Flow structure and combustion characteristic of 65 t/h oil shale-fired circulating fluidized bed riser—2: Dilute phase

In this paper, a 65 t/h oil shale-fired circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler was put into commercial operation in Huadian of China in 1996 and industrial hot experiment was done for studying the flow structure and combustion characteristic of CFB dilute phase regime. Flow structure and solid flux of dilute phase regime were investigated along both vertical direction and horizontal direction under different boiler loads. Particle-size distribution and carbon content of oil shale combustion residues were obtained. Experimental investigation shows that SO₂ concentration decreases with increasing the furnace height, and NO_X emission can be reduced by adopting staged combustion technology, low-temperature combustion and circulating combustion. Experimental results are valuable for adjusting the 65 t/h boiler and designing large-scale oil shale-fired CFB boiler. At the same time, the experiment lays a foundation for modeling the flow structure, combustion, heat transfer and abrasion of oil shale-fired CFB dilute phase regime.     

石化污泥与煤流化床混烧污染物排放特性

在一座热态循环流化床燃烧试验装置上对石化污泥与煤进行混烧试验,通过对焚烧过程中烟气成分进行分析,着重考察了质量掺混比、二次风率、过剩空气系数和床温对SO₂、NO_x和多环芳烃排放浓度的影响。试验结果表明,随着质量掺混比的增大,SO₂和NO_x的排放浓度下降,而多环芳烃排放浓度呈上升趋势。随着二次风率的增加,SO₂的排放浓度上升,而NO_x的排放浓度呈下降趋势。随着过剩空气系数的增加,SO₂的排放浓度下降,NO_x的排放浓度呈上升态势。随着床温或者过剩空气系数的增加,烟气中多环芳烃排放浓度均呈先下降后上升趋势。综合考虑稳定燃烧和降低污染物排放等因素,得出一系列最佳燃烧参数。燃烧温度应该控制在850～860℃,过剩空气系数应该控制在1.35左右,二次风率应该控制在40%左右,质量掺混比应该控制在30%左右。在本次试验范围内,各工况SO₂、NO_x和多环芳烃的排放浓度均满足国家排放标准。     

循环床锅炉燃烧份额分布的实验研究和理论分析

在循环流化床锅炉小型实验台上,研究了床温、过量空气系数、一二次风比例和煤种等因素对燃烧份额分布的影响,证实了循环流化床锅炉密相区处于欠氧燃烧状态,并且密相区产生的一氧化碳和部分挥发分被带到了稀相区进行燃烧。从流动和燃烧角度对实验结果进行了分析,并从密相区气固两相流行为出发,解释了循环流化床锅炉不同于鼓泡床的一些技术特点。     

Modelling of CO2, CO, SO2, O2 and NOx emissions from the oxy-fuel combustion in a circulating fluidized bed

The paper presents a model of coal combustion in air and oxygen-enriched CFB environment. A computer program to calculate the CO₂, CO, SO₂, NO_x and O₂ emissions from the combustion of solid fuels in a circulating fluidized bed boiler was created. The validity of this program was verified by measurements on a 0.1MW_th OxyFuel-CFB Test Rig.The calculations have been carried out for air and so-called oxy-fuel conditions, i.e. when combustion runs in a gas mixture based on O₂ and N₂, with various fractions of oxygen.The comparison between measured and predicted by model CO, SO₂, NO_x and O₂ emissions is shown in this paper. The results of the calculation showed, that the kinetic equations of some reaction have to be modified. Authors propose to use the reaction surface area instead of the specific internal surface area of char in rate constant formulas as the combustion nature changes from internal-kinetic to external-diffusion controlling regime.     

Co-combustion of Korean anthracite with bituminous coal in two circulating fluidized bed combustors

The co-combustion characteristics for Korean anthracites and bituminous coals were determined in a lab-scale CFB reactor and the commercial scale Tonghae CFB Power Plant. In the lab-scale CFB combustion tests, the effluent rate of the emission gases, which can indicate the reactivity of the combustion, did not change appreciably when each coal burned. As the bituminous coal was added, however, the effluent rate of the emissions increased. The amount of the unburned carbon in ash decreased with increasing the ratio of the bituminous coal during the co-combustion. When the co-combustion was tested in the Tonghae CFB power plant, the temperatures at the upper part of the combustor and the cyclones, which were somewhat higher than designed and expected, could be reduced as the bituminous coal ratio increased. Consequently, more stable operation of the CFB boiler was achieved. The efficiency of the CFB boiler also increased due to increasing the reactivity of the combustion. This work was presented at the 6 ^th Korea-China Workshop on Clean Energy Technology held at Busan, Korea, July 4–7, 2006.     

NOx and SOx emissions of a high sulfur self-retention coal during air-staged combustion

NO_x and SO_x emissions of air-staged combustion were investigated in a 1 MW tangentially-fired furnace combusting a high sulfur self-retention coal. Two variables including the air stoichiometric ratio of primary combustion zone and the relative location of over-fire air (OFA) injection ports were studied. These results suggest that NO_x reduction efficiency monotonically increases with increasing the relative location of OFA injection ports, and the lowest NO_x emissions are achieved when the air stoichiometric ratio of primary combustion zone is 0.85. In the meantime, SO_x emissions can be effectively reduced when the air stoichiometric ratio of primary combustion zone is 0.85 or 0.95, and SO_x emissions monotonically decrease with increasing the relative location of OFA injection ports.     

Two-dimensional biomass combustion modeling of CFB

In this study, a 2D model for a CFB biomass combustor has been developed which integrates and simultaneously predicts the hydrodynamics, heat transfer and combustion aspects. Combustor hydrodynamic is modeled taking into account previous work. Simulation model calculates the axial and radial distribution of voidage, velocity, particle size distribution, pressure drop, gas emissions and temperature at each time interval for gas and solid phase both for bottom and upper zones. The model results are compared with and validated against experimental data both for small-size and industrial-size biomass combustors which uses different types of biomass fuels given in the literature. As a result of sensitivity analysis, it is observed that: major portion of the combustion will take place in the upper zone, the air staging could improve combustion, for industrial-size CFB biomass combustors and the decrease of NO_x adversely results in high CO emissions as air ratio decreases. Unexpected results concerning the emissions is caused by using data of different sized CFBs and is clearly an indicator of the necessity to compare the model results with various sized CFBs as far as possible.     

Effects of operational parameters on emission performance and combustion efficiency in small-scale CFBCs

A well-designed CFBC can burn coal with high efficiency and within acceptable levels of gaseous emissions. In this theoretical study effects of operational parameters on combustion efficiency and the pollutants emitted have been estimated using a developed dynamic 2D (two-dimensional) model for CFBCs. Model simulations have been carried out to examine the effect of different operational parameters such as excess air and gas inlet pressure and coal particle size on bed temperature, the overall CO, NO_x and SO₂ emissions and combustion efficiency from a small-scale CFBC. It has been observed that increasing excess air ratio causes fluidized bed temperature decrease and CO emission increase. Coal particle size has more significant effect on CO emissions than the gas inlet pressure at the entrance to fluidized bed. Increasing excess air ratio leads to decreasing SO₂ and NO_x emissions. The gas inlet pressure at the entrance to fluidized bed has a more significant effect on NO_x emission than the coal particle size. Increasing excess air causes decreasing combustion efficiency. The gas inlet pressure has more pronounced effect on combustion efficiency than the coal particle size, particularly at higher excess air ratios. The developed model is also validated in terms of combustion efficiency with experimental literature data obtained from 300 kW laboratory scale test unit. The present theoretical study also confirms that CFB combustion allows clean and efficient combustion of coal.     

燃煤循环流化床锅炉N_2O排放影响因素分析

阐述了CFB锅炉燃烧过程中N_2O的产生、消解机理,分析了燃料特性、床温、过量空气系数和煤中的矿物质成分等诸多因素对CFB锅炉N_2O排放的影响。分析了生物质与煤混合燃烧,炉膛后再燃,在CFB锅炉中添加催化剂以及反向分级燃烧等新型低N_2O燃烧技术,为CFB锅炉低N_2O排放技术指明了研究方向。     

大型循环流化床锅炉整体动态模型的构成及其求解方法

介绍了构成大型商用循环流化床锅炉整体模型的燃烧系统、汽水系统以及烟风系统模型的建立及综合方法 ,并提出了一种求解整体模型的“双桢速”算法 .采用这种整体模型的构成及综合方法能够有效地求解具有复杂物理化学特性和结构的大型复杂系统模型     

Combustion and air emissions from co‐firing a wood biomass,a Canadian peat and a Canadian lignite coal in a bubbling fluidised bed combustor

The effects of particle size, fuel blending ratio, moisture content and excess air ratio on combustion efficiency and air emissions (CO₂, CO, SO₂ and NO_x) from the co‐combustion of white pine or peat with a Canadian lignite coal, were examined in a pilot‐scale bubbling fluidised bed combustor. Pelletising was important for the efficient combustion of wood due to its high volatile content. Co‐firing lignite and pine pellets gave a proportional reduction in SO₂ and NO_x emissions with blending ratio, while co‐firing of peat and lignite resulted in increased SO₂ emissions, but decreased NO_x emissions. Moisture promotes combustion but with increased CO emissions, and results in increased NO_x emissions, and decreased SO₂ emissions. High excess air decreased CO, but moderately increased SO₂ and NO_x emissions. © 2011 Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering     

粒径对福建无烟煤在CFB锅炉中燃尽的影响

建立了福建无烟煤细颗粒燃烧模型,计算了其在容量35 t/h循环流化床锅炉炉膛内的燃尽时间和一次通过炉膛的停留时间,分析了不同粒径煤颗粒在不同燃烧温度和不同烟气流速时在CFB锅炉内的燃尽时间和停留时间的变化差异. 实验研究了福建无烟煤粒径对飞灰碳含量的影响及燃尽的影响. 结果表明,细煤颗粒的燃尽时间与停留时间均随粒径增大而增长,但燃尽时间增幅更明显,颗粒一次通过炉膛完全燃尽的临界粒径约为0.15 mm;粒径越大的颗粒其停留时间和燃尽时间对烟气流速和燃烧温度变化越敏感;无烟煤入炉粒径明显影响CFB锅炉飞灰含碳量,选用粒度为3~8 mm的偏粗颗粒为宜.     

热解燃烧链条炉低NOx排放特性的数值模拟

利用Fluent软件,对功率为1.4 MW的新型热解燃烧链条炉的NOx排放特性进行了数值模拟,其中,煤热解产生的还原性可燃气简化为CH4,采用添加元素N的乙烯-空气混合物模拟链条炉排半焦层燃烧及其生成的NO. 数值计算结果表明,在过量空气系数为1.2、再燃比为30%的燃烧条件下,热解燃烧比传统燃烧可降低NO排放14.6%. 热解燃烧链条炉由于热解气的再燃作用,在炉膛中形成一局部还原区,可较有效地降低NOx排放,证明了热解燃烧技术的可行性. 增大再燃比和减小炉排前段风室配风量可提高出口NO还原率,减小炉膛前拱长度和前后拱间距会使NO还原作用增强.     

Effect of co-combustion of chicken litter and coal on emissions in a laboratory-scale fluidized bed combustor

Co-combustion of chicken litter (CL) with coal was performed in a laboratory-scale fluidized bed combustor to investigate the effect of CL combustion on pollutant emissions. The emissions of major gaseous pollutants including CO, SO₂, H₂S and NO and temperature distribution along the combustor were measured during the tests. Effects of CL fraction and secondary air on combustion characteristics were studied. The experimental results show that CL introduction increases CO emissions and reduces the levels of SO₂. The ratio of H₂S/SO₂ increases with increasing fraction of CL. NO emissions either increase or decrease depending on the percentage of CL in the mixed fuels. The temperature in the freeboard region increases with increasing the fraction of CL while the reverse is true for the bed temperature.     

Modeling of solid fuels combustion in oxygen-enriched atmosphere in circulating fluidized bed boiler: Part 1. The mathematical model of fuel combustion in oxygen-enriched CFB environment

The paper is focused on the idea of large-scale CFB boiler operation with oxygen/CO₂-modified atmosphere inside combustion chamber. The following main advantages can be found for this technology: reduction of pollutant emissions, possibility of high efficiency separation of CO₂ from the exhaust gases that results from increased CO₂ concentration, lower chimney loss due to the reduction of flue gases in a volume, limitation of the combustion chamber dimensions etc. The paper presents a model of coal combustion in oxygen-enriched CFB environment, where air staging, desulfurization process, NO_x formation and reduction as well as a stationary dense phase of coarse particles in the bottom part of combustion chamber and a circulating dilute phase in the upper part are included.     

Unburned carbon fraction with operation variables in a commercial circulating fluidized bed boiler during co-combustion of various anthracites

Reduction of unburned carbon fraction in exhaust during co-combustion of various coals in a circulating fluidized bed boiler (CFB) is required to save energy loss and to optimize coal utilization as well as to improve the boiler efficiency. In this study, the effects of operation variables such as coal, air and heat flow rates, co-combustion ratio of each coal, primary to secondary air ratio on unburned carbon fraction were analyzed and evaluated in two units of 200 MWe circulating fluidized bed boiler in the Tonghae thermal power plant. From the results, the comprehensive correlation among unburned carbon fraction and operation variables in #1 and #2 units of the CFB boiler could be derived with a good agreement. This would be expected to give a good guideline to reduce the unburned carbon content in exhaust in the CFB boiler.     

NO<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript> emission from incineration of organic liquid waste in a circulating fluidized bed

An incineration test of a toxic chemical organic waste liquid was conducted on a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) incinerator. The flue gas was measured online with the advanced SAE-19 flue gas analyzer. The effects of several factors, in terms of flow rate of waste liquid, ratio of waste liquid injected into dense bed of the CFB, excess air coefficient, the secondary air fraction and bed temperature on NO _x emissions, were verified. The experimental results show that NO emissions in flue gas increase with increase in the flow rate of the waste liquid injected into the bed or the excess air coefficient or the bed temperature and those decrease with increase in the ratio of waste liquid injected into the dense bed of the CFB or the secondary air fraction. During the test runs, NO _x concentration in flue gas met the national regulation on NO _x emissions due to suppressive effect of low temperature and staged combustion in CFB on NO _x formation. This paper was presented at the 6 ^th Korea-China Workshop on Clean Energy Technology held at Busan, Korea, July 4–7, 2006.     

Modelling of NO and N2O emissions from biomass-fired circulating fluidized bed combustors

A model for NO and N₂O emissions from biomass-fired circulating fluidized bed (CFB) combustors has been developed and evaluated in this study. All the model parameters were chosen for a typical woody biomass-pinewood chips. Both drying and devolatilization of biomass particles were modelled with limited rates, which were selected from the literature based on woody biomass fuels. The partition of fuel-nitrogen between volatiles and char was also specifically chosen for pinewood based on available experimental data from the literature. Volatile nitrogen was assumed to consist of NH₃, HCN and N₂ with the distribution between three species as input parameters to the model. Twenty-five homogenous and heterogeneous global chemical reactions were included in the model, of which 20 reactions represents the global fuel-nitrogen reactions. Both gaseous and solid phase were assumed to be in plug flow. The model has been applied to the modelling of a 12 MW_th CFB boiler. The predicted N₂O emissions were always less than 5 ppmv for pinewood combustion, which was consistent with the experimental results. The predicted NO emissions increased with the total excess air of the riser and the fuel-N content while the predicted percentage conversion of fuel-N to NO decreased with increasing fuel-N content. The NO emissions were also predicted to decrease with increasing primary zone stoichiometry. These predictions agree with the experimental results. The predicted NO emissions decreased slightly with increasing bed temperature, whereas experiments showed that NO emissions slightly increased with bed temperature for birch chips combustion and did not change with bed temperature for fir chips combustion. Sensitivity analyses reveal that the reaction between NO and char is the key reaction to determine the NO emissions.     

Experimental study on effects of operating conditions and fuel quality on thermal efficiency and emission performance of a 300-MW boiler unit firing Thai lignite

This paper presents the results of an experimental study on a 300-MW boiler unit fired with Thai lignite. Effects of operating conditions (excess air ratio and unit load) and fuel quality on the boiler heat losses and thermal efficiency as well as on the gaseous (CO₂, CO, NO_x and SO₂) and particulate matter (PM) emissions from the boiler unit are discussed. The boiler thermal efficiency was weakly affected by the excess air ratio, unit load and fuel lower heating value, varying from 90.3 to 92.3% for wide ranges of the above variables. In all the tests, the NO_x, SO₂ and PM emissions were below the national emission standards for these pollutants. Quite low level of the SO₂ emission was secured by the high-efficiency flue gas desulphurization system. The CO emissions of rather small values were detected only at extremely low excess air ratios. The emission rate and specific emission (i.e. per MWh of electricity produced) for NO_x, SO₂ and CO were quantified using experimental emission concentrations of the pollutants. Meanwhile, the emission characteristics for CO₂ were determined with the use of fuel-C and fuel consumption by the boiler. In addition, the emission rate and specific emission for PM were estimated by taking into account the actual fuel-ash content and fuel consumption by the boiler, as well as the effects of SO₂ adsorption by fly ash in the boiler gas ducts and overall ash-collecting efficiency of the electrostatic precipitators and flue gas desulphurization system. Elevated CO₂ and NO_x emissions from the 300-MW boiler units firing Thai lignite are of great concern.     

燃煤循环流化床锅炉燃烧控制及传热分析

讨论了循环流化床(CFB)锅炉的传热机理、燃烧控制以及实现灰、热平衡的方法。系统分析了灰、热平衡和燃烧控制对锅炉负荷及效率的影响。提出了CFB锅炉的优化操作、长周期经济运行应采取的措施和方法。在传热分析中,着重分析了传热机理,灰、热平衡及灰浓度对传热的影响。在燃烧控制中,介绍了床温、床压、风量及一二次风配比、返料温度、返料量、料层压差、炉堂压差的控制与调整。