Ammonia Generator Design Modifications

An ammonia generator is provided for study of its internal flow characteristics in a combustion process. The new ammonia generator was redesigned to attach to an existing hot gas test rig. This way, combustion would happen in the test rig and the ammonia generator will be a contributing component to its after-effects.

This project was done at the Institute for Technical Combustion in Hannover, Germany.

The picture above shows the first CAD model design of the modified ammonia generator. My design solution included adding viewing flanges and expanding bellows at the generators most critical section. This allows the researchers to conduct laser optical analysis of the flow particles visible inside. The photo on the right-hand side below shows the cut-out view of the modified generator design.

This design required creative thinking around the generator's existing constraints and designing for high pressure, high temperature applications. It was also necessary to design with the researchers' needs in mind.