Title: Improving Combustion Characteristics and NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> Emissions of a Down-Fired 350 MW<sub>e</sub> Utility Boiler with Multiple Injection and Multiple Staging
Abstract: Within a Mitsui Babcock Energy Limited down-fired pulverized-coal 350 MWe utility boiler, in situ experiments were performed, with measurements taken of gas temperatures in the burner and near the right-wall regions, and of gas concentrations (O2 and NO) from the near-wall region. Large combustion differences between zones near the front and rear walls and particularly high NOx emissions were found in the boiler. With focus on minimizing these problems, a new technology based on multiple-injection and multiple-staging has been developed. Combustion improvements and NOx reductions were validated by investigating three aspects. First, numerical simulations of the pulverized-coal combustion process and NOx emissions were compared in both the original and new technologies. Good agreement was found between simulations and in situ measurements with the original technology. Second, with the new technology, gas temperature and concentration distributions were found to be symmetric near the front and rear walls. A relatively low-temperature and high-oxygen-concentration zone formed in the near-wall region that helps mitigate slagging in the lower furnace. Third, NOx emissions were found to have decreased by as much as 50%, yielding a slight decrease in the levels of unburnt carbon in the fly ash.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-03-23
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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