Coal combustion in O2/CO2 mixtures compared with air

As part of CO₂ abatement strategies for climate change, we are investigating coal combusion behaviour in various O₂/CO₂ mixtures and in air. The goal is to simulate conditions of coal combustion with flue gas recirculation in order to maximize the CO₂ concentration in the flue gas prior to its recovery. A western Canadian sub‐bituminous coal and a U.S. eastern bituminous coal were investigated. Thermal input was set at 0.21 MW with a flue gas oxygen concentration of 5 vol%. Experiments were done using various O₂/CO₂ mixtures and air. The oxygen concentration ranged from 21% to 42%. Up to 95% CO₂ concentrations were achieved in the flue gas. This paper describes experimental results in terms of flame temperatures and pollutant emissions (NO_x', SO₂ and CO).     

Effect of fuel composition on NOx formation in high‐pressure syngas/air combustion

In this study, an experimental investigation of lean premixed syngas/air flames with H₂/CO ratio of 1.0 and equivalence ratio of 0.5 has been conducted in a high‐pressure burner facility to investigate the effects of pressure and the presence of hydrocarbons on NO_x speciation. Detailed NO_x speciation measurements in the post‐flame region were conducted for various pressures up to 1.5 MPa (15 bar) using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. When the pressure is increased, NO concentration decreases while NO₂ increases due to pressure dependence of NO to NO₂ conversion. For a given pressure, the presence of hydrocarbons in syngas leads to an increase in NO_x concentrations possibly due to prompt NO formation. Comparison of NO concentrations in presence of CH₄ at different pressures shows that the effect of CH₄ due to prompt NO formation is more dominant than the effect of pressure on NO. © 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 64: 3134–3140, 2018     

Effect of penetration of fuel stream on combustion in supersonic combustion chamber

Moscow. Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 66–68, July–August, 1990.     

Accurate correlations to estimate refinery fuel gas,natural gas,and fuel oil CO2 emission factors and its uncertainty

The quantification of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventories and its associated uncertainty is a relevant activity often requested by authorities. Accurate methods to calculate both inventories and the involved uncertainty are convenient for close monitoring purposes. Using Monte Carlo simulations, correlations of high accuracy between emission factors (EFs), lower heating value (LHV), and density were built for refinery fuel gas, natural gas and fuel/residual oil. In all cases, the data generated by the simulations also served the purpose of building correlations for upper and lower bounds of the EF that can be readily used to estimate the EF estimation uncertainty. The correlations were tested against actual refinery data and the results show that more accurate estimations were obtained compared with EF obtained from laboratory composition methods and from methods that estimate EF as proportional to LHV only. In the case of fuel and residual oils, the correlations developed are a function of LHV only but were improved by using a cubic polynomial. The calculation of upper and lower bounds for EF offer a convenient method to estimate EF uncertainties that are required in official GHG emissions inventory calculations. In conclusion, in addition to LHV, the use of one additional readily available fuel property, namely fuel density is sufficient to reduce uncertainty of estimation of GHG (in this case CO₂) from combustion to acceptable levels. © 2010 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2010     

Tar reduction through partial combustion of fuel gas

A partial combustion burner is introduced as a cleaning system for the tar content of gaseous (bio) fuel. The results of experiments, using a synthetic low calorific gas mixture, demonstrate the effectivity of the proposed process. In these experiments naphthalene is added as a model tar component. The effect of partial combustion of the fuel gasmixture on the naphthalene is examined for different air/fuel ratios (λ) and varying hydrogen-methane fuel concentrations. For a fuel gasmixture with high methane concentrations or for higher λ-values the total tarcontent slightly decreases. In this case the naphthalene polymerises, i.e. forms higher ring components and sometimes even turn into soot. At lower λ's and higher hydrogen concentrations the tarcontent strongly decreases. Moreover, the naphthalene is now cracked, i.e. converted into lighter tars and permanent gases. It is found that, for fuel gases representative for biogasification products and at a λ of 0.2, the presented burner reduces the tar content of the gas with over 90% by cracking. The paper ends with a short discussion on the conditions that may determine the cracking/polymerisation mechanism.     

Comparisons of pulverized coal combustion in air and in mixtures of O2/CO2

Pulverized coal combustion in air and the mixtures of O₂/CO₂ has been experimentally investigated in a 20 kW down-fired combustor (190 mm id×3 m). Detailed comparisons of gas temperature profiles, gas composition profiles, char burnouts, conversions of coal–N to NO_x and coal–S to SO₂ and CO emissions have been made between coal combustion in air and coal combustion in various O₂/CO₂ mixtures. The effectiveness of air/oxidant staging on reducing NO_x emissions has also been investigated for coal combustion in air and O₂/CO₂ mixtures. The results show that simply replacing the N₂ in the combustion air with CO₂ will result in a significant decrease of combustion gas temperatures. However, coal combustion in 30% O₂/70% CO₂ can produce matching gas temperature profiles to those of coal combustion in air while having a lower coal–N to NO_x conversion, a better char burnout and a lower CO emission. The results also confirm that air/oxidant staging is very effective in reducing NO_x emissions for coal combustion in both air and a 30% O₂/70% CO₂ mixture. SO₂ emissions are proved to be almost independent of the combustion media investigated.     

Effect of preheating on liquid fuel evaporation on combustion in a model combustion chamber

A combustion model for a sprayed liquid fuel is developed, starting from the assumption that combustion of an individual drop is impossible, and the droplets are completely entrained in the moving medium. The model gives the a flame length close to that observed experimentally. It is established that the preheat time of the droplet is roughly the same as its evaporation time, and the temperature change in the air basically affects the droplet preheating and only weakly affects the droplet evaporation.Moscow. Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 45–52, November–December, 1991.     

褐煤燃烧阶段风量对指标气体的影响

以平庄瑞安褐煤为研究对象,通过热重试验确定褐煤燃烧阶段温度范围,利用管式炉程序升温系统进行煤样氧化自燃试验,得到风量分别为40、80、120、160和200 m L/min条件下的气体;为确定优选指标气体的关联度大小,采用灰色关联法对其进行分析。结果表明:褐煤燃烧阶段温度为247~433℃,408℃左右达到快速燃烧状态。当风量恒定时,CO_2/ΔO_2、CO/ΔO_2、C_2H-4与温度的关联度比CO、C_2H_6、C_2H_4/C_2H_6高。随风量不断增加,指标气体与温度的关联度:CO_2/ΔO_2最大,其次是CO/ΔO_2、C_2H_4和CO,C_2H_6和C_2H_4/C_2H_6最小。故可将CO_2/ΔO_2、CO/ΔO_2和C_2H_4作为主要指标,CO作为辅助指标用于预测煤矿井下封闭火区燃烧状态。     

Effect of air flow on titanium plate combustion

Zhukovskii. Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 29–34, March–April, 1989.     

Oxy‐fuel combustion for CO2 capture using a CO2‐tolerant oxygen transporting membrane

CO₂ capture via an oxy‐fuel route through the U‐shaped (Pr_0.9La_0.1)₂(Ni_0.74Cu_0.21Ga_0.05)O_4+δ (PLNCG) hollow fiber membrane with 100% CH₄ conversion and 100% CO₂ selectivity for 450 h has been explored for the first time. X‐ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy characterizations of the spent hollow fiber membrane have also been investigated. All these results indicate that PLNCG hollow fiber membrane shows excellent reaction performance and good stability under oxy‐fuel reaction conditions, which will be a potential rounte for reducing CO₂ emissions worldwide. © 2013 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 59: 3856–3862, 2013     

Effect of MgO addition to upgraded brown coal on ash-deposition behavior during combustion

The objectives of this study were the evaluation of the effect of MgO addition to coal on the reduction of ash deposition during upgraded brown coal (UBC) combustion, and the elucidation of the mechanisms of the reduction of ash deposition. The melting temperature of UBC ash is 1494 K, which is lower than that of bituminous coal ash. Before the actual ash-deposition experiments, the molten slag fraction in the UBC ash was estimated by means of chemical equilibrium calculations for various mixing mass ratios of MgO to coal ash. The simulation results indicate that MgO addition plays a role in decreasing the molten slag fraction. It was confirmed that Mg formed solid composites with Si, Fe, Al, Ca, and Mn, and played a role in decreasing the molten slag fraction in the ash on the tube. As a next step, ash-deposition tests were conducted using a pilot-scale pulverized coal combustion furnace equipped with a refractory wall. The results showed that MgO addition contributed to decreasing the rate of ash deposition even for UBC. These calculations and experimental results suggested that one of the reduction mechanisms due to MgO addition involved the production of solid-phase aluminosilicates.     

氯添加对燃煤过程中汞析出规律的影响

首先利用管式炉对燃煤及燃煤加氯后煤中汞排放进行研究,结果表明,对于神混煤而言,原煤燃烧后烟气中单质Hg⁰和氧化态汞Hg²⁺的比例分别为74.3%、25.7%。添加Cl后,烟气中Hg²⁺的比例有所上升,当加氯量为0.015%、0.030%和0.045%时,烟气中Hg²⁺的比例分别上升为32.7%、36.1%和40%,随加氯量的增加,其对汞的氧化作用也随之增强。在现场工程示范试验中,利用脱硫废水中的氯氧化烟气中的汞,以达到脱硫废水与烟气中的汞协同脱除的目的。结果表明,随着脱硫废水喷洒煤的量越大,进入SCR烟气中Hg²⁺比例增大,经过SCR后Hg²⁺的比例随之增大。由于飞灰对Hg²⁺的吸附能力较Hg⁰强,电除尘系统的脱汞效率提高,但脱硫废水喷洒煤对湿电除尘系统的脱汞效率影响不大。总之,脱硫废水喷洒量越大,燃煤机组烟气净化设备对汞协同去除效率也随之提高。