furnace can 
be fully realized, and the time from the entering of the jet flow of the nozzle into the gasifier to the 
collision  is  prolonged,  which  have  provided  precondition  for  the  full  development  of  jet  flow, 
increase the recirculation zone around the nozzle jet flow on the top of the furnace, strengthen the 
nozzle jet flow on  the top of the furnace, and increase the stability  of the ignition and operation 
within  the  gasifier.  So,  from  the  perspective  of  the  distribution  effect  of  the  flow  field,  it’s 
comparatively ideal when the distance of the nozzle inlet on the side of the furnace to the top of the 
gasifier is 0.9m. 
  (a), (b), (c) in Figure 4 and Figure 5 are respectively the contour map of the turbulence intensity 
distribution and turbulent kinetic energy distribution of the gasifier when the distances of the position 
of the nozzle  inlet to the top of the gasifier  are 0.6m, 0.75m and  0.9m.  As you can see from the 
figures  that  when  the  distance  is  0.6m,  the  turbulence  intensity  distribution  and  turbulent  kinetic 
energy distribution are apparently different from that of 0.75m and 0.9m. When the distance is 0.6m, 
the nozzle jet flow on the side of the furnace dose not impact the internal flow field of the nozzle jet 
flow on the top of the furnace; because the nozzle inlet on the side of the furnace is very near to the 
top of the furnace, the position of the collision of the nozzle jet flow on the side of the furnace and on 
the top of the furnace is just the position where the rigidity of the nozzle jet flow on the top of the 
furnace are comparatively strong. In this case, the impact and interception effect of the nozzle jet 
flow from the side on the jet flow from the top are not evident, and the kinetic  energy of the flow 
from the side of the furnace has been exhausted before it comes to intervene the internal flow field of 
the nozzle jet flow on the top of the furnace, and thus the function of the nozzle jet flow on the side 
of the furnace does not realize fully. However, the situation for the distances of 0.75m and 0.9m is 
much  better  compared  to  0.6.  Especially  when  the  distance  of  the  nozzle  inlet  to  the  top  of  the 
gasifier is 0.9, the  kinetic  energy of  the flow from the side of the furnace  are fully realized, the 
impact and the interception of the nozzle jet flow on the top of the furnace are very evident, and the 
area with comparatively intensified turbulent mixing strength becomes larger, all of which can be 
seen from (c) in figure 4.9. So, from the  perspective of the distribution of the turbulence  intensity 
distribution  and  turbulent  kinetic  energy  distribution,  it’s  comparatively  ideal  when  the  distance  of 
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