scholarly journals Combustion behavior profiling of single pulverized coal particles in a drop tube furnace through high-speed imaging and image analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 322-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojing Bai ◽  
Gang Lu ◽  
Tom Bennet ◽  
Archi Sarroza ◽  
Carol Eastwick ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
pp. 119-131
Author(s):  
Yurii Stupak ◽  
Tatyana Khokhlova

The article considers some aspects of the pulverized fuel combustion modelling in the laboratory on installations called vertical tube furnaces (referred to as drop tube furnaces in scientific periodicals). We have considered the scheme of the installation to study the process of pulverized coal (PС) combustion in conditions similar to the conditions of heating and ignition of coal particles in the blast flow of the blast furnace and their subsequent gasification in the raceway. We have formulated the basic requirements for ensuring the reliability of modelling results. We have examined the methods of combustion completeness (burnout) estimation used in similar studies. We have proposed a convenient method for the estimation of the burnout of two-component fuel mixtures. According to this method, the estimation can be performed for any ratio of components in a two-component fuel mixture with the use of data on the initial ash content in each of them and the relevant burnout. We have obtained the estimated data on the dependence of the burnout of PC (anthracite, lean coal) with fuel additives. It has been shown that the proposed approach can be used to evaluate experimental data regarding the study of the combustion completeness of fuel mixtures. It has been established that for the initial stages of PC combustion (heating, emission and ignition of volatile matters), which occur before the fuel particles enter the blast furnace raceway, the fuel mixtures burnout values recorded in the experiments do not differ significantly from the estimated ones. For the final stages of PC combustion (heating and burnout of char), which occur mainly in the raceway and outside, the combustion completeness determined in laboratory studies was significantly higher than the estimated one. The obtained results confirmed the efficiency in the use of drop tube furnace to model the PC combustion process during the fuel injection with the heated blast flow in the blast furnace raceways and study of the influence of various factors on the combustion process. The results of such studies can be used to improve the design of PC injection units in the blast furnace and to study the possibilities for improving the coal particles combustion completeness and the specific consumption of PC.


Fuel ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 182 ◽  
pp. 958-966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Cai ◽  
Chun Zou ◽  
Yanwen Guan ◽  
Huiqiao Jia ◽  
Liang Zhang ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 42-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leungo Kelebopile ◽  
Rui Sun ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Shaohua Wu

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 11391-11403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Gilot ◽  
Alain Brillard ◽  
Jean-François Brilhac ◽  
Cornelius Schönnenbeck

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Hariana ◽  
Adi Prismantoko ◽  
Ganda Arif Ahmadi ◽  
Arif Darmawan

Coal calorific value is one of the main considerations for using coal as a power plant fuel. In addition, the requirements for indications of slagging and fouling are also important to maintain combustion efficiency. However, coal power plants often experience problems in boiler operations due to the use of certain types of coal, even though they have a relatively high calorific value. This research investigates the effect of coal blending on ash fouling and slagging in an experimental investigation using a drop tube furnace with or without additives. Five different types of coal from different locations have been used in this study. Pulverized low-rank coal samples are burned in a drop tube furnace at 1,175°C with probe temperatures of 550°C and 600°C, corresponding to the combustion chamber of 600 MW power plants, including superheater and reheater areas. The ash particles’ characteristics and material composition were also analyzed using scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDX) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), respectively. All coal mixture combinations demonstrated potential as a fuel for power plants that use pulverized coal-fired boilers. Because of its capacity to reduce slagging and fouling potentials, combining coal blending with the use of chemical additives yielded the greatest results.


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